Congress petitions EC on Amit Shah's remarks during poll rally
The Congress urged the Election Commission (EC) Tuesday to issue a notice to BJP chief Amit Shah for a statement he had made in Telangana, which the opposition party alleged was aimed at creating a communal atmosphere in the poll-bound state.
Senior Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, Kamal Nath and Kapil Sibal met EC officials and raised a number of issues, ranging from EVM-related complaints in Madhya Pradesh and Shah’s statement to the arrest of the opposition party’s working president in Telangana.
Mr. Shah’s statement in Telangana was absolutely false and misrepresented some points of the Congress’s poll manifesto in the southern state, Mr. Sibal told reporters after meeting the EC officials.
TRS rally in Khammam
TRS leader K. Taraka Rama Rao along with TRS candidate Puvvada Ajay Kumar during a electoral road show in Khammam on Tuesday.
K. Taraka Rama Rao, son of Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Minister held a road show in Khammam on Tuesday.
A high-octane battle is on the cards in the Khammam constituency with the TDP, in alliance with the Congress, the CPI and Telagnana Jana Samiti, banking on the combined strength to win the high-profile seat in the December 7 elections.
The TDP has fielded its Polit Bureau member and former Khammam MP Nama Nageswara Rao in an apparent bid to revive its fortunes in the district, considered the political nerve centre of south Telangana.
The ruling TRS is pinning its hopes on the “development plank” to retain its sway in the constituency where it has fielded former MLA Puvvada Ajay Kumar.
Mr. Ajay Kumar won from the constituency on Congress ticket in 2014, trouncing Tummala Nageswara Rao, who contested on TDP ticket, by a margin of 5,682 votes.
Navy Day celebration
Navy demonstrates aerial extraction of commandos on the Navy Day celebrations in Mumbai.
The Indian Navy Day is celebrated on December 4 every year to commemorate Operation Trident, an attack on the Karachi harbour during the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971. The Indian Navy outperformed Pakistan's troops with zero casualties on its side. Anti-ship missiles were first used by India during this operation.
The Pakistani destroyer ship PNS Khaibar and other vessels were destroyed in 90 minutes by the Indian Navy. Personnel of the Indian Navy were honoured with the Nau Sena Medal and Maha Vir Chakra for their gallantry exhibited in the Operation.
Macron set for tax U-turn to quell “yellow vest” protests
Students protest against reform plans in front of a high-school in Marseille, France.
The French government is preparing to suspend fuel tax increases after weeks of sometimes violent protests, a government source said on Tuesday, in what would mark a major U-turn by President Emmanuel Macron after 18 months in office.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was due to announce the suspension later on Tuesday, the source said, although it was unclear whether he would announce a time-limited “moratorium” or abandon the next carbon-tax increase entirely.
U.S. will not stop Iran exporting oil, Iranian president says
In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a public gathering in the northern city of Shahroud, Iran.
The United States will not be able to stop Iran exporting its oil and any move to prevent Iranian crude shipments passing through the Gulf would lead to all oil exports through the waterway being blocked, Iran's president said on Tuesday.
The United States has imposed sanctions on Iran and U.S. officials say they aim to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero in a bid to curb the Islamic Republic's missile programme and regional influence.
EU lawyer says UK can drop Brexit
Britain's Attorney General, Geoffrey Cox, arrives in Downing Street, London.
The European Union's top legal adviser said on Tuesday Britain had the right to withdraw its Brexit notice, opening a new front in a battle over Prime Minister Theresa May's plans to leave the EU, which could be rejected in parliament next week.
The advice from the European Court of Justice's advocate general will embolden supporters of EU membership in Britain's parliament on the first of five days of debate on May's plans to keep close economic ties with the bloc after leaving in March.
Ballon d'Or for Luka
Real Madrid's Luka Modric, left, stands with David Ginola after receiving the Ballon d'Or award during the Golden Ball award ceremony at the Grand Palais in Paris, France.
Real Madrid's Luka Modric, left, stands with David Ginola after receiving the Ballon d'Or award during the Golden Ball award ceremony at the Grand Palais in Paris, France.
Awarded every year by France Football magazine since Stanley Matthews won it in 1956, the Ballon d'Or, Golden Ball for the best player of the year will be given to both a woman and a man.
3 astronauts safely aboard International Space Station
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-11 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan.
Three astronauts who were launched into space aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft Monday entered the International Space Station nearly eight hours later, a relief to relatives and scientists months after a rocket failure aborted another mission.
The hatch of the capsule carrying NASA astronaut Anne McClain, David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency and Oleg Kononenko of Russian space agency Roscosmos was opened while the station was flying over the southern coast of Yemen.
(With inputs from agencies)
