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Karnataka Cong alleges CMO calling returning officers to reject its candidates’ applications

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Bengaluru: The Congress on Saturday alleged Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s office is calling up the returning officers of various districts to find defects in the applications filed by its candidates and rectify the mistakes in those of BJP nominees contesting the May 10 Assembly election.
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief D K Shivakumar demanded that the Election Commission should investigate the matter and summon the call details of the CMO to ascertain the truth.
“A major conspiracy is going on to reject the applications of the Congress candidates,” the party’s Karnataka unit chief said in a press conference.

He charged that some applications of the BJP candidates, for instance in Saundatti Yellamma constituency, are defective but the CMO “directly called the officer and directed him to make changes”.
“There is no need to elaborate how a big team is trying to reject (my) application. You all have been informed about it,” the Congress state chief said.
Shivakumar said he has filed the election form 10 times yet “when they can do this to me then imagine what they can do to the ordinary candidates”.
“Pressure is being built on all the returning officers. There is rampant misuse of power. The EC must take note of it. The CMO must be investigated,” the Kanakapura candidate demanded.
On Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje’s charge that the Congress was collecting ‘bribe’ from those candidates who have been given ticket to contest the Assembly election, Shivakumar retorted that his party was not collecting ’40 per cent commission’.

“We are only raising building fund for our party. We are collecting Rs 2 lakh from general candidates and Rs 1 lakh from SC/ST candidates,” Shivakumar explained.
The opposition Congress is locked in a tussle with the ruling BJP to wrest power in Karnataka with the JD(S) also an important player as polling is just weeks away.
Karnataka will vote in a single phase on May 10 and the results will be declared on May 1
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 22, 2023
Kerala train fire: Accused highly radicalised person, alleges SIT

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Kozhikode: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has been probing the train arson incident of Kerala that resulted in the loss of three lives, on Monday said the accused is a “highly radicalised” person who reached the state to commit the crime in a pre-planned manner.
ADGP (Law and Order), M R Ajith Kumar, who heads the SIT, said the accused Shahrukh Saifi used to watch radicalised videos of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik and said provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, have been invoked against him based on the scientific evidence collected.
The investigation team has invoked Section 16 of the UAPA which deals with punishment for terrorist acts.

“We went to various states and based on scientific, documentary and oral evidence collected, conducted a comprehensive probe and decided to invoke the concerned provisions of UAPA. He is highly radicalised. He saw radicalised videos of Zakeer Naik and others. He came here in a pre-planned manner to commit the crime,” Kumar told the media here.
The senior police official said the accused is 27 years old and has completed plus two education from National Open School.
He said the investigation team has found evidence in connection with the accused and the crime he committed and was probing whether he received any help from anyone else.
The investigating team, which has been granted custody of Shahrukh Saifi, had on April 12 taken him to Kannur for collecting evidence from the two train coaches of the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train in which he had set fire to some passengers leading to the death of three persons, including a two-year-old child.
Saifi’s police custody is set to expire on April 18.

A Kozhikode First Class Judicial Magistrate had granted 11-day custody of Saifi to police after he was discharged from the hospital upon undergoing treatment for the injuries he suffered during an attempt to escape from the moving train.
Saifi has also confessed to the crime committed by him, according to the police.
On the night of April 2, Saifi had set his co-passengers on fire onboard the Alappuzha-Kannur Executive Express train when it reached the Korapuzha bridge near Elathur in Kozhikode.
Nine people had suffered burn injuries in the incident while three, including a toddler, were found dead on the tracks. Police suspect that they fell while trying to escape from the fire.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 17, 2023
SAD chief alleges ‘scam’ in Punjab’s excise policy, seeks questioning of CM Mann

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Jalandhar: SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday alleged a “scam” in the Punjab government’s excise policy, seeking that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann be questioned in the matter like his counterpart in Delhi.
He alleged that the Punjab excise policy had been “patterned” on the Delhi excise policy.
“Just like in the Delhi policy, the AAP government in Punjab created a monopoly in the liquor trade by handing over the entire business to a few contractors,” Badal said.

“While the scam had been exposed in Delhi, the AAP continued to loot the public exchequer in Punjab as it had extended the excise policy by another year,” he further alleged in a statement issued here.
Badal said only a CBI inquiry and a thorough questioning of the Punjab chief minister can “unmask this scam”.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was questioned by the CBI on Sunday in the excise policy case, amid protests by his party as the AAP chief accused the agency of acting at the behest of the BJP.
In a five-minute video message on Twitter before arriving at the heavily fortified headquarters of the Central Bureau of Investigation at around 11 am, Kejriwal claimed that the BJP might have ordered the agency to arrest him.
AAP leader Manish Sisodia was arrested on February 26 after nearly eight hours of questioning in the case.

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April 16, 2023
Delhi: Girl alleges gang-rape two years after incident

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New Delhi: A 19-year-old teenager has lodged a complaint that she was gang-raped by two men in South Delhi’s Begumpur area, an official said on Thursday, adding that the incident occurred two and half years ago when the victim was a minor.
According to police, the woman on Wednesday lodged a written complaint at Malviya Nagar police station wherein she levelled allegations that she came in contact with one alleged person named Anubhav in September 2020 through social media when she was in need of a job.
“Therefore, on the pretext of providing a job, she was called by Anubhav at Malviya Nagar Metro station where the alleged Anubhav along with two friends were waiting for her in a car. She met them and they moved the car and parked somewhere in Begampur area where two of them raped her one by one,” said Chandan Chowdhary, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South).

“The accused made a video clip and threatened to post the video clip on social media. The alleged Anubhav again threatened her on the pretext of sharing the video on social media,” said the DCP.
“The Delhi Commission for Women’s counsellor was called and according to allegations, a case under section 376-D (gang-rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code and section 6 POCSO Act has been registered at Malviya Nagar police station and further investigation has been taken up,” said the official.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 13, 2023
Congress alleges Rs 16,000 crore BJP tenders in Karnataka polls; seeks EC action

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New Delhi: The Congress on Monday petitioned the Election Commission seeking its intervention on rejection of the party advertisements and issuance of tenders worth a staggering Rs 16,000 crore by the BJP government hours before the declaration of Karnataka Assembly elections.
The opposition party, which is seeking to wrest power from the BJP in the southern state, also demanded that certain officers in the poll panel who have completed more than six years, be transferred from Karnataka. The Congress also provided details of such officers.
The Congress sought action against the Punjab government over the transfer of various IPC, PCS and PPS officers to allegedly favour the ruling AAP, and displaying photographs of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Aam Aadmi’ clinics, which the opposition party said is a “direct violation of the model code of conduct” which is in force due to the bye-election in the Jalandhar parliamentary constituency.

The party rued that five videos of the Congress seeking to create awareness among the voters in Karnataka on allegations raised against the BJP government in the state as well as the party’s design for guarantee cards being issued to voters have been rejected on the ground that these cards shall be used to collect personal information of voters.
Hitting out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress pointed out that in the past, the saffron party has run smear campaigns against the INC in the state of Karnataka without any restraint.
“Yet the Indian National Congress (INC) is not being allowed permission to run advertisements that are far tamer in comparison. It is our submission that the incorrect motive of collecting personal data of voters is made upon us.
“The decision to reject our advertisements is completely incorrect and requires urgent reconsideration,” it said.
“We urge the Commission to treat the matter with the urgency it deserves and to reconsider the decision given by the Karnataka State Media Certification Commission (KMCC),” the party said in its memorandum to the Election Commission (EC).

The Congress also alleged that various tenders were issued by the ruling BJP government in Karnataka, 48 hours before the declaration of the Model Code of Conduct in the state.
“These tenders worth a staggering Rs 16,000 crore (approximately) are, we submitted, a direct and blatant attempt to influence the outcome of the state election. As a result, we prayed before the EC that these be scrutinised, the offending individuals penalised and the same, at the very least, be injuncted until the conclusion of the election,” the party said.
“In the office of the CEO, there are people who have been serving for more than six years and still continue in their offices. This is a violation of the EC’s guidelines which state that officers are to be changed after every three years to prevent any appearance of bias. The Congress has submitted a list of all such officers and asked for the rule to be enforced,” the Congress leaders said.
The leaders who met the chief election commissioner and election commissioners include former Union minister Salman Khurshid, Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly Pratap Bajwa, Rajya Sabha MP Nasser Hussain, AICC secretary Pranav Jha, and AICC Media Department secretary Vineet Punia.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 10, 2023
Exen MID Shadipora Alleges Manhandling By 2 Subordinates, Undergoes Protest Leave

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Bandipora, Apr 8: An Executive Engineer of Mechanical Circle & I&FC Department has went on a protest leave over alleged manhandling by two of his subordinates here on Saturday.
Credible sources told GNS that the incumbent Executive Engineer, MID, Shadipora, Gayas-Ud-Din has already shot a letter to the Superintending Engineer alleging manhandling by two his subordinates namely Assistant Executive Engineer Sumbal, Asif Ali & AE Reyaz Ahmad Bhat.
“During the course of discussion regarding the installation of drought pump at Zalpora drought. AEE Sumbal Asif Ali and AE Sumbal Riyaz Ahmad Bhat suddenly mishandled (read manhandled) with me without any provocation”, reads contents of the letter as per sources.
“As already communicated the AEE concerned is very arrogant and mischievous. Also number of service books which were lying on my table have been damaged by these two officers. In light of above there is no option left with undersigned to proceed on protest leave w.e.f 08-04-2023. Until and unless the AEE Sumbal Asif Ali and AE Riyaz Ahmad Bhat will not be punished I will not be in a position to perform my duties,” the letter reads.
“Besides, Chief Engineer, Deputy Commissioner & SDM concerned, a copy of letter has been sent to SHO police station Sumbal alleging off & on harrasment & misbehavior by the AEE in-question & declaring the later as a threat to the life of former.”
When contacted, Exen Gayas-Ud-Din told GNS that the duo besides manhandling him, have also broken the furniture & damaged some service books of employees.
He confirmed that he has proceeded on a protest leave with an intimation to all the concerned higher officials.
Meanwhile despite repeated attempts, AEE Asif Ali did not responded to any calls from this reporter. (GNS)

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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

April 8, 2023
Telangana: BRS pushed SCCL into debt, BJP alleges

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Hyderabad: After Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president and Telangana IT minister KT Rama Rao called for protests during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Hyderabad on Saturday, BJP MLA Eatala Rajender held that the state government was responsible for the debts incurred by Singereni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL).
While talking to the media at the BJP party office, Rajender questioned chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on the reduction of the headcount in Singareni after the number of its employees dropped from 63,000 in 2014 to 43,000 employees in 2023.
Criticising the BRS-led state government, Eatala went on to ask, “While the workers in Coal India are getting Rs 930 per day as wages, Singareni workers are getting 430. Who is exploiting the workers?”

“After the amendment of the Mines and Minerals Regulation Act in 2015 that gave leverage to the Telangana government to get coal blocks allocated through Coal India, it failed to apply and secure even one of the four coal blocks directly under its control since 2017,” said Eatala.
Rajender further alleged that the BRS willfully made the Singareni write to the Centre that mining the Tadicherla block wasn’t feasible.
“Genco was allocated the Tadicherla coal block, and it requested Singareni to do the mining. But Singareni was asked to submit that it wasn’t viable,” said Eatala.
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April 8, 2023
Suspended BJP MLA Raja Singh alleges terror plot to target him

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Hyderabad: Suspended BJP MLA T. Raja Singh has claimed that a terrorist outfit planned to target him during the Ram Navami procession in Hyderabad on Thursday.
He posted on social media a letter from a resident of the old city of Hyderabad to the commissioner of police claiming that a terrorist planned to hurl bombs at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, state BJP office and Ram Navami procession on March 31.
The letter, written by Uma Maheswari, alleged that the main target of the terrorist working for Bahrain-based Mukhtar Brigades is Raja Singh, a member of Telangana Legislative Assembly from Goshamahal constituency.
Raja Singh, who is scheduled to lead the procession, asked state home Minister Mahmood Ali, Director General of Police and Police Commissioner if they verified the claims made in the letter. “Update us abt this as Lakhs of Ram Bhakts joins this procession,” tweeted Raja Singh.
The controversial MLA had last month lodged a complaint with the police stating that he was receiving threatening calls from Pakistan-based phone numbers.
“I have been receiving threatening calls every day. I have given written complaints many times to the police department when the callers are aggressive and abusive but no action has been taken. Not even one person has been arrested who threatened me as of now,” he had said.
Following the MLA’s claims, police had assigned him a new bullet-resistant vehicle.
The MLA was arrested by the police in August last year for making certain comments hurting religious sentiments of Muslims. He was sent to jail on August 25 after the Hyderabad police commissioner had invoked PD Act. BJP had also suspended him from the party.

Raja Singh was released from jail on November 9, after spending two months in jail following his arrest under the Preventive Detention Act.
The Telangana High Court had set aside the police commissioner’s order and released the MLA on bail but directed him not to make any speech or comment which created hatred among communities.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 29, 2023
Man Gone With Tableeghi Jamaat Found Mysteriously Dead in Srinagar Locality, Family Alleges Murder, Seek Investigation – Kashmir News

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