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President’s rule in Maharashtra, Governor sends report hours before NCP deadline

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the third party to be invited by the Governor to form the government in Maharashtra since results were announced on October 24, has so far failed to bring NCP-Congress alliance and the Shiv Sena together.

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Maharashtra has been put under President’s Rule after Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari informed the centre that none of the three parties he had invited since Saturday — BJP, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) – could produce enough numbers to form the government in Maharashtra. The Governor sent a report after the NCP spoke to him this morning, hours before its 8.30 pm deadline, and asked for an extension.

The Congress has reacted sharply to the move with its leader Randeep Singh Surjewala saying that “Governor Koshiyari has committed a grave travesty of the democracy”.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the third party to be invited by the Governor to form the government in Maharashtra since results were announced on October 24, has so far failed to bring NCP-Congress alliance and the Shiv Sena together.

The Sena expected support from the Congress and NCP, but kept waiting for a confirmation from Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday. She did speak to Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on phone, but that was no “yes” for the Sena, which has refused to partner with the BJP to form the government in one of the biggest states in the country over its demand for an equal share of power.

As the 7.30 pm deadline for the Sena expired on Monday and Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari rejected Sena’s request for a 48-hour extension, the NCP was next in line in the musical chairs that is being played out in Maharashtra. The Sharad Pawar-led party has time till 8.30 this evening to act on the Governor’s invite.

The party has maintained that it will be a collective call, but sources suggest that Congress’ delayed decision on whether to ally with Sena or not has upset the senior-most NCP leader.

“Whatever decision will be taken will be taken collectively, so we were waiting for Congress response yesterday but it didn’t come, we can’t decide on it alone,” NCP leader Ajit Pawar had said this morning.

Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said that talks between the two parties are on, and they will move forward once discussions are done.

Meanwhile, the Sena petitioned for urgent hearing in the Supreme Court today saying while the Governor gave 48 hours to the BJP to indicate whether it can form government, they got only 24 hours to get the support letters from the Congress and the NCP.

The Governor had acted in haste at the behest of BJP to deny it the opportunity to form government, the Sena, the oldest ally of the BJP, alleged.

The BJP won 105 seats and with the support of its oldest ally Shiv Sena, which has 56 in its kitty, was to reach the majority mark of 145 comfortably in the 288-member assembly and form the government.

The Sena claimed a “50:50″ deal was discussed with BJP chief Amit Shah earlier this year, but the outgoing Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis denied any such deal.

Ignoring ideological differences, the Shiv Sena decided to turn the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which has 54 seats and its ally Congress which has 44. While Sharad Pawar appeared to be on board, if only to stop the BJP’s return to power in the state, the Congress chief offered no clarity.

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Dust storm, light rain expected in Delhi-NCR today, heatwave conditions to abate

IMD claimed in a tweet that Thunderstorm dust with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 km/hr would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, North Delhi, North East Delhi, North west Delhi, West Delhi, Central Delhi, East delhi and NCR( Loni Dehat, Hindon AF station, Ghaziabad, Indrapuram, Chapraula) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda (Haryana) Baraut, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithor , Garhmukhteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur ,Gulaoti ,Siyana ,Sikandrabad , Bulandshahr ,  Jahangirabad (UP)

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Dust storm, light rain expected in Delhi-NCR today, heatwave conditions to abate

On Wednesday, a dust storm with light to moderate rain is expected in numerous locations in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). The India Meteorogical Department (IMD) stated the city’s maximum and minimum temperatures are predicted to be in the range of 40 and 25, respectively.

The IMD tweeted an advisory that thunderstorms, dust with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 km/hr would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, North Delhi, North East Delhi, North West Delhi, West Delhi, Central Delhi, East Delhi and NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chapraula) Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda (Haryana), Baraut, Bagpat, Meerut, Khekra, Modinagar, Kithor, Garhmukhteshwar, Pilakhua, Hapur, Gulaoti, Siyana, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr, Jahangirabad (UP).

For the next two hours, light to moderate intermittent rain is expected over and near Adampur, Hissar, Hansi, and Meham (Haryana).

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On Thursday, May 18, light rain is predicted for in Delhi based on the seven-day prediction for the city. The sky will mainly be cloudy, with the potential of a light  rain or drizzle, according to the weather office.

The air quality will continue to be deteriorated in the city after strong winds with dust swept across the Delhi-NCR on Tuesday. Following this, visibility had reduced to 1000 metres. Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of regional forecasting centre, said the dry atmosphere is one of the reasons for the dust storms.

Following Tuesday’s severe winds and dust storm that blasted across the Delhi-NCR, the city’s air quality had taken an alarming dip.

The monsoons, which are awaited across India, are likely to make landfall in Kerala on June 4. Usually, the monsoon arrives on May 31 or June 1 but the delay will be made up as the phenomenon progresses on its south-west to north-east arc. With extreme temperatures right from a cold sytart to May to dust-laden winds in mid-May, the weather in the country is paying the price for accelerating climate change.

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Security lapse at Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Patiala home, says it will not deter him from raising his voice against Punjab

After his release from jail, he slammed the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for its law and order in the state.

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Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu has filed a complaint with the Punjab Police after he spotted a suspicious person wrapped in a grey blanket on his terrace. He alleged a security lapse at his Patiala home. He couldn’t catch him as he fled after his servant raised an alarm.

Taking to Twitter, Sidhu said, Today on the terrace of his residence an unknown suspicious character wrapped in a grey blanket was noticed around 7:00 pm, the moment his servant went out raised the alarm, and called for help, he immediately ran and escaped.

The 59-year-old further said that he has spoken to DGP Punjab Police and has also informed SSP Patiala. He said the security lapse will not deter him from raising his voice for Punjab.

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Punjab Police registered a case in this matter. According to the reports, the Patiala Senior Superintendent of Police Varun Sharma visited his residence after the complaint and is currently investigating the matter. The CCTV footage of the area is also being scanned, reports state.

Cricketer-turned-politician came out of the Patiala Central Jail on April 1 after serving nearly 10 months in a 1988 road rage case. After his release from jail, he slammed the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government for its law and order in the state.

He said Democracy is in chains. Punjab is the shield of this country. When dictatorship came in this country, a revolution also came, led by Rahul Gandhi.

Sidhu also slammed the Mann government over the pruning of security of slain singer Sidhu Moosewala and also making it public.

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Air India Delhi-San Francisco flight suffers tech glitch before take-off, returns to stand

The airline has not given any official statement in this matter.

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Air India flight which was en route to San Francisco from Delhi on Monday had to be returned to the stand because of a technical glitch. The San Francisco-bound flight suffered a tech issue before take off.

According to the reports, the aircraft which was carrying over 200 passengers from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) had to be replaced with another aircraft. Later, the passengers were accommodated in another aircraft.

The airline has not given any official statement in this matter.

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Earlier today, another Air India incident occurred where a London-bound flight returned to Delhi’s IGI airport after a mid-air brawl between an unruly passenger and the flight’s cabin crew.

A brawl ensued between a passenger and the crew members shortly after it departed from the airport at around 6:35 am. The onboard ruckus forced the plane to turn around and return to Delhi again where the raucous passenger was deboarded and handed over to the police at the airport.

Air India apologized to the passengers on the affected Delhi-London flight for the delay and inconvenience caused to them due to the incident and assured them that efforts will be made to ensure such incidents do not occur in the future.

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