West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be on a three-day visit to Mumbai from today (November 30), during which she is scheduled to meet NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and her Maharashtra counterpart and state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Admiral R Hari Kumar took over as the new Chief of the Naval Staff on Tuesday, replacing Admiral KB Singh, who retired from service today after a 30-month tenure.
The air quality in the national capital on Tuesday morning remained in the "very poor" category with overall Air Quality Index (AQI) at 362, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). The PM 2.5 was recorded at 211 in the 'very poor' category at 8:30 am.
The floor leaders of opposition will meet on Tuesday to discuss strategy after the suspension of 12 MPs in the Rajya Sabha. According to media reports, if the suspension was not revoked, the opposition may decide to boycott the House. The Congress has alleged that the government wants to pass the Bills and now has created a majority number after the suspension of MPs. "By suspending 12 MPs from the #RajyaSabha, BJP has now gone ahead of the majority number. Can easily pass listed bills through the upper house now. This move has no parallel in history of parliamentary democracy and is entirely undemocratic, unlawful, and unconstitutional!" Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi tweeted. Fourteen parties under the signature of Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge issued a statement saying the leaders of the opposition condemn the unwarranted and undemocratic suspension of 12 members in violation of rules of procedure of Rajya Sabha. The Rajya Sabha on Monday suspended 12 MPs for the entire winter session of Parliament for creating ruckus in the House during the Monsoon Session on August 11. The suspended MPs are from the Congress, Trinamool Congress, CPI, CPI-M and Shiv Sena. The members are -- Syed Naseer Hussain, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Phulo Devi Netam, Chhaya Verma, Ripun Bora and Rajmani Patel of the Congress; Priyanka Chaturvedi, Anil Desai of the Shiv Sena; Elamaram Kareem of the CPI-M, Binoy Viswam of the CPI, Dola Sen and Shanta Chhetri of the Trinamool.
Sharjeel Imam's speech at the Aligarh Muslim University neither gave the call for anyone to bear arms nor incited any violence as a result of it, the Allahabad High Court has said granting him bail in a sedition case.
In a shocking incident, the bodies of two COVID-19 victims were recovered from the mortuary of a hospital in Bengaluru. According to the details, the incident was reported from ESI Hospital in Bengaluru's Rajajinagar city, where the COVID-positive patients had died in July 2020. The bodies were recovered by the housekeeping staff, who later alerted the authorities.
At least 13 students of a government-run residential school in Karnataka's Hassan district were found Covid-19 positive, triggering panic among the parents and teachers.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
