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Rahul Gandhi's namesake disqualified, days after his parliament expulsion

  One "Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma" figures in an Election Commission list of persons disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses. Rahul Gandhi had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had polled 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala from where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi won with over 7 lakh votes.(Sanjeev Verma/HT) He had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had polled 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala from where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi won with over 7 lakh votes. It is common for namesake independent candidates to contest against established leaders but all of them need to submit account of election expenses among other mandatory requirements under EC rules and the Representation of the People Act. Incidentally the Congress leader was also disqualified last week, but for another reason - his conviction and sentencing in a criminal defam...
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Dutch tourist molested, stabbed at Goa resort; Staff arrested

  A 29-year-old Dutch woman was allegedly molested and stabbed by a resort staffer in Goa hours after she arrived for a yoga retreat in the state. The incident took place in north Goa's Pernem town. The accused has been identified as Abhishek Verma who trespassed into the rented tent where the woman was staying.(File) According to police, as quoted by the news agency ANI, the accused has been identified as Abhishek Verma who trespassed into the rented tent where the woman was staying. According to The Indian Express, the 27-year-old accused hails from Uttarakhand and was working at the resort for around two years now. The police also informed that a local, who went to the woman's rescue after listening to her loud screams, was also stabbed by the accused. "When she (the tourist) started to scream for help, one local person came to rescue her from the accused and seeing his presence, accused ran away, after that accused person returned back with the knife and a...
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