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BJP in Arunachal Pradesh has won as many as 10 assembly seats unopposed. BJP claimed that it will win all the 60 seats. There were celebrations in Itanagar where BJP supporters burst crackers. Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein won unopposed from Chowkham constituency while Arunachal Chief Minister Pema Khandu also won unopposed to the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Dasanglu Pul was elected unopposed from the Hayuliang Assembly Constituency. Dasanglu Pul's nomination went uncontested following the withdrawal of her sole opponent, Bafutso Krong of the Congress party. She is wife of former chief minister Kalikho Pul.

Nagaland Cabinet and legislators of the eastern region of the state appealed to the ENPO to take part in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. The Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation (ENPO) has stuck to its decision not to participate in the Lok Sabha polls until its demand for a separate state carved out of Nagaland is fulfilled by the Centre. The ENPO, the apex body of seven Naga tribes of the region, has been demanding a separate state since 2010, claiming that six districts in the eastern part of Nagaland have been neglected for years. The appeal comes after a meeting of the council of ministers and the Eastern Nagaland Legislators' Union (ENLU) held in Kohima on Saturday.

Congress striving to maintain its hold, while the BJP and CPI(M) are aggressively vying to secure the key southern seat. With Anto Antony as its candidate, the Congress is banking on its success from the previous election, aiming to replicate its performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. On the opposing front, the BJP has nominated its national secretary Anil K Antony, son of Congress stalwart and former Union minister A K Antony, whose candidacy received a significant boost with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the southern district on March 15, rallying behind him.

Supreme Court Judge BV Nagarathna has cautioned against instances of governors sitting indefinitely on bills passed by elected legislatures, referring to the case involving the Punjab Governor. In her keynote address at the inaugural session of the fifth edition of Courts and the Constitution Conference, held at the NALSAR University of Law here on Saturday, Justice Nagarathna spoke about the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly case as another instance of gubernatorial overreach, where the governor lacked sufficient material to declare the floor test. «This is not a healthy trend under the Constitution to bring the actions or omissions of the Governor of a state for consideration before constitutional courts,» she said. «I think I must appeal that the office of a governor, though it is called a gubernatorial post, the governor's post is a serious constitutional post, the governors must discharge their duties under the constitution in accordance with the Constitution so that this kind of litigation before the law courts is reduced,» Justice Nagarathna added.

Despite identity proofs and proper documents, like a letter from a bank or micro-lending firm, to back the legitimacy of their cargo, the cash could be confiscated. The money, once proved genuine, would be released only later, at the intervention of the court or a senior government official. No one wants to deal with such harassment — neither the financial institutions nor their field agents and ‘business correspondents’ (BC) who collect cash from villagers paying loan EMIs. Sometimes, though, the arrangement may not be all that kosher if dodgy agents choose to carry unaccounted cash or act as couriers of political parties while on official duty.

The ruling party in power, BJP, are on the defensive with the Kshatriya Community against Union Minister Parshottam Rupala for comments against kings at an event organised by the Valmiki community on March 22. The minister remarked that the kings had bowed before the foriegn tormentors and retained relationships with them, unlike the lower castes. Despite Rupala apologising on many occasions, the controversy has erupting further in the state. To control the agrevating situation, Gujarat BJP President CR Patil had rushed to Rajkot, while Congress turncoat and former MLA from Gondal Jayrajsinh Jadeja held a conciliatory meeting of the community at his house in Gondal on Friday. Eating a humble pie, Rupala went on to reiterate his apology with “folded hands” and said that while he does not remember withdrawing any of his comment in his entire life, this time his party (BJP) has come under criticism because of him. However, his gesture or the party manoeuvre did precious little to douse the anger of the community. Karni Sena Chief of the state, Raj Shekhawat, on Saturday resigned from BJP’s primary membership calling the meeting at Gondal a BJP sponsored move.

Patna High Court in a case. Also Read: Attention all cosmic fans! Don't miss these 4 must-sees celestials in April, other than solar eclipse A single-judge bench of Justice Bibek Chaudhuri observed that the use of filthy language doesn't amount to ‘cruelty’ under Section 498A (cruelty towards wife by husband or his relatives) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The bench was hearing a petition filed by Shahdeo Gupta and his son Naresh Kumar Gupta, residents of Jharkhand's Bokaro.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday questioned Kailash Gahlot, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Delhi's transport minister, in connection with the state's liquor policy case. People in the know said Gahlot was part of the group of ministers that gave directions to Delhi's excise department to restructure the state's excise policy. People in the know said Gahlot was questioned about his connection with Vijay Nair, AAP's then communication-in-charge and a co-accused in the case.

Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal said that the state government has successfully completed the payments even though there were financial constraints, including the row between the state and the union government. He visited the district treasury on the last day of the financial year. He said, «Today, I am happy that we have successfully completed the payments even though we have financial constraints like the Supreme Court case is going on, a lot of arguments between State and Union government is taking place. We are deprived of the state share, a due share from the Union government. However, we were able to make the payment of more than Rs 25,000 crores. Around Rs 26,000 we are expecting this month.»

Lok Sabha polls, Chief Electoral Officer, Satyabrata Sahoo announced here on Saturday. With the last date for withdrawal of candidature ending on Saturday, the CEO said 950 candidates, 874 men and 76 women, are in the fray. On the last date (March 30) for withdrawal of candidatures, 135 aspirants withdrew their nomination papers. On March 28, the day of scrutiny of nominations, a total of 1,085 nominations were found to be valid. Nagapattinam constituency in the Cauvery delta region has nine candidates, the least and Karur segment in western region, 54 candidates, the highest.

Election Commission directed the central and state governments to remove unauthorised political advertisements from public spaces. On March 20, the Commission, following reports of non-compliance, asked for confirmation of full compliance by 5 pm the next day. This would suggest the narrow window and urgency that election managers had, that other stakeholders may fail to appreciate. Fast Action On March 18, the EC transferred the home secretaries of Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and the Director General of Police in West Bengal. Several DMs and SPs belonging to four states were transferred on March 21. One witnessed a spate of such transfers during the recent series of five assembly elections.

banned congressional staffers from using Microsoft's Copilot generative AI assistant. According to a report in Axios, the application is seen as a threat in terms of data leakage. “The Microsoft Copilot application has been deemed by the Office of Cybersecurity to be a risk to users due to the threat of leaking House data to non-House approved cloud services,” said Catherine Szpindor, the House chief administrative officer.

Congress has questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) closing a case against Praful Patel in the BJP-alleged irregularities in leasing aircraft for Air India, alleging that the former civil aviation minister is being let off for joining the ruling alliance after splitting NCP. The main opposition party has recycled BJP's 2014 election material, alleging a «Rs 30,000-crore Air India scam» and blaming Patel for it, and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come clean on his past statements against the UPA regime over the alleged «Air India scam» as well as BJP's allegations against Patel over purchasing a Mumbai property allegedly from terror accused Iqbal Mirchi's family. «Months after Praful Patel joined the BJP alliance in Maharashtra by splitting NCP, the CBI filed a closure report in a 2017 case of corruption, alleged by the BJP in its 2014 'Chargesheet',» Congress leader Pawan Khera said at an official briefing here on Saturday.

Ajit Pawar, from Baramati Lok Sabha seat, pitting her against sister-in-law and Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule from the home turf of Pawars. In her first reaction, Sunetra Pawar said this was a lucky day for her. The announcement of her candidature was made by Maharashtra NCP unit president Sunil Tatkare, hours after the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) declared its first list of five candidates for Lok Sabha elections from Maharashtra. The NCP(SP) retained Supriya Sule from Baramati and fielded Nilesh Lanke, who switched sides from the Ajit Pawar camp, from the Ahmednagar constituency.

Congress leader Mukul Wasnik on Saturday said his party will win more than 10 seats in the Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat. All 26 seats in the state were won by the BJP in the 2014 and 2019 general elections. Wasnik, who is the Congress' general secretary in charge of the state, said names of all candidates will be announced soon. The Congress is fighting on 24 Lok Sabha seats and has announced names of 17 candidates so far. It has given two seats, Bhavnagar and Bharuch, to the Aam Aadmi Party as part of an alliance.

Siddaramaiah on Saturday alleged that the BJP is using organisations like the IT Department, ED, and CBI to weaken the Congress Party as the party is scared of losing the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. He added that the BJP is trying to weaken their party through 'tax terrorism' as they believe that by doing this, they can win the election. «The CM said, the Bharatiya Janata Party, fearful of impending defeat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, has been misusing autonomous institutions like the IT Department, ED, and CBI to undermine the Congress Party. As part of this tactic, they have unleashed 'tax terrorism' on our party. The BJP is under the illusion that by weakening our party, it can win the election,» as per a press statement by the CMO

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu and his deputy Chowna Mein are among 10 BJP candidates who were elected unopposed in the state assembly polls, an official said on Saturday. Khandu and nine others were elected unopposed following the closure of the nomination withdrawal period, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Pawan Kumar Sain told reporters here. Khandu was the only person to file a nomination from the Mukto assembly constituency in Tawang district, while Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein won the Chowkham seat uncontested after his lone rival Bayamso Kri of the Congress withdrew his nomination on Saturday, he said. «Single nomination paper has been filed in six assembly constituencies while in four others, opposition candidates withdrew their papers,» he said.

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