Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm and Rajya Sabha till 12 noon on Thursday morning on the first day of monsoon session of Parliament following obituary references. In Lok Sabha AAP leader Sushil Kumar Rinku took oath as a member of the House. Rinku, who was elected from Jalandhar […]
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Manipur violence: “Deeply disturbed by videos of 2 women paraded naked,” says SC; asks govt to take action
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it was “deeply disturbed” by the video which has emerged in which two tribal women were seen paraded naked and molested, and asked the Centre and State to take action against the perpetrators. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices […]
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All-party meeting to discuss smooth functioning of Parliament, opposition to raise range of issues during monsoon session
The government has convened an all-party meeting on Wednesday afternoon for the smooth functioning of the monsoon session of Parliament which begins on Thursday. While the opposition parties will apprise the government of the issues they intend to raise during the session, the government also has prepared its legislative agenda. […]
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NIA attaches two properties of Delhi-based smuggler in 102 kg Punjab heroin seizure case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached two properties of a Delhi-based notorious smuggler in a case related to the seizure of over 102 kg of heroin smuggled from Afghanistan via the Attari border in Punjab’ Amritsar. The immovable properties belong to Razi Haider Zaidi, 41, a resident of Okhla […]
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Congress is not interested in power or PM post…, says Kharge at opposition meeting
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said at the meeting of opposition parties here on Tuesday that there are differences “between some of us” at the state level but these are not ideological and are not so big that these cannot put them behind for the sake of people who are “suffering” […]
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NIA attaches poultry farm in Madhya Pradesh used by members of an ISIS-inspired terror group ‘Sufa’
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached a poultry farm in Madhya Pradesh, which was used by members of an ISIS-inspired terror group ‘Sufa’ in connection with a conspiracy to perpetrate acts of terror in Rajasthan, the agency said on Tuesday. The anti-terror agency attached the property on Monday under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967. The property […]
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PM Modi inaugurates new Integrated Terminal Building of Veer Savarkar Airport at Port Blair
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the new Integrated Terminal Building at Veer Savarkar International Airport at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He inaugurated the terminal building via video conferencing. The inauguration of the New Integrated Terminal Building, built at a cost of around Rs 710 crore, […]
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SC to hear Rahul Gandhi’s plea against Gujarat HC order in ‘Modi surname’ case on July 21
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, agreed to hear on July 21 the plea filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi challenging the Gujarat High Court’s order that declined to stay his conviction and a two-year-jail term in the ‘Modi’ surname defamation case. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Rahul Gandhi, […]
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Sharad Pawar reaches Bengaluru to take part in opposition meeting
Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar arrived in Bengaluru to take part in the second and concluding day of the opposition meeting on Tuesday. The senior opposition leader had skipped the first day of the mega joint meeting, where 26 like-minded parties closed ranks with a common aim of taking […]
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Former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy passes away at 79
Former Kerala Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy passed away at Chinmaya Hospital in Bengaluru at 4.25 am on Tuesday. He was aged 79 and had been undergoing treatment for cancer. Oommen Chandy represented the Puthupally constituency in Kottayam district for more than 50 years. He was the MLA from Puthupally. […]
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PM Modi to inaugurate new terminal building of Port Blair airport tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to virtually inaugurate the new integrated terminal building at Veer Savarkar International Airport in Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Tuesday The inauguration ceremony will be conducted at 10:30 am via video conferencing, according to an official statement from the Prime Minister’s office. Enhancing connectivity infrastructure has […]
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Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi arrive at Bengaluru ahead of joint Oppn meeting
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, and party leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in Bengaluru to take part in the two-day meeting of opposition parties. Meanwhile, they were received by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and other senior leaders of the party. Earlier, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Jayant Singh and Marumalarchi […]
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SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar joins NDA govt; thanks PM Modi, Amit Shah
Founder leader of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, Om Prakash Rajbhar, on Sunday formally joined the BJP-led National Democractic Alliance (NDA) government after calling on Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital on July 14. Speaking to ANI after the saffron embrace in the run-up to the crucial Lok Sabha […]
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Northern Railways cancels several trains due to water-logging along tracks
Due to heavy rain and water logging along the tracks of several of its routes, Northern Railways has temporarily cancelled some trains, while some have been diverted and short-terminated as well, said Northern Railways in its press release issued on Friday. The cancelled trains, which were scheduled to depart from […]
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Chandrayaan-3 mission: Spacecraft lifts off successfully from Sriharikota
The wait is over as the GSLV Mark 3 (LVM 3) heavy-lift launch vehicle lifted off sucessfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota as per scheduled launch time. The journey from Earth to the moon for the spacecraft is estimated to take about a month and […]