Politics

'Sex video' case: SIT asks Prajwal Revanna to appear for probe within 24 hours

Amid the political slugfest in Karnataka over the alleged sex video scandal involving JD-S leader Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case has issued a notice to the accused, asking him to appear before it for investigation within 24 hours, sources said on Tuesday.

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Two Congress leaders in Delhi quit party over AAP alliance

In a major setback to the Congress party, two of its leaders and observers for two Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh have resigned from the party.

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Pannun plot case: Unsubstantiated imputations on serious matter, says India on US media report

India on Tuesday said a report published by a media outlet in the US made unwarranted and unsubstantiated imputations on a serious matter involving an alleged plot to kill Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.

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JD(S) suspends Prajwal Revanna over sex scandal row: Kumaraswamy

Former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Monday that the decision of suspending Prajwal Revanna, his nephew and the grandson of former Prime Minister Deve Gowda, has already been taken by his party.

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Five PMs in five years is INDIA bloc's new formula: PM Modi's swipe at Oppn alliance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the INDIA bloc and the Shiv Sena faction led by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray saying that "they have created a new formula whereby there will be five PMs in five years."

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Home Minister's doctored video: Telangana CM Reddy summoned by Delhi Police, say sources

A Delhi Police team will also be reaching Telangana to serve the notice to individuals who tweeted this fake video.

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FIR registered against YouTube channel in Punjab for defaming Raghav Chadha

Punjab Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a YouTube channel for allegedly equating Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha with fugitive Vijay Mallya.

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Who's Prajwal Revanna? Videos of Deve Gowda's grandson alleging sexual harassment surface, SIT probe ordered

Prajwal Revanna, who had gone to a foreign country, was allegedly involved in harassing and sexually abusing thousands of women and also recorded the acts, which surfaced just before the polling.

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Rahul Gandhi steps up campaign in Odisha, alleges BJD-BJP 'collusion to benefit few corporates'

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, stepping up the party's campaign in Odisha on Sunday lashed out at the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government and the opposition BJP while accusing them of having 'married' each other for personal gains and befooling the public.

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K'taka govt stages protest against Centre over drought relief

Karnataka's Congress government staged a protest on Sunday in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue on the premises of the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru, against the Central government over drought relief.

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ED claims on evidence destruction 'baseless', arrest 'politically motivated': Delhi CM Kejriwal to SC

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has filed a counter affidavit in the Supreme Court in response to the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) submissions, wherein the probe agency had claimed that a total of over 170 mobile phones were changed/destroyed by accused with others during the period of alleged excise policy scam.

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'Wait for few days...', Kharge keeps suspense over Congress candidates in Amethi, Raebareli

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge kept suspense over party candidates in Amethi and Raebareli while defending Rahul Gandhi's decision to contest Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad in Kerala.

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Case filed against Tejasvi Surya for 'seeking votes on religious grounds'

A case has been filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Bengaluru South Lok Sabha constituency Tejasvi Surya for apparently seeking votes on religious grounds, an official said on Friday.

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Should re-election be held with fresh candidates if NOTA gets a majority? SC issues notice to EC

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a plea seeking directions to the Election Commission (EC) to frame guidelines or rules, if in any election, all the contesting candidates individually do not surpass NOTA.

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Karnataka records 22.34 pc voting in first 4 hours

The voter turnout for 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka on Friday in the first four hours (till 11.30 a.m.) was recorded at 22.34 per cent, according to an official statement by the Election Commission of India. The voting commenced at 7 a.m.

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