Navya Haridas, the BJP candidate who lost to Congress candidate Priyanka Gandhi in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll held on November 13, filed a petition on Friday before the Kerala High Court, challenging her election.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to embark on a landmark two-day visit to Kuwait on Saturday, marking the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the Gulf nation in 43 years.
With the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) having an edge over Opposition parties, voting got underway on Saturday for Punjab’s five municipal corporations, 44 municipal councils, and various nagar panchayats.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has increased the compensation to farmers for land acquisition to build the Jewar Airport from Rs 3,100 per square meter to Rs 4,300 per square meter, an official statement from the state government said.
During an open dialogue with farmers at the Chief Minister's residence here on Friday, the CM announced to increase the compensation payable for the third phase of land acquisition for Jewar Airport from Rs 3100 per sq meter to Rs 4300 per sq. meter. Apart from this, interest will also be payable as per rules.
Expressing "deepest condolences" to the families of those who were killed in the line of duty at Anantnag, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti said: "There is no place for such abominable acts of violence."
The police registered an FIR based on the complaint of the watchman and arrested five persons, but the main accused, who happens to be the husband of the village sarpanch, is absconding.
The veteran party leader, Kailash Meghwa, had recently spoken against Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal for alleged 'corrupt practices'.
This was the Prime Minister’s first visit to the party headquarter after the historic completion of the G20 summit under India’s Presidency in Delhi.
Mukundan was undergoing treatment for lung-related disease at a private hospital. He breathed his last at around 8.15 am.
