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Video: YSRCP leader involved in 'thappad baazi' with voter at Andhra Pradesh's Guntur polling booth
AP Elections 2024: VS Shivakumar and a voter at a polling booth in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, has caused a stir. Video footage circulating online depicts the leader involved in a physical confrontation with the voter, highlighting tensions surrounding the ongoing election process. The YSRCP is contesting in all 175 Assembly seats and 25 Lok Sabha segments. Under a seat-sharing agreement among NDA partners, the TDP has been allocated 144 Assembly and 17 Lok Sabha seats, while the BJP is contesting six Lok Sabha and 10 Assembly seats. The Janasena party, led by actor Pawan Kalyan, is contesting two Lok Sabha and 21 Assembly seats.
India-China border crisis: Reports suggest 2 more skirmishes, intel ops by army deep in PLA territory
Recent reports reveal two previously unknown incidents of skirmishes between the Indian and Chinese troops along LAC. The reports have come to light after citations for the Indian Army's gallantry awards provided brief details of the clashes. The in...
Spain's Tomatina festival: 15,000 gather for annual tomato street fight in Buñol
Spain's famous "Tomatina" festival took place in the town of Buñol, attracting 15,000 participants. Trucks unloaded 120 tons of overripe tomatoes onto the street, resulting in a chaotic scene of red chaos. Tickets for the event started at 12 euros, and after the hour-long battle, the area was quickly cleaned with hoses. The festival originated in 1945 with a spontaneous tomato fight among local children and has since gained international attention, making it a popular tourist attraction.
Skirmish over English: Loreto College in Kolkata revokes age-old admission policy that debarred students from vernacular mediums, issues apology
Earlier, the woman’s college, affiliated with the University of Calcutta had debarred students hailing from vernacular schools in its first merit list for admission to seven BA and BSc programmes.
India-China face-off: Normalcy returns to Tawang after border skirmish on Dec 9
On December 9, PLA troops approached the LAC in Arunachal Pradesh, but Indian troops firmly contested their way, leading to a clash. Sources said that although no loss of life or major injuries were reported, some Indian as well as Chinese troops received minor injuries ...
One dead as fresh clashes erupt between Afghan, Pakistani border forces
Previously, cross-border shelling and gunfire killed eight Pakistani civilians and one Afghan soldier on Sunday near the same crossing, which connects Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan with the southern Afghan province of Kandahar.
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Pakistan, Taliban at loggerheads amid bloody skirmish along Durand Line
Although several thorny issues have taken the forefront in the past year, the most compelling for the moment is the truce talks with terrorist group, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which enjoys clear patronage of the Afghan Taliban, a close ally of Pakistan.
Do not travel to Mizoram: Assam government travel advisory to the people
Commissioner and secretary, Home and political department, M S Manivannan in an advisory stated, “There has been several cases of violent skirmishes in the border area of Assam- Mizoram, these skirmishes have occurred in three districts of Assam- Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi. The latest skirmish on July 26 led to indiscriminate firing on police personnel as well as civilians on the Cachar side.”
CID team could probe alleged role of Mizoram RS MP Vanlalvena in July 26 skirmishes
Earlier in the day, the 12-hour bandh called to protest the deaths of seven Assam cops in the violent clashes along the Assam-Mizoram border affected normal life in Barak valley.
This Communist student leader turned down Novartis, worked on Covid, joined Bengal’s poll skirmish
Shuvam Banerjee, the CPI’s young candidate in the Sonarpur assembly constituency, sticks to the basics in his campaign. He believes the tide is turning but worries about the new strain of the virus
West Bengal polls: Sporadic skirmishes; TMC , BJP accuse each other of poll code breach
A sector officer was suspended by the Election commission EC for keeping three sets of EVM and VVPAT at the residence of a suspected TMC supporter in Howrah’s Uluberia. EC said it was a gross violation of its instructions.
Over 70 pc polling in Punjab civic body polls; skirmishes at some places
A total of 9,222 candidates are in the fray for the elections to 2,302 wards of eight municipal corporations of Abohar, Bathinda Batala, Kapurthala, Mohali, Hoshiarpur, Pathankot and Moga, 109 municipal councils and nagar panchayats.
Rahul Gandhi questions PM Modi’s silence on India-China skirmish
“China is expanding its occupation into Indian territory. Mr 56” hasn’t said the word ‘China’ for months. Maybe he can start by saying the word ‘China’," Gandhi tweeted on Monday.
ITBP says its troops 'fought the whole night' during recent skirmishes with Chinese in Ladakh
In its first official account of the standoff between the two militaries, the ITBP revealed how its troops "not only effectively used shield to protect themselves but also responded fiercely to advancing PLA (Chinese People's Liberation Army) troops and brought the situation under control".
‘Batman, not bats’: Jibe at China in Army’s Bihar Regiment tribute
A video tweeted by Army’s Northern Command late Saturday to celebrate Bihar Regiment’s battle history appeared to take a dig at China with the legend: “Born to fight. They do what they do. They are not the bats. They are the Batman.” Without making any reference to the June 15 clash, the video included pictures of the three soldiers from the Regiment who were killed in action.
CWC meet to target govt’s ‘national security’ and ‘vikas’ planks
Rahul Gandhi’s tweets attacking the PM over the Chinese issue, including his latest taunt, “Narendra Modi is actually Surender Modi”, is aimed at driving that point.
The death of Indian soldiers in skirmish with China raises questions on trade, geopolitics & security
India has some leverage over China thanks to the asymmetric economic equations.
Why China's aggressive rise as a superpower spells bad news for India
This ambition poses particular problems for India as China is determined to assert its position in the world.
Incident between Indian, Chinese militaries was 'not skirmish but face-off': Jaishankar
The face-off had ended following delegation-level talks between the two sides.
Pakistan violates ceasefire for 2nd consecutive day
The firing from across the border started in Sunderbani sector around 1240 hours, prompting strong and effective retaliation by Indian Army guarding the border, the officer said.
Skirmishes that brought RBI and the govt head-to-head
Governments by nature are keen to push for easier way to prosperity. But central banks’ DNA is that of caution. In a way, one is an accelerator and the other is a brake.
General Bipin Rawat: The Army chief who dares to pose questions to fraternity
He is worried, a fact he disclosed to ET, that in reality civilian population may actually be getting “irritated” with secluded green zones of the Army.
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