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Tanwar enjoyed the back- panes, and even destroying ing of former Congress president vehicles in its vicinity. ! Rahul Gandhi and was heading The three-storey structure, the State unit since 2014. in which the firecracker facto- Tanwar continued to be ry was being run, came crash- strong that half a dozen near- locals. It was only later that the State chief even after he didn't * + , % - * . % "/% ! ing down to the ground. And by buildings got damaged and reason for the loud blasts was wholeheartedly took part in the many people are feared trapped the windowpanes of buildings known. prestigious Jind Assembly poll mand at grassroots. Hooda the responsibility of den with acute factionalism is Congress came to power in the in the debris. Therefore, the up to a km were shattered. A The blast took place a day which was unsuccessfully con- The Congress leadership leading the election charge fol- Madhya Pradesh. Congress State in December last year. death toll is expected to rise. car and a bike parked nearby ahead of the 522nd marriage tested by AICC chief spokesman has been desperately looking to lows his August 18 Maha general secretary Jyotiraditya The other impending As the last report trickled were badly damaged. anniversary celebrations of Randeep Singh Surjewala. end factionalism in the party in Parivartan Rally in Rohtak Scindia, who has expressed change is in the crucial State of in, the national and the State’s Senior officials of the dis- Guru Nanak Dev, known as Hooda since then has been poll-bound Haryana, where it when he supported abrogation his uneasiness with the leader- Uttar Pradesh where the lead- disaster response teams (NDRF trict administration and the ‘Babe Da Viah’. Festivities are flexing his muscles and seeking is seeking to wrest power from of Article 370 and accused the ship on many occasions in ership suggested for a complete and SDRF) were carrying out police, including Batala held in the city every year. the authority to finalise party the BJP. In the 2014 Assembly Congress of losing "direction". recent times, said party chief overhaul of the State unit. the rescue operations. Deputy Commissioner Vipul The news agency IANS candidates in the State where polls, the BJP won 47 seats and Asked about Hooda's Sonia Gandhi would decide on In a report prepared by her Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Ujawal and Inspector General has quoted an official saying the Congress was blanked out went on to form its remarks and the factionalism the next Madhya Pradesh unit close aides, she has advised to Minister Capt Amarinder (Border Range) SPS Parmar, that the firecracker manufac- in the Lok Sabha polls. Hooda Government. The Congress plaguing the Haryana unit of president. His statement comes make it mandatory to have at Singh has ordered a magister- rushed to the spot to take turing unit was unauthorised recently met Congress chief could only win 15 seats in the the party, AICC general secre- at a time when there is specu- least one women office-bearer ial probe while also deputing stock of the situation. and being run in a densely- Sonia Gandhi and held a 90-member Assembly. The tary incharge of Haryana lation among political circles in the organisation from block senior Cabinet Minister Tripat “Rescue operations are populated residential area in detailed discussion with her. INLD had 19 legislators but the Ghulam Nabi Azad said a new that Scindia might look for level to district and PCC level. Rajinder Singh Bajwa to over- underway and so far we have Gurdaspur district.The offi- The next move of the inter- party has since split into two beginning has been made with options outside the Congress if The Congress last week see the operations. recovered 19 dead bodies,” said cial said the locals complained im party chief is to replace the factions. Rajya Sabha member the appointments. Azad, who he is not made head of the MP made changes in poll bound Notably, a magisterial Ujwal, adding that the reason that the firecracker unit was party chiefs at Uttar Pradesh Kumari Selja is a former Union made the official announce- unit.AICC sources said Scindia Jharkhand by appointing a probe was ordered in a similar for the blast is still unknown. running illegally for the past and Madhya Pradesh and give Minister and known for being ments pertaining to the change has the backing of enough new president and other office- blast on January 21, 2017, in the Several fire engines were many years. It was manufac- general secretary Priyanka close to Sonia Gandhi. While of guard in Haryana, said MLAs and Ministers to create bearers after rift between for- same area leaving one dead and pressed into service at the spot turing and storing crackers for Gandhi the full charge of UP in she takes Ashok Tanwar's place Hooda has been given the trouble for the Kamal Nath mer Union Minister Subodh three injured. However, the carrying out rescue work to a ‘nagar kirtan’ - a religious pro- case Jyotiraditya Scindia is as Haryana Pradesh Congress responsibility now. If the party Government whose has a Kant Sahay and Ajoy Kumar. findings of that enquiry are bring the situation under the cession relating to the birth appointed MP Congress chief. Committee chief, Hooda will had lost direction, he can bring wafer-thin majority in the 230- Kumar resigned last month unknown. control. anniversary celebrations of The frontrunner to lead UP replace CLP leader Kiran it on the right path, he said. member House. Scindia had paving the way for Rameshwar As per reports, the blast in A series of blasts were Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Congress is Ajay Singh Lallu, Choudhary. The next immediate lost the Chief Minister's race to Oraon's appointment as State the firecracker factory took heard that, at one point of time, Dev - slated to reach the town considered to have good com- The party's decision to give change where the party is rid- Nath narrowly after the president. place around 4 pm. It was so has caused panic among the late Wednesday evening. & O P ! " $% 6',-67(7. tionalise the Kashmir issue 8 9 mentioned 75 meters anywhere after India’s decision. O in its report. ndia and Russia are against Russia has backed India’s Notably the PSM is a body I“outside influence” in the move on J&K, saying that the of lawyers, servitors, abbots and internal matters of any nation, changes in the status are with- / intelligentsia which has been Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the framework of the Indian "# constituted to protest the said on Wednesday after com- Constitution. demolition drive. prehensive talks with Russian Briefing the media later, ! Collector Singh said, “I President Vladimir Putin Foreign Secretary Vijay have made it clear that demo- aimed at finding new horizons Gokhale said Prime Minister $$ # 4+- as the administration wanted to lition of commercial and unsafe of bilateral cooperation in key Narendra Modi explained to &'" $$ continue eviction of structures structures within the temple’s areas like defence, space, trade, President Putin the rationale ( )& hile on Tuesday the coming within the security security zone will go on as it is.” oil and gas, nuclear energy and behind the decision and Russia " Wdemolition drive of the zone of the temple. Some good suggestions maritime connectivity. stands firmly behind India on *"$ $+ $'" Bada Akhada Mutt in Puri, In this situation, the PSM came in from the PSM, besides Modi, who arrived in the issue. , which has been declared decided to meet Chief Minister complaints on disbursal of Russia on a two-day visit, is the A joint statement issued - unsafe, couldn’t succeed due to Naveen Patnaik in next three to compensation money to land first Indian Prime Minister to later said the two sides “under- protests, a meeting between the four days. “We knew the owners during eviction for the visit the Russian Far East lined the primacy of interna- $ # district administration and the Collector is not the competent last Nabakalebar Yatra, he said. Region. tional law and emphasised Puri Surakhaya Munch (PSM) authority to alter the decisions Meanwhile, the Viswa “We both are against out- their commitment to the pur- " # $ held on Wednesday also virtu- of the State Cabinet. Still, we Hindu Parishad (VHP) has side influence in the internal poses and the principles stated % # ally failed. met the Collector on courtesy joined the protest spree. In a matters of any nation,” Modi in the UN Charter including ( " A 15-member PSM team, to let him inform the meeting of Mahants and saints said in a joint press meet with the inadmissibility of interfer- '( led by local BJP MLA Jayant Government about our griev- of mutts, the VHP questioned Putin after their delegation- " # % ence in the internal affairs of Kumar Sarangi, met Collector ance,” said PSM convener why the BP Das Commission level talks at the India-Russia & % ( # ) member states.” .

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