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At least 14 are dead in the stampede during the Mauni Amavasya snan in Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. The death toll can go up.

Indian law enforcement agencies seized 6000 kg of Meth worth $4.25 billion in November from a Myanmar boat in Andaman & Nicobar island. Smuggler used Starlink to navigate the deep seas. Elon Musk's company has refused to share details of smugglers using its internet devices.
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Virat Kohli has been out in his last six innings, chasing balls outside the off-stump. Ball got him today was quite wide of stumps, he cud've played an upper cut. I haven’t seen him play cut or upper cut -it’s always the drive. Doesn’t he have any other shot in his arsenal?

The MLA stated that this is an attempt to dig a pit for democracy. Around 26,000 people are expected to vote at the booths set up here. A video is being sent to the Election Commission regarding the issue.

A day before poll on Sisamau seat in Kanpur, SP MLA Amitabh Bajpai has alleged that the police have blocked the traditional access routes to the polling booth at GIC. He claimed that trenches have been dug and pipes have been laid across the paths. #Kanpur #bypolls

Akhilesh Yadav in Kanpur: " Our PDA is Paet Me Dard Alliance for the BJP."

#elections #Kanpur

Three killed, 20 injured as the bus carrying wedding guests crashes into stationary truck on Kanpur Prayagraj highway this morning.
#Accident #Kanpur

May the hate dissipates, hearts filled with love and peace.

Eid Mubarak !!

Non-BJP ruled states are cautious because they believe guidelines provide MHA with too much leverage, allowing it to impose its preferences. They argue officers recommended by the MHA are unacceptable to the states, prompting them to also opt for acting DGs as a workaround.

A valid question from other side arises: Why isn't there a similar arrangement for the appointment of a state's chief secretary, and why is it specifically focused on the DGP position?

Anticipate contention in coming days over this issue. Guidelines are being labeled as 'absurd' and unconstitutional. Some argue that since the CM is face of governance & accountable to voters, they should have the authority to choose officer they deem suitable for position.

In UPSC during screening the officers with less than six months of service are omitted, & it sends three names of three senior most officers to choose from. The final decision lies with the head of  excutive.

In compliance to the Prakash Singh vs Union of India the guidelines for appointing State DGPs were established in 2009. Process entails the list of all DG rank officers goes to MHA and DoPT, which forwards it to UPSC.

An alarmed MHA is now asking the states to strictly adhere to Supreme court guidelines in 2006 in a police reforms case  about appointing DGPs.  It views the trend as a way to get 'favourites' in coveted post.

UP appointed 1990 batch IPS Prashant Kumar last week as acting DG, causing him to supersede 17 officers. The MHA isn't happy with this trend picking up, which it wants to arrest before it becomes a norm and undermines its writ.

UP has become a trend setter in appointing an acting Director General of Police (DGP).
While state has fourth acting DG in a row, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Telangana also taking a cue have appointed acting DGPs.

In Unnao, man sets himself on fire outside the office of SP, Unnao due the alleged shoddy investigation into an FIR he lodged in October.

Police, he alleged, removed names of two of total five accused from the charge-sheet.