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PM Modi Chairs Meeting with NSA, CDS and 3 Service Chiefs as China Seeks to Halt Infra Work along LAC

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Six rounds of talks between Indian and Chinese troops have failed to de-escalate tensions. (Photo for representation: PTI)

These meetings are the latest in a series of such consultations held in the last two weeks as India weighs its options to respond to the latest provocation by China at the border.

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  • Last Updated: May 26, 2021, 11:58 PM IST
  • Edited by: Moonmoon Ghosh
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday headed a meeting with National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat and the three Service Chiefs to discuss the ongoing border standoff with China in Ladakh.

The military brass is learnt to have apprised Modi about the evolving situation in eastern Ladakh although officials maintained the agenda of the pre-scheduled meeting was to discuss the ambitious military reforms and ways to boost India’s combat prowess.

Government sources said India will not stop infrastructure development projects in strategic areas along the nearly 3,500-km Sino-India border notwithstanding China’s well-coordinated efforts to stall them by attempting to vitiate the situation in areas like eastern Ladakh.

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Sources said China has put forward the condition that India stop building infrastructure even on its own side of the LAC, a condition that will remain unacceptable to New Delhi. India, on the other hand, has asked Beijing to maintain status quo at the border, sources said. But the Chinese have refused to back off from India territory.

Modi’s meeting came hours after the top four generals briefed Defence Minister Rajnath Singh about the situation in Pangong Tso lake, Galwan Valley, Demchok and Daulat Beg Oldi where Indian and Chinese troops were engaged in aggressive posturing for the last 20 days.

People in the military establishment said the prime minister was briefed about the situation in Ladakh. There was no official comment or details available about the meeting.

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Official sources said Doval has been closely monitoring the evolving situation along the LAC in Ladakh as well as in north Sikkim and Uttarakhand.

“China’s strategy to put military pressure on India will not work. We want restoration of the status quo along the LAC,” said an official on condition of anonymity.

The meetings are the latest in a series of such consultations held in the last two weeks as India weighs its options to respond to the latest provocation by China at the border.

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Singh was briefed by Army Chief General MM Naravane about the situation at the LAC two days ago after his return from Leh to take stock of the matter. It is learnt that Singh asked questions on troop deployment and expressed his full support for the Army’s response to Chinese aggression.

Six rounds of talks between Indian and Chinese troops since the first border skirmish on May 5 have failed to de-escalate tensions as the two sides have maintained aggressive posturing in the disputed border areas.

The People Liberation Army’s main bone of contention has been the 255-km Darbuk-Shyok-DBO road that India last year built on its side of the border. It provides access to the Depsang area and Galwan Valley and ends near the Karakoram Pass. The infrastructure development has made it easier for patrols to operate and the frequency of patrolling can also be increased.

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The series of meetings on Tuesday come a day before top Army commanders meet in Delhi for the three-day biannual army commanders’ conference.

“The apex level leadership of Indian Army will brainstorm on current emerging security and administrative challenges and chart the future course for Indian Army,” said a statement released by the Army.

While army sources have said the conference will focus on logistics and human resources, there is little doubt the situation unfolding at the border with China is going to dominate discussions.

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The conference was originally scheduled to be held from April 13-18, but was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It will now be held in two phase. The first phase will be from May 27-29 and the second one in the last week of June, said Army Spokesperson Colonel Aman Anand.

Tensions had erupted earlier this month when around 250 Indian and Chinese army personnel clashed with iron rods and sticks and even resorted to stone-pelting in the Pangong Tso lake area in Ladakh in which soldiers on both sides sustained injuries.

In a separate incident, nearly 150 Indian and Chinese military personnel were engaged in a face-off near Naku La Pass in the Sikkim sector on May 9. At least 10 soldiers from both sides sustained injuries.

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After the violent clashes, both India and China have pumped in additional troops, built fortifications and pitched tents at a few stretches along the LAC in three areas in eastern Ladakh. The Indian Army has also increased its presence in Uttarakhand after reports of Chinese troop build-up on their side of the LAC. UAVs have been deployed for intelligence gathering and surveillance.

(With inputs from PTI)






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Check Out TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024 Release Date & Details

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Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH) will release the TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024 on the 29th of April, 2024. The admit card of TS EAMCET will be available on the official website and the candidates will be able to download it with the help of their credentials such as their registration number, date of birth, and qualifying exam hall ticket number. The TS EAMCET hall ticket will include various details about the candidates such as the location of the exam center, the date & time of the exam, etc. Furthermore, the authority will be issuing two separate hall tickets to the candidates who have applied for the Engineering (E) and Agriculture & Medical (AM) streams.

One must note that the admit card of TS EAMCET 2024 will be available in an online mode only. The applicant will have to carry their admit card to their exam center along with their valid photo ID proof. Moreover, the candidates must make sure to double-check all the details mentioned in the TS EAMCET admit card 2024. The complete details about TS EAMCET Hall Ticket 2024 are mentioned below.

TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024 Important Dates

The applicants of the TS EAMCET 2024 exam should be up to date with the entire schedule related to the hall ticket of TS EAMCET. The official dates have been announced by the authority on its official website. The schedule TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024 is mentioned in the table below:-

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TS EAMCET 2024 Admit Card Release Date29th April, 2024
TS EAMCET Exam 2024May 7 and 8, 2024 for the Agriculture and Pharmacy streamMay 9 to 11, 2024 for the Engineering stream

Steps to Download TS EAMCET Hall Ticket 2024

The candidates will be able to download the TS EAMCET 2024 Admit Card from the official website, 29th April 2024 onwards. Additionally, to download the same, one has to follow a specific procedure that is mentioned below:-

  • Visit the official website, eamcet.tsche.ac.in.
  • Click on ‘Download TS EAMCET Hall Ticket’.
  • Login using your credentials such as your registration number, password, and the qualifying exam hall ticket number.
  • Take a printout of the TS EAMCET 2024 hall ticket for future reference.

How to Retrieve TS EAMCET 2024 Admit Card Login Password

In case the candidates fail to remember their TS EAMCET Hall Ticket password, then they can retrieve the same by following a procedure. One can refer to the procedure of retrieving TS EAMCET 2024 Admit Card password mentioned below:-

  • Visit the official website.
  • Login with the help of the required credentials.
  • Click on ‘Forget Password’.
  • Fill in the details.
  • You will receive an OTP on your registered mobile number.
  • Fill in the OTP.
  • Enter a new password in the input field.
  • Click on ‘Save’.

Details Mentioned in TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024

Various important details related to the candidate as well as the examination will be mentioned on the TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024. One must double-check the same and make sure that all the details are correct. Furthermore, the list of the details mentioned in TS EAMCET Hall Ticket 2024 are mentioned below:-

  • Name of the candidate
  • Candidate’s roll number
  • Photograph & signature of the candidate
  • Application number
  • Day, date, and time of the SRMJEEE examination
  • Full address of the center of the examination
  • Instructions for the examination day.

Documents Required with TS EAMCET Admit Card 2024

The candidates will have to bring either of the following documents along with their TS EAMCET 2024 Admit Card to the exam center:-

  • Blue/Black Ball Point Pen
  • Valid ID Proof (Driving License/ Aadhar Card/ Voter Card/ Any other Govt ID Proof)
  • A hard copy of TS EAMCET Application Form 2024
  • Copy of the cast certificate (Only for the reserved category candidates)

Discrepancy in the TS EAMCET 2024 Admit Card

As mentioned before, the candidates must make sure that the details mentioned in the admit card are correct. In case of any discrepancy, the candidates have to contact the authorities immediately. Moreover, below mentioned is the list of the details in the TS EAMCET admit card 2024 that can be corrected:-

  • Name of the candidate
  • DOB
  • Category of the candidate
  • Gender
  • Photograph & Signature of the candidate
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“Second Phase Of Lok Sabha Polls: Voter Turnout Falls To 54.85%, High Concern In Uttar Pradesh

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Second phase of Lok Sabha polls: Voter Turnout Falls to 54.85% Now, low voter turnout a high concern in Uttar Pradesh

Despite a media blitzkrieg by the Election Commission the low voter turnout has become a big talking point in the ongoing multiphase 2024 Lok Sabha elections with the political pundits splitting the semantic hair as to which party is going to gain and which party will lose from this phenomenon.

As per the data released by the Election Commission the second phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh on which voting was conducted in eight parliamentary constituencies the voter turnout was 54.85% which was 7% less than the 62% voting witnessed for the same seats in 2019.

Mathura saw a massive 12% drop from 61.03% in 2019 elections and the voter turnout was 49.29%. Voter turnout was 49.65% representing a drop of % from 55.83% in 2019. Amroha recorded a voter turnout of 64.02% polling, 58.70% in Meerut, 56.62% in Aligarh, 55.97% in Baghpat, 55.79% in Bulandshahr and 53 % in Gautam Buddh Nagar. The first phase of the polling in UP which happened on April 19 saw a voter turnout of 60.25%, as compared to 66.50% voting recorded in 2019.

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The low voter turnout has pulled out the political parties from their stupor and booth level workers have been mobilized to get maximum votes polled at the respective booths. The EC has also directed all the electoral returning officers to motivate voters to exercise their franchise. However it seems the voters are not very keen to exercise their franchise rights.

There are many reasons for this lack of empathy among the voters which include the absence of emotive issues among the voters, harvest season in the rural areas, increasing temperatures and also disenchantment among grass roots party workers who are the driving force who motivate the voters to come out and vote in large numbers.

However the low voter turnout has started a slug fest between the political parties with each claiming that it is winning in the elections. The Uttar Pradesh Jal Shakti minister Swatantra Dev Singh and minister of state for cooperation JPS Rathore have proclaimed that voting trends are in favor of BJP.

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Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav in a post on X, talked about the strange trend but also declared that the voter has voted for the INDIA bloc in large numbers and the votes for BJP has steadily gone down. Uttar Pradesh Congress in-charge Avinash Pande said the voters are excited and it is a vote for a change and the INDIA candidates are winning by a big margin. Rashtriya Lok Dal, a component of NDA  chief Jayant Chaudhary, said that the alliance will win 80 seats in UP.

Also Read: Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Phase 2 : Key seats, candidates in the fray

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Prajwal Revanna, Sitting Member Of Parliament (MP) Sparks Controversy Over Alleged Private Video

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Prajwal Revanna, Sitting Member of Parliament (MP) sparks controversy over alleged private video

A private video allegedly featuring Prajwal Revanna, a Member of Parliament (MP) from Hassan district in Karnataka, has been leaked on the internet.

As this news began to dominate the media, his election agent filed a police complaint claiming that the videos were morphed to defame his public image and influence the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Prajwal Revanna, a Sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Allegedly Has Private Video Leaked Online

On Tuesday, Poornachandra Tejaswi MG, the election agent for both the JD(S) and the BJP, filed a police complaint alleging that Naveen Gowda and others were responsible for the leak.

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They reportedly circulated the video to voters in the Hassan Lok Sabha segment via WhatsApp, pen drives, and CDs. The FIR states:

“Naveen Gowda and others morphed videos and images and circulated them to the voters in the Hassan Lok Sabha segment through pen drives, CDs and WhatsApp to put Prajwal Revanna in bad light. These accused are going door to door and showing obscene photos and videos, provoking people not to vote for Prajwal in the Lok Sabha elections. These efforts are being made to disrupt the polling.”

In response, the police have filed a complaint under the sections of the Information Technology Act of 2008 and the Indian Penal Code.

Prajwal Revanna is the son of Holenarasipura MLA and former minister H D Revanna, and the grandson of former Prime Minister H D Devegowda. He is seeking a second term and is currently running against Congress candidate Shreyas M Patel, the grandson of G Puttaswamy Gowda.

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In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, Puttaswamy Gowda won against Devegowda on a Congress ticket. On April 26, the Hassan constituency will participate in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

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