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Topic: MLA poaching

Amid BJP-AAP poaching claim slugfest, Delhi Police crime branch to visit Delhi CM Kejriwal again

Team visited his residence Friday after BJP filed a complaint against his allegations of bribery & defection of AAP MLAs. They left without serving notice since Kejriwal was not present.

‘BJP modus operandi similar to TRS’ — Why Telangana Congress filed plaint against KCR for poaching

PCC chief Revanth Reddy also names 12 Congress MLAs who defected to TRS. Case probed earlier by SIT cannot be seen in isolation or independent from Congress' case, they claim.

‘Accused branded conspirators by CM’ — Telangana HC order transferring MLA poaching case to CBI

Cyberabad police on 26 October arrested 3 people based on tip-off by BRS MLA P. Rohith Reddy, who claimed trio offered him Rs 100 cr to join BJP, 50 cr each to 3 other BRS MLAs.

If gnomes form a conga line, is it g(e)nom(e) sequencing? And birds of a feather probe together

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

WhatsApp chats, ‘conspiracy meetings’: How BJP’s Santhosh became an accused in TRS poaching case

Telangana govt-appointed SIT submits fresh evidence against BJP's top gun in court. The senior leader's name had figured in a remand report & SIT had named him as accused last week.

Cameras, voice recorders, ‘nariyal paani’ & ‘vitamin’ – How BJP ‘agents’ were trapped in Telangana

TRS MLA Rohit Reddy was told to ask for coconut water as signal to cops for action. WhatsApp chats of accused mention list of 50 TRS & Congress MLAs, says remand document.

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In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

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