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Continuing its campaign to promote Bangla in Parliament, the Trinamool Congress is likely to use a Bangla slogan — 'Chupi chupi votaer karchupi (Votes are quietly being stolen)' — during its protest march on Monday against the alleged electoral malpractices by the Election Commission and the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. Party sources said placards and banners with the slogan have been prepared for the march. Other regional parties such as DMK, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) will prepare slogans and banners in their mother tongue too, it is learnt. Around 300 MPs from the Opposition are likely to take part in the march from Parliament to the Election Commission office.
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SOON AFTER getting the additional charge of Delhi Police Commissioner, IPS officer Shashi Bhushan Kumar Singh, 1988-batch AGMUT-cadre, interacted with senior officers and gave them a five-point agenda to work on even before coming for the morning tea meeting. Earlier, all special CPs used to attend the tea meetings with the police chief and brief him about their work. The new police chief, after reviewing law and order in the city, told the officers that disposal of cases under the new criminal laws, within the stipulated period of 60-90 days, is 'below satisfactory' and requires their personal attention.
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