New Delhi, 20/12: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning on December 21, left for an undisclosed location for a 10-day Vipassana meditation course on Wednesday, officials said. The ED on Monday issued fresh summons to the Delhi chief minister for questioning in the excise policy-linked money laundering case….
New Delhi, 20/12: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday suspended two more opposition MPs for showing placards in the House. Thomas Chazhikadan of the Kerala Congress (Mani) and A M Ariff of the CPI(M) were suspended for misconduct after a resolution moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi was adopted by the House.
New Delhi, 20/12: Amid an uptick in Covid-19 cases in the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday reviewed the preparedness of health facilities and impressed upon the states to be alert and increase surveillance. Assuring the states of receiving all support from the Centre, he said, “We need to be on the alert…
Gaza, 20/12: Israeli troops and Hamas militants fought fierce gunbattles on the streets of Gaza’s second-biggest city on Wednesday. United Nations delayed a vote on a bid to boost aid deliveries to the Palestinian enclave facing a humanitarian disaster. Israel’s campaign to eradicate Hamas militants behind an Oct. 7 massacre has left the coastal enclave…
New Delhi, 20/12: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday charged that the prime minister and the BJP want to establish a ‘single party rule’ in the country and the suspension of MPs from Parliament is for that. While 141 MPs have been suspended because they wanted a statement from the home minister on the grave…
New Delhi, 19/12: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday proposed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s name as the prime ministerial candidate of opposition bloc I.N.D.I.A, MDMK leader Vaiko said after the meeting of the grouping. However, the veteran Congress leader said it is important to…
Prayagraj, 19/12: Holding that the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi land title case is of “national importance”, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed all pleas challenging the maintainability of a 1991 civil suit pending before a Varanasi court seeking restoration of a temple at the site where the mosque exists. Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal held that the…
Dubai, 19/12: In a dramatic turn of events at the IPL Auctions 2024, the spotlight was on the intense bidding war that unfolded between Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders for the coveted Australian pacer Mitchell Starc. The bidding war was nothing short of a spectacle, with both teams, Gujarat Titans and Kolkata Knight Riders,…
New Delhi, 19/12: As many as 49 Lok Sabha MPs were suspended from the House for disrupting proceedings on Tuesday, a day after 78 opposition members were suspended from Parliament. The MPs suspended on Tuesday include National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari and Karti Chidambaram and Samajwadi Party MP Dimple…
Chennai, 19/12: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to discuss relief initiatives even as 3 persons were killed in rain-related incidents and three more are feared dead amid incessant rainfall in the state over the past couple of days. People marooned in residential colonies…
