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The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the dates for the upcoming Assembly Election for the five states. The Model Code of Conduct has become active since the announcement of dates by the ECI.
All provisions of the poll code will apply to the whole of Goa, Manipur, Punjab Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh with regard to all candidates, political parties and the governments of the five states, the Election Commission said on Saturday.
The Supreme Court has reserved it's hearing on the Prime Minister Modi Security Lapse case of Punjab for today. The CJI will be giving his decision regarding the case. The Supreme Court on Friday directed the state government to ensure that all records and materials pertaining to the Prime Minister’s movements be immediately secured in the custody of the Punjab and Haryana High Court registrar-general.
The Union Home Ministry has constituted a committee to enquire into the serious lapses in the security arrangements during Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Punjab.
The three-member committee to be led by Sudhir Kumar Saxena, Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat, will comprise Intelligence Bureau Joint Director Balbir Singh and SPG Inspector General S. Suresh.
In other news, a level-2 fire broke out in a wooden godown near Mustafa Bazar in the Byculla area of Mumbai. 8 fire brigades reached on the spot to control the fire; no casualties reported so far, said the Mumbai Fire Brigade.
UP govt approves voluntary retirement request of Kanpur Police Commissioner Asim Arun
UP govt approves voluntary retirement request of Kanpur Police Commissioner Asim Arun, PTI reported official sources as saying. The senior IPS officer had applied for pre-mature retirement on Saturday amid speculation of him joining the BJP this week and contesting the assembly polls.
IIT-Madras professor V Kamakoti becomes institute's director
IIT-Madras professor V Kamakoti, who designed India's first indigenously-developed microprocessor, appointed the institute's director, PTI reported.
MHA approaches parliamentary panels seeking more time to frame rules under CAA
Union Home Ministry has approached parliamentary panels seeking more time to frame rules under CAA through which the Modi government wants to grant Indian nationality to non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan, PTI reported officials as saying.
'Bulli Bai' app case: Accused Shweta Singh, Mayank sent to police custody till Jan 14
'Bulli Bai' app case: Accused Shweta Singh and Mayank has been sent to custody of Mumbai Police Cyber Cell till January 14 by a court in Bandra, ANI reported.
Punjab-Haryana High Court grants anticipatory bail to SAD MLA Bikram Singh Majithia
Punjab and Haryana High Court grants anticipatory bail to Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Bikram Singh Majithia in the drug case; orders him to join the investigation, ANI reported.
Bikram Singh Majithia has been granted interim bail. He will be joining the investigation the day after tomorrow at 11 am before the SIT... It is a political vendetta: His lawyer DS Sobti in Chandigarh pic.twitter.com/K6Kk4S0Oyz
— ANI (@ANI) January 10, 2022