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Cong left with chairmanship of only one parliamentary panel
For the first time in around three decades, opposition parties have not been given the chairmanship of any of the four key parliamentary panels in the latest reshuffle announced on Tuesday. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who headed the panel on Information Technology, has been replaced by an MP from the...
Roll-out of KCR’s national party to take on BJP today
After months of positioning himself as a national player and touring states to meet anti-BJP leaders, Telangana Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samiti President K Chandrasekhar Rao is on Mission 2024. He is all set to launch his national party. The muhurat (auspicious time) has been set for 1:19...
Case against ‘obscene’ dance on UP Ramlila stage
Uttar Pradesh cops have filed a case against 10 members of a Ramlila committee after a video of an “indecent” dance being performed on a stage surfaced on social media. The video was from Panwasa village, Sambhal police said in a statement. An FIR was lodged against 10...
Another front opens in L-G’s feud with Kejriwal govt
Another front opened today in the ongoing war between the BJP-ruled Centre and Delhi’s AAP government — this time over the free electricity scheme, one of Arvind Kejriwal’s calling cards. Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena directed the Chief Secretary to probe “irregularities and discrepancies” in the power subsidy given...
Top J&K cop found dead at home on day of Shah’s visit
A senior police officer in Jammu and Kashmir was murdered at his friend’s home last night. His help, who is missing, is the main suspect, the police say. Hemant Kumar Lohia, the officer in charge of prisons, was found with his throat slit and burn marks on his body...
Ukrainian forces burst through Russian lines in South
Ukrainian forces achieved their biggest breakthrough in the south of the country since the war began, bursting through the front and advancing rapidly along the Dnipro River on Monday, threatening to encircle thousands of Russian troops. Kyiv gave no official confirmation of the gains, but Russian sources acknowledged that...
Fight over Navratri celebration by Dalits in MP district
An all-out fight with sticks broke out between two communities in Madhya Pradesh over Navratri celebrations on Sunday in a video that is being shared widely. According to the police, the incident took place in Kankar village of Agar district, about 200 km from Bhopal. Members of the Dalit...
Mulayam Singh Yadav shifted to ICU in Gurugram’s Medanta
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Mulayam Singh Yadav’s health deteriorated on Sunday and he was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Medanta hospital in Gurugram. The 82-year-old SP leader was admitted for several days but on Sunday he has been shifted to the...
Russia abandons annexed city, Putin ally for N-response
Russia said on Saturday its troops had abandoned their bastion of Lyman in Ukraine’s east for fear of encirclement and the leader of Chechnya, a close Kremlin ally, said Moscow should consider using a low-yield nuclear weapon in response. The fall of the town is a major setback for...
PM to launch 5G services across India at telecom event
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 5G services in India today in select cities. The service is expected to progressively cover the entire country over the next couple of years. India Mobile Congress (IMC), which claims to be the largest telecom, media, and technology forum in Asia, is jointly...
Lawyers vandalise MP court after lawyer’s suicide
Hours after a lawyer died by suicide allegedly after an altercation with a judge at the High Court in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur, protesting lawyers went on a rampage and took his body to the court premises. They vandalised courtrooms and set fire to the office of a senior advocate....
Ukraine seeks NATO membership as Russia annexes 4 regions
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that Kyiv is requesting fast-track NATO membership after Russia formally annexed four Moscow-held regions of Ukraine. “We have already proven our compatibility with (NATO) alliance standards,” Zelensky said in a video posted by the Ukrainian presidency on social media. “We are taking a...
Mallikarjun Kharge joins contest for Cong chief
Mallikarjun Kharge is the latest to join the contest for Congress president as the candidate backed by the party high command and will resign as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha in accordance with the ‘one person one post’ rule, said sources. Kharge, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya...
Looks like it’s Digvijaya vs Tharoor for Cong chief
The Congress elections, in a fresh twist, appears likely to be a contest between Shashi Tharoor and Digvijaya Singh. Sources said Singh will file nomination within two days. But he has denied, saying it has not been discussed with the Gandhis yet. Digvijay Singh, who is in Kerala for...
Priyanka not a Gandhi, can be party chief, says Cong MP
Congress MP Abdul Khaleque today batted for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to take on the mantle of party presidency, saying that being the daughter-in-law of the Vadra family, she is no more a Gandhi family member as per Indian tradition and should take up the post. In a tweet, the...
Popular Front banned for 5 years citing terror links
After two rounds of nationwide raids and arrest of over 240 leaders and functionaries of Popular Front Of India (PFI) in a week, the centre last evening banned the outfit for five years over alleged terror activities. A government notification said the PFI and its affiliate organisations or fronts have been...
Second round of nation-wide raid against Popular Front
Days after multi agency raids on top leaders and functionaries of Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) leading to over a hundred arrests, a second round of nationwide crackdown on the organisation is underway. Investigative agencies are conducting operations across Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam, Delhi, Maharashtra, Telangana, and...
45 YouTube videos blocked for spreading communal hatred
The Centre has blocked 45 YouTube videos from 10 channels for playing fake news and morphed visuals to spread hate among religious communities. Examples include false claims such as the government taking away the religious rights of certain communities, violent threats against religious communities and declaration of civil war...
