Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, while speaking on the Wayanad landslides tragedy in the Rajya Sabha, said the Kerala government was warned as early as July 23 regarding a possible natural calamity in Wayanad.
Congress MP Charanjit Singh Channi on Wednesday moved a Privilege Motion notice in Lok Sabha, against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over expunged portions of BJP MP Anurag Thakur's remarks tweeted by him on X along with the whole speech video. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised BJP leader Anurag Thakur's speech in the Lok Sabha, in which the former Union minister made a political counter to Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi's address, saying it is a "must hear".
BJP national president JP Nadda emphasised the effectiveness of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during a recent address. He noted that it was the first time a comprehensive and foolproof scheme was introduced for rural road development in India.
Sena Vs Sena: The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will hear a plea from the Uddhav Thackeray faction on August 7, challenging an order by Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar. The contentious order had declared the Shiv Sena faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the "real political party" following a significant split in June 2022. The Speaker had also dismissed the disqualification petitions filed by the Thackeray faction against CM Shinde and his supporting MLAs. This political upheaval resulted in Shinde taking over as the Chief Minister, a move that was challenged by the Thackeray faction as illegitimate and unconstitutional.
Excise policy case: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in the Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi, in connection with the excise policy case.
Parliament Monsoon Session HIGHLIGHTS: The Union Budget 2024-25 was presented in Lok Sabha by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23. A discussion on the Budget was held today and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi addressed the House. Discussions on Delhi coaching centre deaths were also held in both Houses. Participating in the debate in the Lok Sabha on Budget 2024-25, Gandhi said the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will ensure that a legal guarantee for MSP as well as a caste census is passed by the House. In a speech that invoked the Mahabharat and led to an uproar in the House, prompting Speaker Om Birla to intervene frequently, the former Congress chief alleged that the sole aim of the Union Budget is to strengthen the framework of big businesses, political monopoly that destroys the democratic structure, and the deep state or the agencies. After the speech, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh rose to say that the Leader of Opposition was trying to mislead the nation about the sensitive issue of national security and the Agnipath initiative. In his response, Gandhi said the defence minister had told the House that the family of an Agniveer martyr was paid compensation of Rs 1 crore but it was only insurance payment and not compensation.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed the Lok Sabha that one of the four astronauts training for India's Gaganyaan mission will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a collaborative effort with NASA. NASA has identified Axiom Space, a private entity, for this mission. This collaboration was announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US last year.
Mamata Banerjee on Friday left NITI Aayog meeting midway and accused the Centre of step-motherly treatment with West Bengal. NITI Aayog's 9th Governing Council meeting was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The council, the apex body of NITI Aayog, includes all state chief ministers, lieutenant governors of Union Territories, and several Union ministers.
NITI Aayog meeting: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 9th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog today (July 27) which was held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in the national capital. This year's theme is 'Viksit Bharat@2047', with a central focus on making India a developed nation.
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The Supreme Court on Friday maintained its interim order staying the directives issued by authorities in certain State governments, which mandated that eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route display the names of their owners outside their shops. The hearing on the matter was postponed, with the interim stay order remaining in effect. The top court clarified its stance, emphasising, "Our order is clear. If someone wants to write their name outside their shop voluntarily, we have not prevented them. Our order was that no one can be forced to write their name."
In yet another such incident, at least two wagons of a goods train derailed near Bhubaneswar railway station in Odisha on Friday. According to officials, the incident took place at around 8.30 am. There have been no reports of injuries, they added. The middle and up lines remain unaffected as the derailment occurred on the down line, the officials said. The visuals from the accident site have also surfaced, showing Railway teams engaged in the restoration work.
In what could boil down to another major controversy, former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Thursday advocated for Khalistani terrorist Amritpal Singh, who is lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh district under the National Security Act (NSA).
The first budget of Narendra Modi 3.0 government presented in Parliament on Tuesday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman clearly reflects the after-effects of Lok Sabha elections, with Nitish Kumar's Bihar and N Chandrababu Naidu's Andhra Pradesh getting a financial bonanza. Though both these chief ministers were demanding Special Status for their states, it was not granted. Both the states got nearly Rs 75,000 crore worth projects in the budget. Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleverly addressed the core issue of jobs that the Opposition had been raising. The Centre will implement five schemes under the 'Employment-Linked Incentive' as part of the Prime Minister's package.
Journalist and pollster Pradeep Bhandari has been appointed as the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by chief JP Nadda, PTI reported on Tuesday.
The Opposition attempted to corner the government in Lok Sabha as the Monsoon Session began on Monday (July 22), and raised the issue of NEET paper leak. Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav also asked questions over the matter and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan responded to the queries during the 'Question Hour'.
PoK: Some explosive pictures have emerged in which the Pakistani Army is seen guiding the terrorists, clad in Pathani suits, to the forward posts and showing them the infiltration routes to India. The visuals came to the fore from the Kotli and nearby areas of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). This comes days after images surfaced from PoK where the army was seen training terrorists to infiltrate them into the Indian borders.
Thiruvananthapuram: A 28-year-old woman died in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday, five days after allegedly being administered a wrong injection by a doctor at a state-run hospital, which caused her to fall unconscious, family sources said.
A session court on Tuesday (July 16) acquitted the 'khadim' (servitor) of Ajmer Sharif dargah, Gauhar Chishti and five others accused of inciting a mob on June 17, 2022 at the main gate of the shrine, by raising the provocative slogan 'Gustakh-e-Nabi Ki Ek Hi Sazaa, Sar Tan Se Juda, Sar Tan Se Juda' slogan against suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma. The former BJP leader had earlier made certain derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad. As many as 22 witnesses appeared before the court and 32 documents were placed during the trial, which went on for over two years. In his judgement, the sessions court judge pointed to critical lapses in the investigation by police, which was working under the then Congress government led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) chairman Manoj Soni has resigned citing personal reasons before the expiry of his tenure in May 2029, official sources said today (July 20). His resignation is "not in any way connected to controversies and allegations surrounding UPSC after probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar issue came to the fore," they said.
Microsoft outage: The global Microsoft outage brought a halt on the crucial aspects of human life – flights, banking and media – on Friday (July 19) and some of it persisted on Saturday as flights were delayed on various airports across India. Travellers faced troubles at several airports with flights getting delayed. The outage spread globally yesterday morning after an update from global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike struck down Microsoft Windows PCs offline.
The terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in the last one and a half months have put the spotlight back on the rise of terrorism in the region and Pakistan using its stooges – the shadow outfits – for bloodshed. These outfits claim the responsibility for attacks in the Valley and nearby areas. The ‘Kashmir Tigers’, which is a shadow group of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), claimed responsibility for attacks in Doda and Kathua in which 10 security personnel were killed in action.
Microsoft services down globally: Microsoft Windows users on Friday, around the world are experiencing Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) errors, according to reports. Users have taken to social media platforms to share their experiences, with many encountering error messages and subsequent restarts that leave their computers in a loop.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday (July 18) expressed distress over the tragic train accident that claimed two lives in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the Chief Minister stated that the train accident in Gonda district, where several coaches of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed, is extremely saddening. He also prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday took two important decisions on public demand. He ordered a stay on demolition of all houses built in the river flood zone across Lucknow and also put a hold on the implementation of digital attendance for thousands of basic school teachers for the next two months. Officials of the state irrigation department had put red markings on houses built in Pant Nagar, Abrar Nagar, Indraprastha Nagar and Rahim Nagar in Lucknow, saying these were meant for demolition by bulldozers. Yogi told residents of these colonies that there would be no demolition, but accountability will be fixed against officials who allowed these colonies to be built on a floodplain zone in the first place.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended greetings to the nation on the sacred occasion of 'Ashadhi Ekadashi' on Wednesday. Taking to social media platform X, he conveyed his best wishes for the day, expressing hope and prayers for the blessings of Lord Vitthal. The Prime Minister wished that these blessings would contribute to building a society brimming with joy and prosperity.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has made significant progress in the NEET paper leak case, arresting two individuals. Pankaj Kumar alias Aditya was arrested in Patna, while Raju Singh was apprehended in Hazaribagh.
Probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who is accused of misrepresenting herself under the physical disabilities category, was found to have 7 per cent locomotor disability, an official claimed on Tuesday (July 16). Dr Rajendra Wable, Dean of YCM Hospital, from where IAS officer Pooja Khedkar acquired her Persons with Benchmark Disabilities, said that she had visited the hospital for examination purposes after following application process online in 2022 and was assessed by “multiple departments”.
The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) operated alongside forces from the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean on July 12, the US Embassy said on Monday. This joint maritime activity advanced interoperability between the two major defence partners and underscores their shared commitment to upholding a free and open Indo-Pacific, US and Indian military forces focused on improving shared maritime domain awareness and information sharing; enhancing replenishment and logistics interoperability; and improving combined air-to-air capabilities, it added.
The by-polls for 13 assembly constituencies across seven states (Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal) concluded on Saturday (July 13), with the INDIA bloc significantly dominating the poll results with 10 victories.
After the INDIA bloc registered victory in 10 out of the 13 Assembly seats across seven states where byelections were conducted, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the results have made it clear that the web of 'fear and confusion' woven by the BJP has been broken.
Describing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a "party with a difference", Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday (July 12) cautioned it against repeating the mistakes committed by the Congress in the past which drove it out of power. He stressed that if the BJP continues to do what the grand old party used to, “there is no use of their exit and our entry”. His remarks came while addressing a Goa BJP executive meeting near Panaji, over a month after the saffron party suffered a major setback as it failed to achieve a majority mark on its own, falling way short of its set target of 370 seats in the Lok Sabha Elections.
In a surprising gesture, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday urged everyone to not use derogatory language against his fiercest critic and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani. Notably, Irani, who had clinched the Amethi Lok Sabha seat after defeating Rahul Gandhi in 2019, lost to Congress candidate and a close aide of the Gandhi family Kishori Lal Sharma by 1,67,196 lakh votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Gandhi contested the 2024 polls from Wayanad and Rae Bareli and won both. Late, the Congress leader retained Rae Bareli and left the Wayanad constituency in Kerala which he also won in 2019.
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In its biggest recovery haul, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police force has seized 108 gold bars of one kg each near the Indo-China border in Ladakh. It has also arrested three people, an official of the border guarding force said. Along with the hefty recovery of smuggled gold, the ITBP also recovered two mobile phones, a binocular, two knives, and several Chinese food items like cakes and milk.
Uttarakhand Police on Wednesday said that the road near Patalganga Langsi Tunnel on Badrinath National Highway has been blocked due to a landslide from the hill. The state police also posted a video clip on X in which a huge portion of the mountain is falling causing a roadblock on the highway in Chamoli district.
New Delhi: Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV, has been elected as the President of the News Broadcasters & Digital Association (NBDA), the largest organization of news broadcasters in India, consisting of almost all major news networks in the country.
In a tragic incident, one devotee died while 15 others were injured following a stampede-like situation during the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in Puri, Odisha on Sunday. The injured devotees were immediately admitted to the hospital, however, most of them suffered minor injuries and were subsequently discharged from the hospital after primary treatment. Meanwhile, the treatment of seriously injured devotees was underway.
Rath Yatra 2024: Odisha Police will be implementing AI technology on a pilot basis to enhance traffic and crowd management during the upcoming Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra, a senior police official said. The Rath Yatra, also known as the Chariot Festival, is as ancient as the Jagannath Temple in Puri itself. This year marks a rare occasion as Lord Jagannath's annual Rath Yatra festival will span two days, a first in 53 years.
The first British Prime Minister of Indian origin, Rishi Sunak, suffered a devastating electoral defeat for his Conservative party after Labour Party led by Sir Keir Starmer swept to power after 14 years. This was the worst Conservative defeat in the last two centuries. Rishi Sunak's gamble of preponing the general elections failed. In a House of 650, the Labour Party won 412 seats (a gain of 214), while the Conservative Party could win only 121 seats (a big loss of 252 seats). Minutes after Rishi Sunak resigned, Keir Starmer took over as the new Prime Minister and later announced his cabinet. David Lammy became the Foreign Secretary, Rachel Reeves became the first woman to become Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister), Yvette Cooper became Home Secretary and John Healey Defence Secretary.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee birth anniversary: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ideologue Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his 123rd birth anniversary today (July 6). Modi said Mookerjee made India proud with his fierce nationalistic ideas, and that his sacrifice and dedication to the motherland will always inspire people.
Shiv Sena Punjab leader Sandeep Thapar Gora was seriously injured in a sharp-edged weapon attack by people who appeared to be Nihang Sikhs in Ludhiana. The attackers managed to escape from the spot.
BJP National President JP Nadda on Friday announced new appointments for state in-charges and co-incharges across several key regions as the party gears up for upcoming elections.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India's aviation regulator, has sought a detailed report from Air India following allegations that an aircraft initially scheduled for a regular flight was reassigned to transport the Indian cricket team from Barbados. The officials said that the aircraft, which was supposed to operate on a scheduled route from Newark (USA) to Delhi, was instead dispatched to Barbados, resulting in significant inconvenience for passengers. Due to this, a senior DGCA official confirmed on Wednesday that the regulator has formally asked Air India to provide an explanation regarding the development.
Bihar bridge collapse: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Bihar government to conduct a structural audit of all existing and under-construction bridges in the state after several bridges collapsed in the past two weeks. The petitioner has sought directions to the government to set up an expert committee to identify weak bridges which can be either strengthened or demolished based on the findings.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at Congress and Rahul Gandhi in his replies to the Motions of Thanks, both in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. While in the Lok Sabha, on Tuesday, the opposition MPs continuously shouted slogans during his 135-minute long reply, they staged a walkout in the Rajya Sabha while Modi was replying. In the Lok Sabha, the Congress and other opposition parties tried to their best to stop Modi from speaking, but the Prime Minister went on with his speech amidst the din created by slogan shouting members. Modi said, after the last month’s general elections, the Congress will be termed as a ‘parasite’, because it won only 99 seats in Lok Sabha with the help of vote share of its allies. The 2024 elections, he said, marked the third consecutive defeat of Congress in Lok Sabha elections, and it failed to breach the 100 mark. Instead of taking lessons from the election results, Modi said, “Congress is trying to tell the people that they have defeated us. This is just like pacifying a child who failed in his exam”. The Prime Minister remarked that the government would not tolerate any more “dramas” and the “opposition and its eco-system will be replied in their own language”.
Senior politician K. Keshava Rao officially rejoined the Congress party on Wednesday in a ceremony held in New Delhi. All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge welcomed Rao into the party, honouring him with the party scarf.
