Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of March 23
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07:09 pm: CBI arrested Arun Goyal, Accountant General, Tamil Nadu and Gajendran, Senior Accounts Officer in the office of AG Chennai in a case related to demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh. 2 others also arrested. Searches were conducted at the office and residence of the accused (ANI)
07:05 pm: Counting of votes for Uttar Pradesh's Rajya Sabha elections begins after clearance from the Election Commission (ANI)
07:02 pm: CBI arrested promoter and director Tottempudi Salalith and Tottempudi Kavita of Totem infrastructure Ltd. CBI had registered a case on a complaint filed by Union Bank of India against them. Union Bank of India's Industrial Finance branch had given Rs 313 crores loan (ANI)
06:58 pm: TDP leader C M Ramesh, has been unanimously elected to Rajya Sabha consecutively (ANI)
06:53 pm: Directorate of Enforcement attached 284 immovable properties totally valued at about Rs 52 crores under PMLA 2002 in Tamil Nadu belonging to Om Sri Granites, Pallava Granite Industries and their partners (ANI)
06:50 pm: All the tablets were supplied at a rate of Rs 1.5 for each which means a total sum of Rs 4,79,100 was spent. In the year 2010-11 and 2011-12, these tablets were purchased at same rate: PWD Secretary, Maharashtra (ANI)
06:48 pm: As a pest control exercise, PWD ministry issued 2 tenders to control/kill rodents in Mantralaya & Annexe building. According to the contract, 3,19,400 anti-rodent tablets were provided. It never meant that 3,19,400 rodents were killed: PWD Secretary, Maharashtra (ANI)
06:45 pm: I am at the seventh heaven of delight. This is the brain child of CM Mamata didi. I am very hopeful that I will live up to her expectations: Abir Ranjan Biswas, TMC after winning the Rajya Sabha seat (ANI)
06:41 pm: False allegations have been put on me and my family. There is a conspiracy behind all this, someone wants to break my family. While I will fight this legally, I will continue to focus on cricket: Mohammed Shami (ANI)
06:38 pm: Karnataka government declares minority status to Lingayats community (ANI)
06:34 pm: Counting of votes has not started as yet because Janata Dal had complained to EC about some discrepancy. Janata Dal has boycotted the voting now, so that will also enhance our chances of victory: G. Parameshwara, Congress, Karnataka (ANI)
06:29 pm: SP and BSP demand from Election Commission to declare votes of BJP's Nitin Agrawal and BSP's Anil Singh invalid alleging that they did not show their ballot paper to the polling agent (ANI)
06:25 pm: ECI has received a complaint from Jharkhand Vikas Morcha for cancellation of vote of Prakash Ram, who cross- voted. Further view will be taken by the Commission after receiving Returning Officer's report: Election Commission of India (ANI)
06:21 pm: BJP will win in other states as well under the leadership of PM Modi and party president Amit Shah: Saroj Pandey, BJP (ANI)
06:18 pm: CISF handed over 3 gold bars weighing 1 Kg each worth approximately Rs 90 Lakh to Customs Authorities yesterday. The gold bars were found in the washroom of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (ANI)
06:09 pm: BJP's Saroj Pandey wins Rajya Sabha Election from Chhattisgarh by beating Congress' Lekhram Sahu
06:00 pm: Uttar Pradesh: Election Commission has not given permission to begin the counting of votes for Rajya Sabha election due to some objections in ballot papers. Counting to begin only after EC gives clearance (ANI)
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05:50 pm: Maharashtra: Fire broke out in a scrap godown at Chikhli near Pune; 10 fire tenders rushed to spot, no casualties reported (ANI)
05:46 pm: French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe says shooting, hostage-taking `seems to be a terrorist act'
05:41 pm: Mumbai: Fire broke out at Royal Karan Techno Park building in Andheri East, 4 fire engines at the spot, no casualties reported (ANI)