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The Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) on Sunday night intensified disciplinary actions by suspending seven additional rebel candidates for anti-party activities ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. The newly suspended leaders include — Shamkant Saner, Rajendra Thakur, Aba Bagul, Manish Anand, Suresh Kumar Jethliya, Kalyan Borade, and Chandrapaul Chauksey. Earlier in the day, the MPCC suspended 21 other rebels, bringing the total number of suspensions to 28 across 22 constituencies. The list of previously suspended leaders includes — Anandrao Gedam, Shilu Chimurkar, Sonal Kove, Bharat Yereme, Abhilasha Gavature, Premsagar Ganvir, Ajay Lanjewar, Vilas Patil, Aasma Javad Chikhlekar, Hanskumar Pandey, Kamal Vyavhare, Mohanrav Dandekar, Mangal Vilas Bhujval, Manoj Shinde, Suresh Patilkhede, Vijay Khadse, Shabir Khan, Avinash… Read More »Congress Suspends 7 More Rebel Candidates Ahead Of Maharashtra Polls

The National Green Tribunal has been informed that according to an Uttarakhand government’s report on pollution in Ganga, even the “originating point” of the pious river is polluted by sewage treatment plant (STP) discharge. The submission was made during the proceedings about the prevention and control of pollution in Ganga in Uttarakhand. The tribunal had earlier sought a report from the state and others. A bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava noted the submissions of the advocate of one of the intervening applicants, who referring to the state’s report, pointed out that a faecal coliform having the most probable number (MPN) of 540/100 ml was found in the sample collected from the 1 million… Read More »Even Ganga’s Originating Point Is Polluted, Green Tribunal Told

The National Green Tribunal has been informed that according to an Uttarakhand government’s report on pollution in Ganga, even the “originating point” of the pious river is polluted by sewage treatment plant (STP) discharge. The submission was made during the proceedings about the prevention and control of pollution in Ganga in Uttarakhand. The tribunal had earlier sought a report from the state and others. A bench of NGT Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava noted the submissions of the advocate of one of the intervening applicants, who referring to the state’s report, pointed out that a faecal coliform having the most probable number (MPN) of 540/100 ml was found in the sample collected from the 1 million… Read More »Even Ganga’s Originating Point Is Polluted, Green Tribunal Told

A global body of the Thadou tribe from Manipur has condemned what it called death threats allegedly made by a Kuki insurgent group that had signed a ceasefire deal with the Centre and the state government. The Kuki National Front’s (KNF) threat to kill leaders of the Thadou tribe is a clear violation of the ground rules of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) agreement, the Thadou Community International (TCI) said in a statement. A “historic” Thadou Convention was held in Assam’s Guwahati last week, where leaders and delegates of the Thadou tribe had passed a resolution and a declaration asserting the Thadou tribe’s distinct ethnic identity which also has its own language, culture, traditions, and… Read More »Condemn Death Threats By Ceasefire-Linked Kuki Insurgents, Says Thadou Tribe Body

A youth in Hyderabad on Sunday opened fire on the father of his girlfriend for sending her away to the U.S to break their relationship. The incident occurred in Venkateswara Colony under the limits of Saroornagar police station of Rachakonda Commissionerate. The bullet hit the eye of Revanth Anand (57) when Balwinder Singh (25) opened fire with an airgun following an argument. According to police, Balwinder was in friendship with the 23-year-old daughter of Anand, a businessman, for the last few years. When Anand came to know about this, he asked his daughter not to meet Balwinder. Anand had also warned Balwinder against continuing the friendship. However, when they did not stop meeting and speaking… Read More »Man Shoots Lover’s Father For Sending Her Abroad To Break Their Relationship