HASSAN: Assembly elections in five states and byelections in over nine states could have been one of the triggers of the second wave of Covid-19 infections, BJP national general secretary and Karnataka MLA CT Ravi said on Thursday. “It is not entirely because of elections but it was one of the reasons,” Ravi said.
He admitted he is not fully satisfied with the Karnataka government’s measures to tackle the situation but claimed the Centre has been doing its best to ensure lives are saved. He said the BS Yediyurappa government needs to take additional measures to curb the spread of infections and also provide facilities like beds and oxygen to those who are affected. “Congress has to stop criticising the saffron party in these difficult times and help us fight the pandemic,” Ravi said.
A security personnel stationed outside the strong room where EVMs have been kept, in Guwahati on Thursday
GUWAHATI: The Congress’ Assam unit on Thursday filed a complaint with the Election Commission alleging “serious discrepancies” regarding the safety of a strong room and electronic voting machines used in the recently held assembly polls, and demanded an inquiry into the matter.
In a letter to the Election Commission, Assam Congress chief Ripun Bora said lack of safety of a strong room and EVMs were noticed in several assembly constituencies in Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh and Goalpara districts.
The tags/slips bearing the number of ballot unit, control unit and the VVPAT used in two polling stations under the Dhakuakhana seat in Lakhimpur district were found by Congress supporters outside the sealed strong room in which they were kept, Bora alleged in the letter.
Speaker Pelosi: ‘We Cannot Require Someone to Be Vaccinated’ Against CCP Virus
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that she can’t call for the members of Congress to get vaccinated against the CCP virus.
Pelosi was asked on April 29 why lawmakers weren’t required to get a COVID-19 vaccine before attending President Joe Biden’s joint address to congress the day before in the House Chamber.
“We are guided by the Capitol attending physician and the sergeant at arms, but science demands why we still have masks on still,” Pelosi said at a press conference. “We cannot require someone to be vaccinated, that’s just not what we can do.”
Bipartisan police reform talks open in Congress after Biden speech
Reuters | Apr 29, 2021 11:56 PM EDT
U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) departs after House impeachment managers rested their case in impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump, on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, (Photo : REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Thursday started talks on a police reform bill, the day after Democratic President Joe Biden urged senators and representatives to act before the May 25 anniversary of George Floyd s murder by a Minneapolis policeman.
Republican Senators Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham, Democratic Senators Dick Durbin and Cory Booker and Democratic Representative Karen Bass were among those tasked with reaching a consensus, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and two Democratic legislative aides said.
I m still exhaling : Swing-state voters on Joe Biden s 100 days
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AP / Updated: Apr 30, 2021, 10:42 IST
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Lawyer Patrick Proctor Brown applauded Biden s infrastructure plan, as a potential economic boon. AP Photo
ELM GROVE: On the sidelines of her son s soccer practice in upscale Elm Grove, Wisconsin, Laura Hahn said President Joe Biden is doing well 100 days into his presidency. But she attributed the opinion as much to relief as analysis. I m still exhaling, Hahn said, referencing the tumult of former President Donald Trump s term. It s been exhausting. At Biden s 100-day milestone, most Americans are like Hahn - giving the new president positive marks, polls show.