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May 01, 2019

Government Gets 4 days to File Rafale Affidavit

The Supreme Court gave the Centre four days instead of four weeks to file its reply to the review petitions filed in the Rafale case and allowed Congress president Rahul Gandhi to file a "good affidavit" in a related contempt case after the judges said that they weren't convinced by his expression of regret on the matter.
Attorney general K. K. Venugopal sought four weeks' time to file the Centre's reply.
The bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, directed the government to file its reply by May 4 and posted the matter for hearing on May 6.

Lt. Governor Cannot Interfere with Government

The Madras High Court said that Puducherry's Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi cannot interfere with the daily functioning of the government in the Union territory.
As per the court, Bedi does not have to power to call for files and give orders to the officials.
Kiran Bedi has been engaged in a feud with Puducherry chief Minister V Narayanasamy since she assumed office in May 2016.

Thousands more Set to be out of NRC

According to government officials, the National Register of Citizens may exclude thousands of people who were wrongly included in the July 30, 2018, in the next draft to be published on July 15.
The names in the July 15 draft will have a window of 15 days to file for claims for inclusion in the complete NRC which is scheduled to be published before the July 31 deadline.

Apr 30, 2019

Left Front Demands Fresh Polls in West Tripura

The Opposition Left Front in Tripura took out rallies across the West Tripura constituency demanding that the Election Commission order fresh election in the Lok Sabha seat.
The Left Front alleged that large-scale rigging and violence had taken place during the April 11 election in the constituency.

Supreme Court Seeks Response from Election Commission

The Supreme Court sought a response from the Election Commission to a plea to decriminalise the act of reporting "deviant behaviour" manifested in electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) sytems during polling.
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi issued notice to the Commission to explain the requirement for Rule 49 MA of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 read with Section 177 of the Indian Penal Code, which criminalises the reporting of malfunctioning of EVMs and VVPATs.

Mumbai Records a Turnout of 55.11%

Mumbaikars maintained their track record of a low turnout in general elections with an estimated 55.11% voting registered for its six Lok Sabha seats. This however, is the highest since 1991, and nearly 4% more than 51.59% in 2014.
Mumbai's polling percentage has been consistently low with 41.41% turnout in 2009, 47.15% in 2004, 44.86% in 1999, 50.26% in 1998, 45.10% in 1996, and 41.60% in 1991.

Apr 29, 2019

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Phase 4

Seventy-two Lok Sabha seats across nine states will vote in the fourth phase of the General Elections. More than 12 crore voters will decide the fate of 961 candidates in this phase.
Three phases of voting have already taken place – on April 11, April 18and April 23. The first phase had a final voter turnout of 69.5%, while the second phase recorded an overall voting percentage of 69.44%. The estimated turnout in phase three was 67.99%. All phases were marked by glitches in electronic voting machines and sporadic incidents of violence.

Apr 28, 2019

Better PM Options than Rahul

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar has junked the idea of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate of the opposition in the Lok Sabha election 2019 which is currently underway. The 78-year-old political veteran thinks that West Bengal chief minister (CM) and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, Andhra Pradesh CM and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati are better contenders for the top post than Rahul.

Apr 27, 2019

Prominent Leaders in Punjab File Papers

Prominent leaders of the Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance filed their nomination papers for the Lok Sabha poll in Punjab, slated for May 19.
Former Deputy Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal filed his nomination papers for the Ferozepur constituency, while his wife and Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal filed her nomination for the Bathinda seat.
Congress candidate Amarinder Singh Raja Warring also filed his nomination for Bathinda.
Congress Punjab unit president and sitting MP Sunil Jakhar filed his nomination for the Gurdaspur seat.

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