Voting will be held for 93 seats in 14 districts, including Ahmedabad and Vadodara in the north and central regions, on Monday in the second phase of the Gujarat assembly elections. Over 2.5 crore people are eligible to vote in the second phase.
There are 833 candidates in the fray, including high-profile candidates like Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel from Ahmedabad’s Ghatlodiya. Congress has fielded Rajya Sabha member Ami Yagnik against him.
In the first meeting of the Steering Committee, newly elected Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge warned party office-bearers to step down if they are unable to fulfill their responsibilities.
Sitting Congress MLA in Gujarat Kanti Kharadi allegedly attacked by BJP
Kanti Kharadi, sitting Congress MLA from Danta seat reserved for Scheduled Tribes in north Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, has been allegedly attacked. The party accused the BJP of attacking Mr Kharadi ahead of voting on the seat.
Two party leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, have tweeted condemning the alleged attack on Mr. Kharadi, questioning the silence of the ECI.
Two weeks after a cyber attack crippled servers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the systems have not been fully restored as investigators fear more damage if connected to the internet. An investigation has found that the file extensions of all the physical servers of AIIMS running on the operating system Linux were changed by the ransomware attackers.
a senior government official told Hindu To find the source of that attack, investigators have the herculean task of scanning 11,500 computers with a fine-tooth comb because until then the systems will be affected.
Afghanistan open to Indian investment: Taliban
A Taliban representative told that Afghanistan needs Indian investment Hindu on Sunday. Suhail Shaheen, head of the Taliban’s political office, said a Taliban delegation met the head of mission of the Indian embassy in Kabul and invited his teams to help build and maintain infrastructure projects in the country.
Repolling on two DDC seats in Jammu and Kashmir on December 5
Re-polling to two District Development Council (DDC) seats in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara and Bandipora districts will be held on Monday, officials said.
The DDC elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir in December 2020. However, the counting of votes in these two seats, Drugmulla in Kupwara and Hajin-e in Bandipora, was held up due to disputed qualifications of two candidates.
Grand welcome to Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan, Rahul said he is learning a lot from the march
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the Bharat Jodo Yatra is teaching him things that cannot be learned “while traveling in an aeroplane, helicopter or any vehicle”, as the march entered party-ruled Rajasthan from Madhya Pradesh. did, which was grandly welcomed by the party. worker here.
Expressing confidence that he will take over the chairmanship of the powerful G20 in India on December 4, French President Emmanuel Macron said he is confident that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will bring everyone together to build a peaceful and sustainable world.
Mamta, Stalin will attend the all-party meeting on the chairmanship of G20; KCR likely to skip
As India takes over the presidency of the G20 for one year from December 1, 2022, heads of political parties will discuss the way forward in a meeting convened by the central government on December 5.
According to government sources, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Trinamool Congress President and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, Telugu Desam Party President Chandrababu Naidu and Biju Janata Dal President and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is among those who will attend the meeting at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday evening.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao is unlikely to attend the meeting amid the ongoing political war between the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the BJP.
Delhi MCD Election: 50% voting recorded; AAP, BJP both claim victory
Nearly 50% polling was recorded on December 4 in elections to 250 municipal wards in Delhi, with main rivals BJP and AAP claiming victory in a high-stakes contest.
PM Modi to inaugurate two-day BJP national office bearers meeting on December 5
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday inaugurate a two-day national office-bearers’ meeting of the BJP, which will set the party’s political agenda as it gears up for the next round of state elections and the all-important Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
Adani Group’s NDTV Open Offer subscribed 32%; poised to become the largest shareholder
Billionaire Gautam Adani’s group has found investors ready to sell over 53 lakh shares of NDTV even at a steep discount to the stock’s current trading price, giving it the right to nominate the broadcaster’s chairman Or not.
The open offer made by the Adani group to acquire a little-known firm giving it over 29.18% stake in New Delhi Television (NDTV) closed on December 5, according to a stock exchange notification.
China reports two new COVID-19 deaths as some restrictions are eased
China reported two additional deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, as some cities move cautiously to ease anti-pandemic restrictions following increasingly vocal public frustrations.
The National Health Commission said one death each was reported in Shandong and Sichuan provinces. No information was given on the age of the victims or whether they had been fully vaccinated.
Congress announces follow up campaign to Bharat Jodo Yatra
Bharat Jodo Yatra, a 3,500-km walk from Kanyakumari to Srinagar led by former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, is set to end on Republic Day 2023, Congress wants to follow it up immediately with a two-month-long nationwide intensive public engagement programme, Hand Join hands, the party announced on Sunday.
Construction begins on nuclear plant: Iranian state media
Iran will begin construction on a new nuclear power plant in the country’s southwest on December 4, Iranian state TV announced, amid sweeping US sanctions imposed after Washington pulled out of the Islamic republic’s nuclear deal with world powers. Amidst tensions with.
The announcement comes as Iran has been rocked by nationwide protests challenging the religious government that began after the death of a young woman in police custody over alleged violations of the Islamic dress code. In a potentially related move, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency quoted a top prosecutor late Saturday as saying that authorities had “shutdown” the moral police force responsible for enforcing the dress code. It didn’t give any details.
Europe’s “oil price cap”Russian oil exports are to be targeted, which will become effective from Monday as Germany’s Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Bierbock will meet with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for bilateral talks.
FIFA World Cup 2022 | England beat Senegal 3–0 to set up a quarter-final clash with France
Free-scoring England extended their unbeaten record against African teams with a 3-0 win over Senegal on Sunday, which included captain Harry Kane’s first goal at this World Cup as they set up a quarter-final clash with holders France .