NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Wednesday ordered filing of an FIR against Congress president Rahul Gandhi for giving an interview to a TV channel in Gujarat in violation of the 48-hour ban on campaigning, as well as against all TV channels that telecast the interview across districts going to the polls on Thursday. Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Congress president Rahul Gandhi who has returned from his Kailash Mansarovar Yatra offers holy water from Kailash at Mahatma Gandhi’s Samadhi at Raj Ghat . Congress will begin their march shortly from Raj Ghat. Opposition party Congress has called for a nationwide shutdown (Bharat bandh) today, to protest against the sharp rise in fuel prices and depreciation of rupee. The Bharat bandh is also being supported by other opposition parties.
Nationwide protests against record high petrol and diesel prices shut down businesses, government offices and schools in many parts of India. Fuel prices have been witnessing a hike in several states across the country over the past few weeks, burning a hole in the pocket of common man. Leaders of various opposition parties led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi started the country-wide protest against rising fuel prices from Rajghat as part of
Lucknow: If politics is about managing contradictions, the BJP has its hands full in the Hindi heartland ahead of the 2019 general elections. An order passed by the Supreme Court earlier this year on the stringent bail provisions of Prevention of Atrocities Against Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribes Act has spiralled into a political debate that threatens to singe the ruling party. Source:- news18.com
New artists’ impressions were released today of the town’s new extended Fashion Quarter. Work is also ongoing on the Northern Quarter and Southwater. Centre manager Glyn Morrow today said work is continuing in relation the current House of Fraser unit after the firm announced plans to close the store last month. “We are working behind the scenes with House of Fraser. There is nothing set in stone at the moment. We
Police have arrested two men on suspicion of breaching Sweden’s flammable and explosive items law after a suspected explosive was found at a Stockholm shopping centre. The two men were arrested in the vicinity of the Gallerian shopping mall in central Stockholm on Tuesday and the building was evacuated for just over an hour while a police bomb squad removed the object for examination. Source:- thelocal.se
Waterstones is poised to move its Aberdeen store away from Union Bridge. The bookseller has signed a 10-year lease for a 9,939sq ft, two-storey unit in the Bon Accord Centre, meaning its Trinity Centre branch will close.The new store is due to open in spring. Catherine Rees, head of property at Waterstones, said: “We are very excited to be opening in Bon Accord and hope this move to a new
Big Bazaar, the hyper and super market retail chain run by Kishore Biyan’s Future Group, was offering discounts ranging from 2-22% on select food and grocery items which will be taxed at a lower rate when GST takes effect. source:hindustantimes.com
Fashion retailer Next is leaving Nicholsons Shopping Centre, it has been confirmed. The store has been part of the shopping centre for the last 15 years but will not be renewing its lease when it expires in October. A statement posted on Nicholsons Shopping Centre’s Facebook page says: “We understand that Next have chosen not to renew their lease as part of a wider assessment they have made concerning their
