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Jul 08, 2019

Biometric Tracking for Illegal Immigrants

The Assam government, together with the Union home ministry, plans to introduce a biometric-based real-time tracking system for suspected illegal immigrants identified though the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
The tracking system would be part of a Rs. 99 crore e-Foreigners' Tribunal project, a digital platform that would ensure illegal immigrants are not issued government-approved identity documents such as passports, driving licences, PAN cards, etc and they do not have access to social welfare schemes once they are declared foreigners.
Around four million Assam residents were not included in the NRC draft released in July 2018. Earlier this week, the NRC secretariat released an additional draft list of over 100,000 people who were excluded from the register.
Those whose names do not figure in the final list would have to appeal in the foreigners' tribunals, the quasi judicial bodies where they will have to prove their citizenship.

Mumbai Congress President Resigns

Mumbai Congress president Milind Deora announced his resignation from the post and said that he was looking forward to play a role at the national level to help stabilise the party.
He recommended setting up of a provisional collective leadership comprising three senior Congress leaders to oversee the city party unit till the Maharashtra Assembly polls which are due later this year.
Deora expressed his desire to quit shortly after meeting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi in June.

Sapna Choudhary Joins BJP

After months of speculation, singer and dancer Sapna Choudhary joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Choudhary joined the party during a membership drive in the national capital.
She joined the party at a ceremony organised at the Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) Stadium which was attended by Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, party's state in-charge Shyam Jaju and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, among others.

Jul 07, 2019

MLAs of the Ruling Coalition Submitted Resignations

In a day of dramatic developments that brought the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka to the brink of collapse, 12 MLAs of the ruling coalition submitted their resignations to the Assembly Speaker's office.
While Anand Singh (Congress) had resigned earlier, a total of twelvw MLAs, three from the Janata Dal (Secular) and nine from the Congress, submitted their resignation letters on Saturday, taking the total to thirteen. The Speaker said that he wouldl look into the resignations when he returns to his office.
If the resignations are accepted, the 13-month-old government would be reduced to a minority, ending an experiment that began after the Assembly election in 2018 to keep the BJP out of power.

Jul 06, 2019

Gujarat Rajya Sabha By-polls

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and another BJP candidate, OBC leader Juglaji Thakor, won the Rajya Sabha byelection from Gujarat.
Though the election officials were yet to make a formal announcement, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani informed the media about the victory of the two BJP candidates.
The Congress had nominated Chandrika Chudasama and Gaurav Pandya for the two seats, which fell vacant when BJP President Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani were elected to the Lok Sabha. Jaishankar and Thakor secured over 100 votes.

Jul 05, 2019

Vellore Lok Sabha By-election

The Election Commission (EC) announced August 5 as the date of by-election for the Vellore Parliamentary constituency of Tamil Nadu. The date of counting of votes is scheduled to take place on August 9.
The EC had earlier cancelled the election for the constituency in wake of seizures of large amounts of unaccounted cash.
The last date of nominations is July 7 and the last date of withdrawal of candidatures is July 22.

Udhayanidhi Stalin to Head Party's Youth Wing

DMK President MK Stalin's son and Tamil film producer and actor Udhayanidhi is set to be elevated as the new secretary of the party's youth wing.
The post of the youth wing secretary of the DMK is crucial in the party's hierarchy as it was held by Stalin for more than three decades since the early 80s.
The party's general secretary K Anbazhagan is likely to make an official announcement this evening.
Udhayanidhi's prospects for elevation as the head of the party's youth wing had brightened after the DMK-led alliance's huge success in the Lok Sabah polls in Tamil Nadu where it won 37 of the 38 seats in the state.

Jul 04, 2019

Rahul Gandhi Formally Resigns

Ending speculation about his continuance in office as Congress president, Rahul Gandhi formally resigned, holding himself responsible for the party's Lok Sabha poll debacle and maintained that accountability would be critical for the party's future growth.
Mr. Gandhi's decision to make his resignation public sent senior Congress leaders into a huddle.
In a four-page open letter, Mr. Gandhi said he had empowered the Congress Working Committee (CWC) to constitute a group of people that could find his successor and distanced himself from the process of selecting the next chief.

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