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Read more here The first meeting of Congress party's Central Election Committee (CEC) will be held at 6 pm on March 7. The meeting will decide candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha polls 2024, said Jairam Ramesh, Congress party's general secretary in-charge, communications in a post on X (formerly Twitter). Chaired by party president Mallikarjun Kharge, the committee also includes former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, besides AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, Ambika Soni, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and T S Singhdeo, among others.
Read more here Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has warned the water tanker owners in the state that the government would seize their tankers if they do not register with the authorities before the deadline of March 7. While addressing a press conference on Monday at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) head office, on the looming water crisis in Bengaluru, Deputy CM had said, "Of the total 3,500 water tankers in Bengaluru city, only 10%, that is 219 tankers, have registered with the authorities. The government will seize them if they don't register before the deadline." The private water tankers are charging anywhere between ₹500 to ₹2000 per tanker.
He said that the authorities would talk to the Association and fix a standard price. India will take on England on March 7 in the fifth Test Match to be played at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala. The Test match is scheduled to start at 9.30am IST.
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