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Senior Congress leader Margaret Alva, the opposition's candidate for the Vice President election, allegedly fell prey to cyber fraud even as she pinned the blame on BJP. On Monday, July 25, she addressed government-owned telecommunication companies MTNL and BSNL and complained that she was unable to make or receive calls after speaking to some BJP leaders about her candidature. She also attached a photo that contained a purported communication from an MTNL with the message that the user's SIM card will be blocked within 24 hours after the e-KYC was suspended. Taking a dig at the Centre, she tweeted, "If you restore the phone, I promise not to call any MP from the BJP, TMC or BJD tonight". While TMC has decided to abstain from voting in the Vice President election, BJP has announced its support for NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar. Alva also lashed out at the government for having to complete her KYC process again. However, on July 19 itself, the Delhi Police warned customers of a cyber fraud carried out in the name of MTNL. It revealed that miscreants send WhatsApp messages such as "Dear customer, your MTNL Sim Card Aadhaar e-KYC has been suspended. Your SIM card will be blocked within 24 hours. Call immediately" to retrieve confidential information of the customers. This message is almost identical to the one tweeted by Alva a day earlier indicating that she has been duped. Meanwhile, Margaret Alva levelled snooping charges against the Union government on Tuesday. She claim...

Roy,whose party had opposed Pranab Mukherjee’s candidature for President’s post last month,is believed to have suggested the name of former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi and former MP Krishna Bose. However,he applauded the candidature of Ansari once Gandhi announced it. Another UPA constituent VCK of Tamil Nadu suggested a Christian candidate. Neither the UPA chairperson nor the Prime Minister reacted to these suggestions. “Mohd Hamid Ansari will complete shortly a term as Vice President of India. He has presided over the “The UPA is honoured to nominate him as its candidate fora second term as Vice President of India,” Gandhi said in her brief statement. The Prime Minister proposed Ansari’s name and sought the suggestions of the leaders present. Later,Gandhi made the announcement. As of now,Ansari enjoys a clear edge in August 7 poll. In an electoral college of 790 MPs,he has the likely backing of over 500 MPs. In the last election,he had polled 455 votes against 222 of Najma Heptullah fielded by NDA. Rashid Masood of the now defunct United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) had got 75 votes. At that time,Ansari’s candidature was floated by the Left parties,which were key outside supporters of the UPA. Home Minister P Chidambaram later said “all leaders” present at the UPA meeting “accepted” the candidature of Ansari. Asked whether Mukul Roy supported Ansari’s candidature,Chidambaram said he “applauded” the announcement. Roy,however,had a different line as he...

Soon after the BJP President JP Nanda urged all the parties to support the NDA's candidate, Jagdeep Dhankhar for the Vice Presidential elections, Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge stated that UPA's candidate Margaret Alma is better than Dhankhar and appealed to support her in the Vice Presidential elections. Margaret Alva's selection For the Vice Presidential election scheduled to be held on August 6, the opposition's joint candidate is former Rajasthan governor Margaret Alva. After a meeting at Sharad Pawar's residence where all of the major opposition parties, including the Congress, the TMC, members of the Left Front, the RJD, the SP, and others were present, her name was finally decided upon. On the flipside, JP Nadda, the President of the BJP, has stated that the NDA has nominated a 'Kisan Putra' and also urged all the parties to support him. The BJP chief said, "For Vice-Presidential polls, we have nominated a 'Kisan Putra', a person from a humble background, who also served the country in different capacities for three decades. I urge all political parties, especially UPA allies to support Jagdeep Dhankhar." Union Ministers Ramdas Athewale and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat from the NDA, earlier stated that the UPA's candidate Alma had no chance to win and that she has been given a ticket to lose. While Mallikarjun Kharge himself, on July 17, had said, "We don't need to talk about how their Vice President candidate is," presumably hinting at Dhankhar's time as Governor i...

The UPA allies will meet in the evening today to discuss their candidate for the Vice-President's post. The Congress along with a majority of its allies has seemingly set its mind on fielding Hamid Ansari for the post. And it seems to have enough numbers in support, despite the fact that estranged ally Mamata Banerjee is not on board for this elect...

NEW DELHI: Peeved over After having led the show of solidarity in UPA for Ansari appears to be shoo-in, considering both the advantage he holds in the electoral college comprising all the elected members of Parliament, and also the fact that Opposition NDA is struggling to find a nominee to contest against him. Although the BJP-led combine on Saturday decided to enter the fray, there was no clarity on who it would field to take on Ansari. Congress managers are hopeful of arranging support for him from BSP, SP and Left, while JD(U) may be reluctant to oppose him. More importantly, Congress is hopeful of getting even NCP’s sulks are unlikely to escalate into a crisis, with Congress sources expressing the confidence that they would be able to assuage the coalition partner’s hurt ego. On Thursday, however, they took away somewhat from Congress’s successful show for Vice Presidential candidature. NCP chose to make light of its absence. According to an agency report from Mumbai, Pawar welcomed Ansari’s re-nomination, emphasizing that he was party to the choice. “Even though I was not present for the meeting in Delhi, there was a consultation process with other constituent partners, including the NCP ... I appeal to all MPs to support Ansari’s candidature, his capability has been established beyond doubt in his first tenure as Vice President and Chairperson of Rajya Sabha”. Privately, however, NCP sources made no bones of party’s displeasure of what they called a slight to Pawar....

New Delhi: in the wake of forthcoming Presidential and vice Presidential elections, Opposition on Tuesday declared the name of Gopal Krishan Gandhi as its Vice Presidential candidate. Who is Gopal Krishna Gandhi? • Gopalkrishna Devdas Gandhi was born on April 22, 1946 • He is the grandson of Mahatama Gandhi • Gandhi is a retired IAS officer and diplomat and served as 22nd Governor of West Bengal between 2004 and 2009 • As a former IAS officer, Gandhi served as Secretary to the President of India and as High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka, among other administrative and diplomatic posts • Gandhi teaches at Ashoka University, where he is a Professor of History and Politics The Opposition has picked Dalit leader and former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar its Presidential candidate against NDA candidate Ramnath Kovind. The presidential elections are set to take place on July 17 and the counting of the votes would take place on July 20. Published at : 11 Jul 2017 01:02 PM (IST) Tags: Follow

Senior Congress leader Margaret Alva, the opposition's candidate for the Vice President election, allegedly fell prey to cyber fraud even as she pinned the blame on BJP. On Monday, July 25, she addressed government-owned telecommunication companies MTNL and BSNL and complained that she was unable to make or receive calls after speaking to some BJP leaders about her candidature. She also attached a photo that contained a purported communication from an MTNL with the message that the user's SIM card will be blocked within 24 hours after the e-KYC was suspended. Taking a dig at the Centre, she tweeted, "If you restore the phone, I promise not to call any MP from the BJP, TMC or BJD tonight". While TMC has decided to abstain from voting in the Vice President election, BJP has announced its support for NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar. Alva also lashed out at the government for having to complete her KYC process again. However, on July 19 itself, the Delhi Police warned customers of a cyber fraud carried out in the name of MTNL. It revealed that miscreants send WhatsApp messages such as "Dear customer, your MTNL Sim Card Aadhaar e-KYC has been suspended. Your SIM card will be blocked within 24 hours. Call immediately" to retrieve confidential information of the customers. This message is almost identical to the one tweeted by Alva a day earlier indicating that she has been duped. Meanwhile, Margaret Alva levelled snooping charges against the Union government on Tuesday. She claim...

The UPA allies will meet in the evening today to discuss their candidate for the Vice-President's post. The Congress along with a majority of its allies has seemingly set its mind on fielding Hamid Ansari for the post. And it seems to have enough numbers in support, despite the fact that estranged ally Mamata Banerjee is not on board for this elect...

New Delhi: in the wake of forthcoming Presidential and vice Presidential elections, Opposition on Tuesday declared the name of Gopal Krishan Gandhi as its Vice Presidential candidate. Who is Gopal Krishna Gandhi? • Gopalkrishna Devdas Gandhi was born on April 22, 1946 • He is the grandson of Mahatama Gandhi • Gandhi is a retired IAS officer and diplomat and served as 22nd Governor of West Bengal between 2004 and 2009 • As a former IAS officer, Gandhi served as Secretary to the President of India and as High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka, among other administrative and diplomatic posts • Gandhi teaches at Ashoka University, where he is a Professor of History and Politics The Opposition has picked Dalit leader and former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar its Presidential candidate against NDA candidate Ramnath Kovind. The presidential elections are set to take place on July 17 and the counting of the votes would take place on July 20. Published at : 11 Jul 2017 01:02 PM (IST) Tags: Follow

NEW DELHI: Peeved over After having led the show of solidarity in UPA for Ansari appears to be shoo-in, considering both the advantage he holds in the electoral college comprising all the elected members of Parliament, and also the fact that Opposition NDA is struggling to find a nominee to contest against him. Although the BJP-led combine on Saturday decided to enter the fray, there was no clarity on who it would field to take on Ansari. Congress managers are hopeful of arranging support for him from BSP, SP and Left, while JD(U) may be reluctant to oppose him. More importantly, Congress is hopeful of getting even NCP’s sulks are unlikely to escalate into a crisis, with Congress sources expressing the confidence that they would be able to assuage the coalition partner’s hurt ego. On Thursday, however, they took away somewhat from Congress’s successful show for Vice Presidential candidature. NCP chose to make light of its absence. According to an agency report from Mumbai, Pawar welcomed Ansari’s re-nomination, emphasizing that he was party to the choice. “Even though I was not present for the meeting in Delhi, there was a consultation process with other constituent partners, including the NCP ... I appeal to all MPs to support Ansari’s candidature, his capability has been established beyond doubt in his first tenure as Vice President and Chairperson of Rajya Sabha”. Privately, however, NCP sources made no bones of party’s displeasure of what they called a slight to Pawar....