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Twenty-four people had been recovered alive, and almost 400 people were left homeless. But even as families prepared to bury their dead, it was unclear thursday how many bodies remained trapped in the mud. The congress on friday released its manifesto for the february 20 punjab assembly polls, promising rs 1,100 per month for women, eight free cooking gas cylinders per year and one lakh government jobs. According to news wire agency ani, enforcement directorate has taken the custody of gangster dawood ibrahim''s brother iqbal kaskar from thane jail in connection with an alleged money laundering case registered against dawood and his aides.

Around 62.10 lakh voters are eligible to vote for 186 zilla parishad seats, 1,514 panchayat samiti seats and 20,436 wards of panchayats across 68 blocks in the state. Russia allegedly had added as many as 7,000 troops near ukraine''s borders yesterday, despite kremlin declarations that forces were being pulled back from the region. Russia has massed more than 150,000 troops east, north and south of ukraine, according to western estimates.

During the hearing solicitor general tushar mehta appearing for the union government had sought that exemplary cost should be imposed on the petitioner to discourage such pils. In recent years, bilateral relations between india and the uae have strengthened in all areas, weebgod and both sides have embarked upon a comprehensive strategic partnership, the mea said. Three people have been taken into custody in connection with the incident and that the post mortem and inquest proceedings are yet to get over. Sources in raj bhavan said the governor was provoked by the dissent letter issued along with the appointment of bjp leader hari s kartha as his additional personal assistant on february 14.

As many as 57,778 candidates are in the fray for 12,607 posts of ward members in 648 urban local bodies. Russia has thanked india for its stand on ukraine at the unsc. The release of dera sacha sauda chief gurmeet ram rahim singh before the punjab assembly elections has been challenged in the punjab and haryana high court. A special court pronounced death sentence to 38 out of 49 convicts today in the 2008 ahmedabad serial bomb blast case.

Physical hearings of cases will resume in gauhati high court and all lower courts from february 21. However, requests for virtual hearings will be considered on a case-by-case basis and will require prior approval from the bench concerned at least one day before the hearing, according to ani. New zealand beat india by three wickets in the third women''s odi to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. India were all out for 279 in 49.3 overs after being put in to bat.

While in the 2009 lok sabha election results, 30%, or 162 mps had criminal charges against them, in 2014, that number went up to 34% and further shot up to 43% in the 2019 lok sabha elections, with 233 mps having criminal cases against them. The supreme court today asked the uttar pradesh government to refund fines for damage to property during the 2019 protest against the citizenship amendment act. Hitting back at bjp leaders over their "Dynast" jibe against him, samajwadi party chief akhilesh yadav on friday said a person who has a family understands its pain and asked will those without a family be able to feel the pain of families. These all corrupt people have teamed up to brand the disciple of bhagat singh a terrorist, but people know the truth,” said kejriwal.