News highlights: EC seeks detailed report on alleged attack on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

We have ordered to set up a committee consisting of retired Justice Subash Adi, retired Chief Secretary Ratna Prabha and Mysuru's Maharani College Assistant Professor BV Vasanth Kumar to examine the constitutional and legal aspects regarding the demand for reservation: Karnataka CM ( ANI )

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. The Election Commission of India has sought a detailed report on the incident in which West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee claimed that she suffered an injury after she was pushed by few people.

. Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday inaugurated two technology centres at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.

He also inaugurated three extension centres of big technological centres and seven mobile Udyam Express.

He said the technological centres should have coordination, cooperation and communication with the local industries, and also emphasised on the need to have a performance audit of all the technological and extension centres. ( PTI )

. The Income Tax Dept carried out search and seizure operation on March 9, on various persons based in Kolkata, engaged in the business of electrical equipment andtrading of decorative lighting. The cases were developed through market intelligence and field enquiries.

. BJP wrote to WB Chief Electoral Officer regarding 'CM being accompanied by scores of Police personnel on her route to Office of Returning Officer today'. The saffron party has also alleged thatPolice personnel in plain clothes are threatening voters at behest of the ruling party. ( ANI )

. Congress' Central Election Committee meeting will be held tomorrowvia video conferencing, to finalise candidates for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and the next two-phases of polls in West Bengal and Assam. ( ANI )

. Private centers for Covid-19 vaccination in BMC limits are allowed to operate 24x7. The Centre has approved BMC's proposal in this regard. "BMC has requested Center to do necessary changes to its vaccination registration website to facilitate this," BMC stated. (ANI)

. Goods and services worth Rs 1 lakh crore are expected to be procured from the public procurement portal GeM in 2021-22, a senior official said on Wednesday.

The Government e-Market (GeM) portal was launched in August 2016 for online purchases of goods and services by all the central government ministries and departments.

GeM Chief Executive Officer Talleen Kumar said the order value in 2020-21 is projected at Rs 37,000 crore, up from Rs 22,896 crore in the previous year. ( PTI )

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. 9 people were killed and 9 were injured after a private bus fell into the valley at Colony Mod, in Chamba's Bhanjraru, Himachal Pradesh. Immediate relief of Rs 20,000 each has been given to family members of deceased and Rs 5,000 each to injured persons.

. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and six of his Cabinet colleagues have been fielded by the ruling CPI(M) for the April 6 state assembly elections, while Finance minister Thomas Issac has been denied a ticket this time.

The party on Wednesday released the list of 83 of its 85 candidates including nine CPI(M) supported independents. Health Minister K K Shailaja, Labour minister T P Ramakrishnan, Power minister M M Mani, Devaswom minister Kadakkampally Surendran, Fisheries minister Mercykutty Amma and Local Self Government minister A C Moideen are trying their luck once again.

. In what could compound into a Centre vs State issue yet again, the Mumbai police has registered an FIR into the death of seven-time Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar.

Praful Khoda Patel, the Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, has been named in the FIR.

. The Lok Sabha passed theDelhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021 during the second phase of the Budget session today.

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. Controversial police officer Sachin Vaze – who has come under the needle of suspicion behind the mysterious death of Thane-businessman Mansukh Hiren – has been removed from the elite Mumbai Crime Branch-CID.

Hiren’s Mahindra Scorpio SUV, with 20-odd gelatin sticks and a threatening note, was parked near the residence of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani.

. As the farmers' protest against the three farm laws rages on, the Congress has issued a no-confidence motion against the BJP-JJP alliance government in the state. The ruling alliance has issued a whip to their respective members for compulsory presence in the House, but will that save the government? Let's have a look at the Assembly match ahead of the floor test.

. The BJP following its Parliamentary Party Meet announced a list of 40 star campaigners for the West Bengal Assembly Elections beginning on March 27. The likes of PM Modi, Amit Shah, and party President J P Nadda will campaign for the saffron party in the TMC-ruledstate.

. BJP MP Tirat Singh Rawat is set to become Uttarakhand CM, Trivendra Singh Rawat, who resigned as Chief MInister Tuesday night announced in a press conference.

Tirat will be sworn in at 4 pmtoday, NDTV said.

. Haryana's Leader of Opposition B S Hooda moved a no-confidence motion against the Manohar Lal Khattar-led Haryana government over the death of farmers protesting the Centre's three farm laws at the Delhi-Haryana border. The move comes at a time when the BJP-JJP government is facing a trust vote at the Assembly today.

. Prime Minister Narendra Modi told BJP MPs during their Parliamentary Party Meet that they must help those eligible to get the Covid-19 vaccine, and even help them reach the vaccination centre, Prahlad Joshi told ANI.

. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned as the Chief Minister on Tuesday, one year ahead of the state's Assembly elections. Complaints against Rawat from a section of MLAs, including many heavyweights who had joined it quitting the Congress, about his indifference to their concerns and also the fact that his public image remained unimpressive, is touted as one of the foremost reasons for a change in leadership.

. The BJP's Legislative committee meeting began at their office in Dehradun on the backdrop of Trivendra Singh Rawat's resignation on Tuesday night. The meeting may provide an insight into who might occupy the Chief Minister's post in the BJP-ruledstate.

. T T V Dhinakaran's Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK) released its first list of candidates on Wednesday morning for the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections scheduled for April 6, ANI reported. Among the prominent names listed were P Palaniappan, G Rengasamy, G Senthamizhan, C Shanmugavelu, and N G Parthiban.

. India on Wednesday reported17,921 new Covid-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 1,12,62,707 with 1,84,598 active cases, according to the Union Health Ministry.

. After news emerged of India's intentions to raise funds from fellow Quad members to help counter China's vaccine exports, an official with the Biden administration told Reuters that the funding will be announced in the first-ever meeting of the four nations - India, Australia, US, and Japan on Friday.

. Chinese water tycoon Zhong Shanshan reclaimed the title of Asia's richest person from Mukesh Ambani according to a Bloomberg Report. Z hong is the head of a mineral water company, Nongfu Spring mineral water and Wantai Biological Pharmacy Enterprise, which is into making Covid-19 test kits.

. Actor turned BJP member Mithun Chakraborty willcampaign for Suvendu Adhikari at a rally in Nandigram on Friday, March 12, ANI reported. The rally will beattended by Union Ministers. Smriti Irani and Dharmendra Pradhan.

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News highlights: EC seeks detailed report on alleged attack on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

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