The Biggest Stories Of April 13, 2019

An army veteran who spearheaded a campaign by ex-military personnel to condemn the "politicisation of the armed forces" ahead of the Lok Sabha polls says he has emails of endorsement from the former army and air force chiefs who said they did not support the letter; A massive spat on Twitter took place between Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal's Harsimrat Badal; France waived taxes worth 143.7 million Euros to a French-registered telecom subsidiary of Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications in 2015, reported French newspaper Le Monde with Anil Ambani rejecting any wrongdoing and the government saying there is no link between this and the Rafale deal; Chandrababu Naidu meets the Election Commission over the issue of malfunctioning of EVMs and says it has lost all credibility, with the poll panel hitting back saying on of the members of Mr Naidu's delegation had a criminal case of EVM thefy against him; BSP chief Mayawati slams Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's "Ali-Bajrangbali" statement; Home Minister Rajnath Singh responded to Omar Abdullah's comment over having two Prime Ministers for India, saying there will be option but to repeal Article 370 and 35A; Karnataka High Court set aside a gag order over reporting on BJP's Tejasvi Surya with the media now free to report.