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	<strong>Latest News LIVE updates: </strong>Maharashtra&#39;s Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday resigned from his post just hours after the Bombay high court ordered a CBI probe into allegations of corruption and misconduct made by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh.</div>
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	Dilip Walse Patil of NCP is likely to be the next Maharashtra Home Minister, according to multiple media reports.</div>
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	In other news, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that the government is determined to take the ongoing fight against the unrest created by naxals to its logical conclusion. The minister, who is on a visit to Chhattisgarh, made the comment after paying tributes to the 22 security personnel who were killed by naxals in the state on Saturday.</div>

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30 candidates in fray for 3 Karnataka by-elections

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	In all, 30 candidates, including three each from the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress and one from Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) are in the fray for one Lok Sabha and two legislative assembly by-elections in Karnataka on April 17, an official said on Sunday. &quot;After the last date of withdrawal of nominations on Saturday, 10 candidates are in the fray for the Belgaum Lok Sabha seat, 12 for Basavakalyan and eight for Maski (reserved) assembly seats in Bidar and Raichur districts of the state,&quot; a poll official told IANS here. Of the 30 candidates for the three by-elections, 26 are men and four are women, while 14 of them are independents.</p>
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Campaigning for third and final phase of Assam Assembly elections concludes

Massive rallies with enthusiastic supporters marked the end of campaigning on Sunday for the third and final phase of the Assam assembly elections, with political parties making last-ditch efforts to woo voters in their favour. This phase will decide the fate of 337 candidates across 40 constituencies of 12 districts in the state, including senior minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Hemanta Biswa Sarma in the Jalukbari constituency. BJP leaders campaigning in the state claimed that the BJP-AGP (Asom Gana Parishad) has reached the &#39;magic number&#39; to form the government in the first two phases, and combined with results of voting in the last phase they will form the government in Assam with a thumping majority.