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6 TMC Rajya Sabha MPs ordered to leave house
Six Trinamool Congress MPs were ordered to leave the Rajya Sabha for rest of the day over “grossly disorderly” conduct, after they entered the well of the house and displayed placards while protesting over the Pegasus scandal. The Rajya Sabha members are Dola Sen, Nadimul Haque, Abir Ranjan Biswas,...
Rahul Gandhi meets family of Dalit rape-murder victim
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met the family of the nine-year-old Dalit girl who was raped and murdered in Delhi’s Cantonment area, and whose body was forcibly cremated by her attackers. Public fury has exploded over the horrific incident – the latest to highlight frighteningly high levels of...
Lalu meets Mulayam to discuss ‘politics in general’
New Delhi: Lalu Yadav, chief of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) met with former Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav in the presence of the latter’s son and the current and party chief, Akhilesh Yadav. Sources say the meeting took place in New Delhi on Monday. Photographs of the meeting...
Modi launches e-RUPI, voucher-based digital payment solution
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched e-RUPI — the government’s digital payment solution meant to ensure delivery of welfare services, which, for now, will be used to push vaccination efforts. The platform will go live for the first time at a Covid vaccination centre in Mumbai. Developed...
Nitish surprises BJP by demanding probe into snooping
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister and BJP ally Nitish Kumar today added his voice to the opposition demand for an investigation into the Pegasus scandal involving allegations that politicians, journalists, judges and others were targets of the Israeli spyware. “Such things should not be done to disturb and harass people…...
Opposition to consider ‘mock parliament’ in protest
a deadlock and non-stop disruptions in parliament, over 14 opposition parties will meet tomorrow morning to decide on the option of a “mock parliament” outside, sources say. The parties allege their voice is not being heard in parliament. Since the monsoon session began on July 19, parliament has barely...
Covid-19 cases seen peaking in October
Customers shop for vegetables in a market, which is open between 7 am and 11 am, in Kolkata. (Bloomberg) India is likely to see a rise in Covid-19 infections building into a new — though smaller — virus wave that may peak in October, according to a mathematical model...
Centre issues warning as 46 districts see 10-plus TPR
Ten states are seeing an upsurge in Covid cases or rise in positivity rate, the government said today, stressing on the need of strict restrictions in districts witnessing a positivity rate of more than 10 per cent. Apart from focusing on strict containment measures, states were also told...
AIIMS chief blames tourist rush for spike in Covid cases
The pandemic is not yet over, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria reminded on Saturday as he spoke to NDTV about the link between the spike in fresh Covid cases in the hill states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh amid tourist rush. He also shared that there’s not enough...
Yamuna near danger mark as heavy rains lash Delhi
Delhi woke up to heavy rain in parts of the city today, which led to severe water-logging in many areas and caused trouble for morning commuters. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain in Delhi and nearby areas. The water-level in...
