Two bombs were recovered from a garage near the house of Trinamool Congress panchayat member Sheikh Mustaqin at Jagatballavpur in Howrah, West Bengal. Information about the bomb being found came to light during a demonstration by local people accusing the Panchayat member of corruption and taking “cut money”. Police reached the spot and confiscated the bombs safely. Police have started investigating how the bombs were brought there and who was behind it. Today’s other big news… Andhra Pradesh: Police car’s brake failed, one dead, two injured. Police car met with an accident due to brake failure in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh. Constable Venkat Ramana died in the accident, while SI Nagendra Prasad and driver Rajababu were injured. All three were going to Kondakarakam village for an investigation. The injured policemen are undergoing treatment in the hospital. Parliament adjourned 10 days in advance, monsoon session not formally ended. Both houses of Parliament were adjourned indefinitely on August 13, but even after 10 days, the monsoon session has not been formally adjourned. Its notification was not issued till Sunday morning. Usually this process is completed within 3-4 days of adjournment. Due to this, there is speculation that the delimitation bill related to implementation of women’s reservation will be brought again without calling a new session. The government was not able to get the bill passed in the budget session. On April 17, 528 MPs voted in the Lok Sabha. 298 votes were cast in favor and 230 against, whereas 352 votes were required for a two-thirds majority. After objections from the southern states, the government has prepared a formula to increase the Lok Sabha seats equally by 50%.
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