Congress seeks EC action against Modi over remark
Congress on
Monday knocked Election Commission ( EC)
doors over PM Modi’s claim that Congress Manifesto talks of redistribution of
wealth to Muslims .
Congress alleged that
the prime Minister evoked religious symbols
to create enmity between two groups
P Chidambaram alleged that the PM said that under the
Congress regime the property and Gold of
Tribals will be surveyed and will be
taken off .
PM Modi in his recent rally in Banswara , has alleged that Congress manifesto held to
distribute Gold and important valuables among Muslims .
HC terminates 25,753 school staff hired in West Bengal
The Calcutta High court on Monday directed the termination
of appointment of 25,753 teachers and non teaching staff .
A division bench declared the selection process held in 2016
to be “ null and void “ , and directed the CBI to probe the appointment process
and submit a report within three months .
The bench also directed the return of salaries from all
those who obtained Jobs from unfair means along with interest calculated at 12%
per annum .
West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee termed the court order “
illegal “ and said that her government would challenge the verdict in the
Supreme Court.
The High court made scathing remarks on the STATE cabinet
decision to protect the employment obtained fraudulently .
SC granted centre a week’s time to look into Karnataka plea
for draught relief.
The Supreme Court on Monday remedies the centre and
Karnataka about the need to amicably resolve the differences that arise in a federal structure .
“ Resolve this amicably . We have a federal structure . Both
the Union and states are equal partners “ . Justice B R Gavai said .
The Union government assured that “ something will be done “
to resolve the state’s draught worries in a week’s time . Centre will have to
take concurrence of EC as the election is going on .
Karnataka in its petition has said that it had sought ₹18,
141 crore under NDRF ( National Disaster Relief Plan ) six month ago , only to
be met with silence . The total estimated loss due to crop damage in the state
was ₹35, 162 crore . This is because the state is facing severe draught .
Form AIIMS panel to examine Kejriwal , decide on Insulin
demand : Delhi Court
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the AIIMS to
constitute a medical board to examine Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar Jail and to
decide on his demand for insulin .
Earlier AAP had alleged that Mr Kejriwal , A diabetic have
been denied access to insulin doses by the jail authorities despite repeated
requests by him amid fluctuating blood sugar .
levels .
The court said that Mr. Kejriwal will continue to get home
cooked food , subject to it comply with the diet prescribed by Doctor team .
The Enforcement Directorate had alleged that the CM was deliberately eating
mangoes , sweets and other food items sent from home to spike his sugar level
to get bail on health grounds .
BJP candidate wins out in Surat after rivals opt out of Lok
Sabha polls
BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal from Surat Lok Sabha constituency
was elected unopposed from the Surat Lok Sabha Constituency after all the
nominees dropped out of the contest .
The nomination papers of Congress candidates were rejected
on Sunday .
Four independents , BSP’s Pyarelal Bharati and three
candidates from little known parties withdrew one by one in an unprecedented
move .
The returning officer thus declared the BJP candidate the
winner .
The election in this constituency was to be held on 7 May .
Following this Congress has knocked the door to EC to
postpone the election in Surat .
2 women Navy officers return after historic transoceanic
expedition
Lieutenant Commander
Dilna K and Lieutenant Commander Roopa became the first two ladies of Indian
Navy to complete a historic transoceanic
expedition of nearly two months .
They sailed INSV Tarini
which returned on base port in Goa on April 21 .
The two officers will now prepare for Sagar Parikrama – IV expedition to be started in September .
INSV Tarini reaching
back Goa
SC allows termination of
pregnancy of minor rape survivors
The Supreme Court on Monday
, used its extraordinary power under Article 142 to do “ complete Justice” , to terminate medical termination of
pregancy of a 14 year old rape survivor
.
Her pregnancy was nearing 30 weeks while the limit for
termination under the Pregnancy Act is 24 weeks .
A medical board has recommended that continuation of
pregnancy against the will of a minor
may impact her physical and mental well being .
After dip in voter turnout , EC forms task force to track
humidity , heatwave risks
The official aggregate of first phase turnout is 62.34% ,
while in previous elections it was 69.43% . Concerned with the fact that the
heatwave could have resulted in reduction in voter turnout in the last election
.
Concerned with this, the Supreme Court has formed a
commission comprising the Indian Meteorological Department ( IMD ) , National
Disaster Management Authority ( NDMA ) and the Health ministry . It will review
the impact of weather conditions on
health five days before the polling .
World
Rwanda deportation flights in 10 -12 weeks
UK. Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak said that he would push a parliamentary vote on carrying asylum
seekers to Rwanda . He also promised that flights would start taking asylum
seekers to Rwanda in 10 -12 weeks .
The law on Asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda has passed in
one house while voting in other house
will be on Monday night .
About 5,000 people had arrived in the UK on boats via the
English Channel in the first quarter of this year , according to UK government
data .
Afghanistan , Pakistan , India and Bangladesh were the top
countries of migrants arriving in 2023 through boats .
In a recent amendment of law , Afghanistan citizens have
been left out from deportation , this is Afghanistan’s support in the departure
of UK forces from Afghanistan .
The law had earlier faced many challenges in courts . In
November the UK Supreme Court ruled that the deportation was unlawful .
Senior Israeli Officer resigns for failing to prevent
Hamas attack
The head of
Israeli military intelligence Maj Gen Aharon Halliva resigned on Monday over
failure to prevent the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel .
The attack had killed 1200 Israeli mostly civilians , Hamas
also took around 250 hostages . Israel later attacked Gaza to eliminate Hamas .
The resignation could set off more resignation from Israeli
security brass.
Iran President vows to boost trade ties with Pakistan to
10 billion dollar a year
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi reached Islamabad on a three
day visit . He met his counterpart Shahbaz Sharif . The two sides vowed to
increase trade to 10 billion dollars .
The two countries had tit for tat border clashes in recent
times .
SPORTS
Teen Prodigy Gukesh
earns the right to battle Ding for the world crown
D Gukesh will play for the world Championship as the
youngest challenger in history .
The 17 year old won the qualifying event , the Candidates
tournament , in Toronto after drawing a win in the final round of the encounter
with Hiraku Nakamura .
Next Step
Gukesh will take on reigning Works Champion Ding Liren of
China .
D Gukesh
Text / Context
What are the rules
around star campaigners ?
The story so far :
Sunita Kejriwal , wife of Delhi CM Arvind. Kejriwal has been
appointed as a ‘ star campaigner ‘ by the AAP for Gujarat .
What is the legal
provision ?
Section 77 , of Representation of People’s Act ( RPA ) ,
1951 provides law regarding ‘ leaders of a political party ‘ , which are
popularly known as ‘ star campaigners ‘.
A national party can appoint a maximum of 40 while the
unrecognised political party can appoint 20 star campaigners .
The Expedititure by star campaigners in travelling is not
accounted in electoral Expedititure , also the electoral Expenditure limit per
Lok Sabha constituency for these is higher than other campaigners .
There have been several instances when EC ordered removal of
certain candidates from star campaigner list for making inflammatory utterances
that violated Model Code of Conduct.
