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A day that will be etched in every Indian’s memory
Indian Men’s Team win over Germany to clinch Bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, thereby ending the long 41-year-wait for a podium finish, will be etched in the memory of every Indian, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today as he led the nation in congratulating the Hockey team over the...
India builds world’s highest road In eastern Ladakh
The Border Roads Organisation has constructed the world’s highest road in eastern Ladakh at an altitude of 19,300 feet, the government said in a statement today. The road has been constructed at an altitude higher than the Mount Everest base camps – the south base camp in Nepal is...
No berth to Yeddyurappa’s son in 29-member Bommai ministry
Basavaraj Bommai, who took charge as the Chief Minister of Karnataka a week ago, expanded his cabinet by inducting 29 ministers on Wednesday. It seems he is trying to strike a fine balance between both pro and anti BS Yediyurappa factions by keeping an equidistant from both. The new...
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,...
Gloves off between Centre and Opposition
It may not have been a productive week in Parliament but the gloves are off between the Centre and the Opposition, albeit with a delectable twist. A day after Trinamool Congress’ Derek O’Brien compared the passage of bills to “making papri chaat”, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the...
Buzz about Mulayam, Lalu meeting ahead of UP 2022
Lucknow: After Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav shared a picture of Mulayam Singh and Lalu Yadav’s recent meeting in Delhi, speculations were rife about new developments ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections. Bur political experts have dismissed the buzz, saying the meeting was personal in nature as both...
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...
Rajbhar lists 7 conditions to support BJP in UP polls
Lucknow: Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party chief and former minister in Yogi Adityanath government, Om Prakash Rajbhar, met UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh on Tuesday. Rajbhar had contested the 2017 UP assembly elections in alliance with the BJP and became a cabinet minister, but was shunted out after he...
Rahul Gandhi leads Opposition meet on parliament strategy
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday led a breakfast meeting of opposition leaders to discuss holding a ‘mock Parliament’ in the premises as both Houses face disruptions and protests over the Pegasus row and farmers’ agitation. While parties such as the Trinamool Congress, Shiv Sena, NCP and RJD, Arvind...
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...
Ladakh leaders demand full statehood, autonomy
In a major departure from their earlier stand, leaders across Ladakh have unanimously asked Centre to grant full statehood with legislature for the region- a common call endorsed by leadership of both Kargil and Leh regions. The demand was raised on Sunday, four days before the second anniversary of...
Delhi MLA salary hiked from Rs12,000 to 30,000
The Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday approved salary hike for MLAs as per the Centre’s proposal, raising the pay to Rs 30,000 from Rs 12,000 per month, a day after the Centre rejected a plan to raise salaries of MLAs at par with other state legislatures. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led...
Mamata says entire country to witness ‘Khela’ in near future
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said TMC’s poll slogan khela hobe’ (there will be a game) has become immensely popular among people, and the entire country will be witness to a match that will be played in the days to come, apparently hinting at the 2024...
KCR hits out at Centre on Krishna water
Lashing out at the Centre for its failure to address the Krishna controversy and issuing a Gazette notification, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday condemned the attitude of the Union government for opposing Telangana. He also took potshots at the Andhra Pradesh government for resorting to a...
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...
Derek O’Brien slams passing of bills without debate
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday said that the entire opposition is in agreement that the issue of national security and Pegasus should be discussed in Parliament in the presence of both Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At a press briefing, TMC Rajya Sabha MP...
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...
