AAP Ke News #E540

AAP Ke News #E540

1. Most of Our Polling Agents Not Given Form 17C After Voting: CPI (ML) Liberation The party's #Bihar secretary wrote a letter to the EC saying that some of its polling agents were misbehaved with for seeking copies of Form 17C.
   https://thewire.in/politics/agents-not-given-form-17c-cpi-ml-liberation-says

2. The Election Commission deliberated on poll code violations this election and decided not to "touch" the top 2 leaders each of BJP and Congress, the chief election commissioner told @scroll_in today.

   

3. Biggest learning from elections is that poll process should be completed before summer: CEC Rajiv Kumar

4. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar dared the opposition to share evidence of allegations that returning officers and district magistrates were influenced to vitiate the poll process so the panel could take action against them.
   Only 39 repolls took place in 2024 general elections as against 540 repolls in 2019: CEC Rajiv Kumar

5. Easier visas for Chinese workers. To help the Indian industry.

   

6. "The irony is that if the urban elite truly want Viksit Bharat, they would have to part with their prosperity in some form or other, which they are loath to do. Trickle down and Viksit Bharat are incompatible ideas."

   

7. The Parliament had its own watch and ward staff, and security service because it is seen to be independent of the executive. That's gone now. Handed over to the CISF.

   

8. People Who Kept ‘Hisab-Kitab’ For Pak Queued Up To Vote
   https://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/jk-police-chief-on-high-voter-turnout/81868173.html

9. Size does matter.

   

10. THE COWARD MEDIA SPREADING THE BJP PROPAGANDA! ED running fake news of attaching Rs 52 cr-worth assets of Sisodia: CM

    

11. ED attaches ₹115 crore worth assets of its two approvers - TDP canidate Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy's son Raghav Magunta and Aurobindo Pharma promoter Sarath C Reddy - as disclosed in its chargesheet filed on MAY 2024.

    

12. Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has forwarded the resignation of Delhi minister Raaj Kumar Anand to the President following the recommendation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
    “With no recommendation being made for reallocation, all these departments will automatically go to the chief minister who is in jail”
    https://theprint.in/india/lg-sends-delhi-minister-raaj-kumar-anands-resignation-to-president/2114140/

13. Saurabh Bhardwaj conducts a surprise check of Delhi's night shelters amid the heatwave, to ensure all arrangements and resolve issues, if any.

    

14. The Delhi govt announces the closure of all Anganwadi centres till June 30 to protect the health and safety of vulnerable children and mothers. - A network of 10,897 Anganwadi Centres currently serve 6,43,760 beneficiaries.
    - The doorstep delivery of supplementary nutrition ensures that beneficiaries continue to receive the necessary support.

    

15. A blaze damaged three coaches of Taj Express, which was running approximately 10 hours behind schedule

    

16. Boundary behind polytechnic college in Mirzapur broken: strong room has been built in the college, the supporters raised questions on the intention of the district administration
    https://www.bhaskar.com/local/uttar-pradesh/mirzapur/news/the-boundary-wall-behind-the-polytechnic-college-in-mirzapur-was-broken-133112805.html

17. The Allahabad High Court has strongly criticized the Enforcement Directorate for failing to investigate the multi-crore Shine City Scam Cases properly.
    https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/allahabad-high-court/allahabad-high-court-ed-utter-failure-probe-multicrore-shine-city-scam-progress-report-259549

18. A Special PMLA Court in Mumbai recently remarked that fugitives in economic offences such as Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya, and Mehul Choksi were able to flee India because the investigating agencies failed to arrest them at a proper time.

    

19. The resignation of ‘Aam Aadmi Party’ MLA Sheetal Angural from Jalandhar West has been accepted by Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhawan and the Jalandhar West seat has been declared vacant.
    https://yespunjab.com/big-blow-to-sheetal-angural-punjab-speaker-sandhwan-accepts-resignation-as-mla/

20. ‘Convene Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) meet,’ SC asks Centre to address Delhi water crisis‘Convene Upper Yamuna River Board meet,’ SC asks Centre to address Delhi water crisis Set up in 1995, UYRB is an interstate body established to regulate the allocation and management of the water resources of the Upper Yamuna Basin.
    https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/convene-upper-yamuna-river-board-meet-sc-asks-centre-to-address-delhi-water-crisis-101717402197530.html

21. Mumbai Water Crisis: मुंबई में पानी बर्बाद करने वालों की अब खैर नहीं, जानें BMC बनाने जा रही क्या पॉलिसी
    https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/mumbai/development/mumbai-water-cut-crisis-bmc-to-make-policy-against-wastage/articleshow/110649127.cms

22. Manish Sisodia has approached the Supreme Court for bail in the excise policy case, seeking relief in cases filed by both the CBI and ED. The matter will be heard tomorrow by a Vacation Bench comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and Sandeep Mehta.

    

23. Kaleshwaram Irrigation Project: A Blunder or Solution For Telangana's Water Woes?
    https://thewire.in/government/kaleshwaram-irrigation-project-a-blunder-or-solution-for-telanganas-water-woes

24. EC Says Polls Shouldn’t Have Been Held in Such Heat; Heatwave Days in May Increased 125%, Per IMD Reports confirm at least 56 deaths due to heat-related illnesses in India from Mar to May, including 25 polling officers in UP and Bihar.
    https://thewire.in/environment/cec-polls-shouldnt-have-been-held-in-such-heat

25. 'Denied Vote Over Typo, Names Removed From List': How Muslims Faced Voter Suppression in 2024 Polls.
    From coastal #Gujarat to #UttarPradesh's Sambhal, several reports of voter suppression, particularly targeting Muslims and marginalised groups, have surfaced across the country.
    https://thewire.in/rights/denied-vote-over-aadhaar-typo-slips-denied-how-muslims-faced-voter-suppression-in-2024-elections

26. As #Delhi's Homeless Shelters 'Boiled' in Heat, Authorities Cited Elections The absence of basic infrastructure and cooling mechanisms worsens the impact of heat on homeless individuals.
    https://thewire.in/urban/delhi-heatwave-homeless-shelters-hot

27. The Mystery Behind Voter Slips With Party Symbols: Data Brokers and Booth Management Apps These voter slips are not just an MCC violation but the symptom of a larger problem: voter profiling and micro-targeting.
    https://thewire.in/tech/the-mystery-behind-voter-slips-with-party-symbols-data-brokers-and-booth-management-apps

28. 'Not a Vote Bank, but Can't Be Ignored': In #Varanasi, an Effort to Bring Justice to Sex Workers Ajeet Singh, the founder of Guria India, a 35-year-old NGO in UP, says that the problem has been with successive govts and social mindsets
    https://thewire.in/rights/varanasi-trafficked-sex-workers-guria-ajeet-singh

29. Children Who Lost Their Parents to COVID-19 Reckon with Traumatic Pasts, Uncertain Futures Over 10,000 children were orphaned during the pandemic, many struggling to access Central and state support schemes.
    https://thewire.in/health/children-who-lost-their-parents-to-covid-19-reckon-with-their-traumatic-pasts-and-uncertain-futures

30. Six PSU banks issued 1,071 look-out circulars against defaulters in last 5 years.
    https://indianexpress.com/article/business/banking-and-finance/six-psu-banks-issued-1071-look-out-circulars-against-defaulters-in-last-5-years-9370321/

31. As Nitish Kumar lands in Delhi ahead of result day, JD(U) demands early state polls
    https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/nitish-kumar-delhi-visit-jdu-bihar-polls-9369321/

32. Mockery of justice system: Supreme Court on HC relief to MLA
    https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mockery-of-justice-system-supreme-court-on-hc-relief-to-mla-9370365/

33. After Mother Dairy & Amul, Verka hikes milk price by Rs 2
    https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/after-mother-dairy-amul-verka-hikes-milk-price-by-2-627574

34. IIM Bengaluru professor writes to President alleging caste discrimination; institute denies claim
    https://thesouthfirst.com/karnataka/iim-bengaluru-professor-writes-to-president-alleging-caste-discrimination-institute-denies-claim/

35. Humiliated and insulted: Plight of women in Hassan as ‘Prajwal Revanna videos’ tarnish district’s image
    https://thesouthfirst.com/karnataka/humiliated-and-insulted-plight-of-women-in-hassan-as-prajwal-revanna-videos-tarnish-districts-image/