Catch up on the biggest stories making headlines this afternoon, from major developments across India and the world to the latest updates on politics, Punjab, crime, business and sports in The Savera Afternoon Bulletin:
1. Supreme Court Gives 10 Days to Petitioners Seeking Gyanesh Kumar’s Suspension, Issues Notice to ECI
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave petitioners 10 days to respond to the Election Commission of India’s defence of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The petitions seek the suspension of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the exercise and claims of ‘vote chori’.
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2. Final voter list released after SIR in Karnataka, names of approximately 1 crore voters removed
Bengaluru: The final voter list has been released in Karnataka under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) campaign. The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) announced this on Tuesday. During this process, approximately 99.32 lakh names were removed from the state’s voter list.
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3. Punjab Assembly’s Final Day Sees AAP-Congress Clash; Bajwa Alleges He Was Shoved, Khaira and Manuke Trade Barbs
Chandigarh: The final day of the special session of the Punjab Legislative Assembly witnessed a heated confrontation between AAP and Congress MLAs, while Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann used the proceedings to press Punjab’s claims over river water, demand payment for water supplied to Rajasthan and propose a Yamuna-Sutlej Link (YSL) as an alternative to the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.
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4. Several Injured After Car Drives Into Crowd in Northern Germany; Police Open Fire as Suspects Flee
5. SC issues notice on plea seeking recovery of bypoll expenses from MLAs who resign
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notice on a plea seeking a mechanism to recover the public expenditure incurred on bye-elections from elected representatives who voluntarily resign from their seats without compelling circumstances and subsequently seek to contest the polls again.
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