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Abhijeet Dipke announced 'Adivasi School Thik Karo' campaign (Express File Photo by Dhananjau Khedkar)

Cockroach Janta Party said that Abhijeet Dipke would hold a press conference in Delhi over what it called the “hijacking of India’s democracy”. CJP later said the press conference would be held at 2 pm. The party cancelled its programmes for Thursday.

97 Goa voters remain missing from electoral roll despite EROs clearing their names

A case involving 97 voters in Goa has highlighted concerns over the centralisation of electoral roll decisions. The Indian Express reported that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had objected 14 times in 10 months to steps taken by the ECI under Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, including the addition and deletion of voter names. On February 17, four days before Goa’s final electoral roll was due to be published under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the state’s Chief Electoral Officer sent the ECI a list of 97 voters whose cases had been heard and cleared by Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) under a process laid down by the Supreme Court. The CEO said earlier decisions to delete their names “have to be reversed”.

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Accused in Delhi teen gangrape was former police informer: Probe

The investigation into the alleged gangrape of a 17-year-old at Aastha Kunj Park in Southeast Delhi has found that one of the three accused, Asif, 34, had earlier worked as a police informer in the district, sources told The Indian Express. Police identified Asif, a vegetable vendor, from the teenager’s description. He had previously been detained over allegations of eve-teasing but was released as no complaint was filed. DCP (Southeast) Vineet Kumar said police personnel had details of local offenders, including Asif. Police later traced Asif through technical surveillance and local intelligence after finding his phone switched off. All three accused were arrested by Tuesday morning, hours after the alleged assault on Monday night. Asif was shot in the leg during the arrest after police said he opened fire at them.

Tata Trusts says Chandrasekaran family’s TVS tie-up was not disclosed

Tata Trusts said the business arrangement between the family of Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran and TVS Motor Company was not disclosed to its trustees by Venu Srinivasan, a Tata Sons director and Chairman Emeritus of TVS Motor. The Trusts also indicated that the Tata Sons board may not have been informed about the arrangement involving Hanno One Warehousing/Hanno Infra and TVS Motor. However, it said it could not definitively comment as the Trusts do not have independent access to the board’s proceedings. Tata Trusts said it would evaluate the matter and “act appropriately” if the allegations are proven to be true.