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FBI probing Trump rally shooting as assassination attempt

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BUTLER, Pennsylvania, July 13 (Reuters): Donald Trump was shot in the ear during a Saturday campaign rally, in an attack that left the Republican presidential candidate’s face streaked with blood and prompted his security agents to swarm him, before he emerged and pumped his fist in the air, mouthing the words “Fight! Fight! Fight!” The shooter was dead, one rally attendee was killed and two other spectators were injured, the Secret Service said in a statement. The incident was being investigated as an assassination attempt. Law enforcement officials told reporters they had tentatively identified a suspected shooter but were not

Assembly bypolls: INDIA bloc leading in 11 of 13 seats; BJP, JD(U) ahead in one each

New Delhi, July 13 (PTI) Candidates of INDIA bloc parties — Congress, AAP, TMC and DMK — on Saturday were leading in 11 of the 13 assembly seats where bypolls were held earlier this week, according to the counting trends on the Election Commission (EC) website. While the BJP was in the lead in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur, its partner in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the JD(U), was leading in Rupauli in Bihar. Voting for the bypolls in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Tamil Nadu were held on Wednesday. In Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP)

HP bypolls: Congress leading in all three assembly seats

Shimla, Jul 13 (PTI) Congress candidates, including Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s wife, are in the lead in all three assembly constituencies in the state where bypolls were held earlier this week, officials said on Saturday. The counting of votes for the by-elections in Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh, held on Wednesday, began at 8 am. Sukhu’s wife Kamlesh Thakur was leading by 1,815 votes against her nearest rival and BJP candidate Hoshiyar Singh in the Dehra assembly seat after the sixth round of counting, the officials said. In the Hamirpur assembly seat, Congress’ Pushpinder Verma was ahead by

Punjab bypoll: AAP candidate Bhagat heading for victory from Jalandhar West seat

Chandigarh, July 13 (PTI) |AAP’s Jalandhar West assembly bypoll candidate Mohinder Bhagat appears to be heading for a victory from the seat in Punjab as he was leading by more than 23,000 votes against his nearest rival and Congress nominee Surinder Kaur, officials said on Saturday. Bhagat, a leader of the ruling party in Punjab, was ahead by 23,240 votes after eight rounds of counting of votes that began at 8 am at the Lyallpur Khalsa College for Women here. There will be a total of 13 rounds of counting. BJP candidate Sheetal Angural was at the third spot, according

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