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Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat resigns in less than six months after taking oath
03 Jul

Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat resigns in less than six months after taking oath

editor0 CommentsIndia, Political,
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya tonight, a little over three months after taking the charge from Trivendra Rawat. Tirath said he had resigned to avoid a constitutional crisis. He had taken oath as the CM on March 10 and had to be elected as MLA within six months to continue on the post. According to Section 151-A of the Representation of the People Act, a bypoll is not held in a state if less than a year is left for the Assembly term to end, which in the case of Uttarakhand…
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BJP denies Dhankhar a chance to read his full speech at Assembly
03 Jul

BJP denies Dhankhar a chance to read his full speech at Assembly

editor0 CommentsPolitical, West Bengal,
The BJP had moved heaven, earth and Narendra Modi in the hope of winning 200-plus seats in the 17th Bengal Legislative Assembly. When the august House convened on Friday, the BJP’s 70-plus members moved heaven and earth to make their presence felt and ended up stealing the governor’s 15 minutes of fame. Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was unable to fully read out his address because of protests from the Opposition benches. Dhankhar spent barely eight minutes inside the House after his ceremonial entry — escorted by Speaker Biman Banerjee and chief minister Mamata Banerjee — around 1.58pm. When he rose to…
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Ex-Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala Walks Out Of Tihar Jail
02 Jul

Ex-Haryana Chief Minister OP Chautala Walks Out Of Tihar Jail

editor0 CommentsIndia, Political,
Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala was on Friday released from Tihar jail where he was serving a ten-year sentence after his conviction in a corruption case. Chautala, his son Ajay, and 53 others were convicted on January 13, 2013, by a Delhi court for illegally recruiting 3,206 basic teachers in Haryana in 1999-2000 when the INLD chief was the chief minister. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe was ordered by the Supreme Court on a petition by IAS officer Sanjeev Kumar, who accused the leader of taking bribes to recruit teachers and said he was forced to…
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Speaker Om Birla defends new Parliament construction
18 Jun

Speaker Om Birla defends new Parliament construction

editor0 CommentsIndia, , , ,
Om Birla, Speaker of Lok Sabha has defended the construction of a new Parliament building as part of the Central Vista project. He said “It’s not a matter of the government’s ego" and that the 100-year-old building is unsafe and not appropriate for several functions of the House. “Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha had requested the government that the current building, which is historic and unparalleled in the world, is now 100 years old and is not earthquake-safe,” said Om Birla. He further said the iconic building constructed by the British is inadequate in many ways and a new-age…
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Congress leader makes sensational claims about Covaxin
16 Jun

Congress leader makes sensational claims about Covaxin

editor0 CommentsHealth, , , , ,
On Tuesday, Congress leader Gaurav Pandhi made some controversial claims about the component of Bharat Biotech and ICMR's Covaxin. Sharing an RTI document on his Twitter account, the Congress leader claimed that Covaxin contains the serum of a newborn calf. His claims were based on an RTI response from the Central Drugs Controller General to Vikas Patni, the man who filed the query. Gaurav Pandhi wrtes, "In an RTI response, the Modi Govt has admitted that Covaxin consists newborn calf serum .....which is a portion of clotted blood obtained from less than 20 days young cow-calves, after slaughtering them. THIS…
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The Aam Aadmi Party to contest in the 2022 Gujarat elections
14 Jun

The Aam Aadmi Party to contest in the 2022 Gujarat elections

editor0 CommentsNorth East, , , , ,
Aam Aadmi Party will contest on all 182 seats in the Gujarat Assembly Elections next year, said the Party's Chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday. He said BJP and Congress both are hands in gloves and therefore the people of Gujarat are seeking an option. Kejriwal also inducted former Gujarati news channel anchor Isudan Gadhvi to AAP. Kejriwal also informed his party would not bring Delhi model to Gujarat, as each state can have its own model. The model of Gujarat will be decided by the people of Gujarat, he added. During his visit to Gujarat, Kejriwal inaugurated the State party…
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“Big Slap On Our Face”: Congress Leader Harish Rawat After Jitin Prasada Joins BJP
10 Jun

“Big Slap On Our Face”: Congress Leader Harish Rawat After Jitin Prasada Joins BJP

editor0 CommentsNorth East, ,
After Congress leader Jitin Prasada joined the BJP, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Wednesday termed it as a 'big slap on their face' and expressed shock at how the former union minister called the Congress "family" a regional party.Speaking to news agency ANI, Harish Rawat, a senior Congress leader, said, "Jitin Prasada joining BJP is like a big slap on our face. It is sad and disheartening. I am surprised that he called Congress "a regional party" and joined the party against which his family fought." His remarks came after Jitin Prasada joined the BJP in the presence…
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Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts suspended for two years
05 Jun

Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts suspended for two years

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Tech Byte, , ,
Former US President Donald Trump was barred indefinitely from Facebook and Instagram in January in the wake of posts he made on the US Capitol riots. Facebook said Mr Trump's actions were "a severe violation of our rules". Mr Trump said the move was "an insult" to the millions who voted for him in last year's presidential election. Facebook's move comes as the social media giant is also ending a policy shielding politicians from some content moderation rules. It said that it would no longer give politicians immunity for deceptive or abusive content based on their comments being newsworthy. Mr…
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Kerala Highway Robbery Case: The BJP in Kerala finds itself embroiled in a controversy during the ongoing assembly poll in the southern state
29 May

Kerala Highway Robbery Case: The BJP in Kerala finds itself embroiled in a controversy during the ongoing assembly poll in the southern state

editor0 CommentsNorth East, , ,
There is a political storm brewing in Kerala and at the centre of it is a highway robbery that was carried out on April 3. The robbery was carried on the highway leading from Thrissur to Ernakulam, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Kodakara police station, Thrissur district. The robbery took place three days before voting for the assembly poll in the state began. Initial investigation has zeroed in on local BJP leaders and criminal gang from Kannur as being behind the early morning operation. According to the FIR filed by Kodakara sub inspector of police J. Jaison, Shamjeer…
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Narada case: Four TMC personnel arrested by CBI
18 May

Narada case: Four TMC personnel arrested by CBI

editor0 CommentsNorth East, , , , ,
The face-off between the Centre and the state in the wake of the election results deepened Monday with the CBI arresting two ministers in the West Bengal government and two other Trinamool Congress leaders in the five-year-old Narada sting operation case. They were granted interim bail by the court of the Special CBI Judge (1) that was stayed by the Calcutta High Court which frowned on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s dharna at the CBI office earlier in the day. Transport and Housing Minister Firhad Hakim; Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee; MLA and former minister Madan Mitra and former Kolkata Mayor Sovan…
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