West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged to release dues of nearly Rs 1.16 lakh crore from the Government of India on account of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes and pending claims for natural disasters over past years. In a letter dated December 20 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, CM […]
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“Democracy strangled by this government”: Sonia hits out at Centre over suspension of Oppn MPs
Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on the BJP-led Centre over the bulk suspension of Opposition members from both Houses of Parliament, saying democracy has been strangled by the government. A total of 141 MPs — 95 from Lok Sabha and 46 from Rajya […]
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Chhattisgarh: At least five naxals injured in encounter in Sukma district
At least five naxalites were injured in an encounter between security forces and naxals in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday. The gunfight broke out in the forests of Nagaram and Kotta Palli villages when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), a unit of state police, along […]
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LS Speaker Om Birla meets RS Chairman, expresses concerns, anguish over mimicry incident
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met Vice President and Chairman, of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday and conveyed his deep concerns and anguish about serious misdemeanour by MPs in Parliament complex demeaning and denigrating the constitutional office of Vice President. “Conveyed my deep concerns and anguish @VPIndia and Hon’ble […]
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“Proposed Kharge’s name as PM Modi candidate” says Mamata Banerjee as INDIA alliance backs Congress President for top job
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge’s name was proposed as the prime ministerial candidate for the INDIA bloc by Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal in the just-held meeting in the national, where all 28 partners have converged to chalk plans for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee […]
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Sanjay Bhandari case: ED adds two fresh accused in supplementary chargesheet, Court reserves order on cognizance
The Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi on Wednesday reserved the order on cognizance point on supplementary prosecution complaint (Chargesheet) recently filed in a money laundering case related to controversial Arms Dealer Sanjay Bhandari and others. The Special Judge Neelofer Abida Parveen, while keeping the order reserved fixed December 21, 2023, for passing for […]
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IAF helicopters carrying out rescue and relief operations in flood-affected areas of Tamil Nadu: Office of Defence Minister
The Office of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday assured that the Central Government was providing all possible assistance to Tamil Nadu in the wake of incessant rains that have wreaked havoc in Southern districts of Tamil Nadu. Taking to X the Office of Defence Minister said, “The IAF helicopters carrying out rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas of Tamil Nadu. The […]
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Bihar: Liquor smugglers mow down police inspector to death in Begusarai, injure homeguard
A police inspector has been killed and a homeguard was seriously injured when a police team was allegedly attacked by liquor smugglers in Bihar’s Begursarai district. The incident happened on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, when Begusarai’s Naokothi Police Station received information that liquor was being transported in […]
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INDIA bloc wants power to do corruption: Assam BJP leader Numal Momin
Deputy Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly and senior BJP leader Numal Momin equated the coalition of INDIA bloc parties to corruption, asserting that the alliance partners wanted to form a government at the Centre only to do corruption. “There is so much corruption in coalition partners. More than hundreds of crore of rupees were […]
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“Dismayed to see Vice President humiliated” says President Murmu over mimicry of RS Chairman
Expressing concern over the mimicry incident of Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar by suspended TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee outside the Parliament, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said that she was “dismayed to see the manner in which the respected Vice President was humiliated”. Taking to her official handle on social media handle X, the […]
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MCOCA Court grants bail to member of Salman Tyagi gang, says no ground to believe he is guilty of offence
Special MCOCA Court at Tis Hazar Delhi on Tuesday granted bail to an accused alleged to be member of Salman Tyagi crime syndicate. He was chargesheeted in an FIR of Police Station Hari Nagar under MCOC Act against Salman Tyagi and his 22 other gang members. The court said that there are reasonable grounds for believing […]
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“PM Modi expressed pain over abject theatrics of some MPs”: RS chairman Dhankhar amid mimicry row
A day after expressing his anguish over being mocked at and ridiculed by suspended TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee outside the Parliament, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too, voiced his pain over the theatrics by a member in the ‘sacred’ Parliament complex, calling it […]
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Tamil Nadu: Buildings go under water in Tirunelveli as river in spate after heavy rains
Heavy rains continued to pound the Tirunelveli district in southern Tamil Nadu, creating a flood-like situation and throwing life out of gear. Visuals accessed by ANI showed some buildings going under water in the wake of the Tamraparni River of Tirunelveli breaching the danger mark following incessant showers over two […]