Kejriwal’s march to PM’s house will not be allowed, say police sources
New Delhi: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal’s proposed march to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence on August 4 to submit petitions against E20 fuel will not be allowed, police sources said on Monday. A police source said no permission has been granted for the march and security arrangements are being made to prevent any unauthorised…
CJP welcomes SC clarification on FIRs against NEET protesters, seeks immediate implementation of assurances
New Delhi: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s clarification on the withdrawal of FIRs against protesters, saying it expected the Centre and BJP/NDA-ruled states to immediately implement the assurances given to agitating students under the July 25 agreement. The Supreme Court clarified that the expression “criminal antecedents” in its earlier…
MP: Congress retains Datia assembly seat; Ghanshyam Singh defeats BJP’s Tiwari by 6,000 votes
Datia: The Congress on Monday retained the Datia assembly seat in Madhya Pradesh, with the party candidate Ghanshyam Singh defeating his nearest rival Ashutosh Tiwari of the BJP by 6,016 votes in the byelection marked by differences in the saffron camp over the choice of candidate. At the end of all 15 rounds of counting,…
BJP retains Gujarat’s Manjalpur assembly seat in bypoll
Ahmedabad: The BJP has retained the Manjalpur Assembly seat in Gujarat’s Vadodara district, with its candidate, Satendrabhai Patel, defeating Congress nominee Bhikhabhai Rabari by over thirty thousand votes in the by-election. According to the Election Commission, Mr Patel secured 55,481 votes, while Mr Rabari polled 24,851 votes after all 20 rounds of counting. The bypoll…
Jan Suraaj Party chief Prashant Kishore wins the Bankipur by-election
Patna: Prashant Kishor secured a landmark victory in the Bankipur Assembly by-election, marking the first electoral win of the Jan Suraj Party and his own first victory as a candidate. The result is significant because Bankipur has been a BJP stronghold for decades, with the BJP (and its predecessor seat, Patna West) winning every election…
Rajya Sabha passes MSME bill to speed up payments, dispute resolution
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed a bill that seeks to tackle the issue of delayed payments to MSMEs by prescribing timelines to ensure faster adjudication of disputes, provide recovery of the settlement agreement, and address their liquidity issues, even as Opposition members continued to disrupt the House. The Upper House was adjourned…
Viral video shows Delhi Police urging CJP organisers to make crowd-control arrangements
New Delhi: (Aug 3) A video purportedly recorded at Jantar Mantar a day before the CJP’s ‘Sansad Chalo’ protest march on July 20 has surfaced online, showing senior Delhi Police officers asking the organisers to implement adequate crowd-management measures before the gathering swelled. The viral video captures an interaction involving New Delhi Deputy Commissioner of…
Congress to send AICC observers across Bengal for organisational review
Kolkata: The Congress high command has decided to strengthen its organisational focus on West Bengal and will soon send a team of AICC observers to all organisational districts in the state to assess the party’s grassroots structure, a senior leader of the party said on Monday. The All India Congress Committee (AICC) observers will visit…
Total annual passenger handling capacity at Indian airports rose to over 580 mn: Govt
New Delhi: The total annual passenger handling capacity at airports in the country has increased to more than 580 million, the government said on Monday. Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol told the Rajya Sabha that capacity augmentation and modernisation projects are undertaken from time to time by the Airports Authority of India…
Bill to increase Supreme Court judges passed by Lok Sabha without debate; House adjourned for day
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill to replace an ordinance that increased the number of Supreme Court judges from 34 to 38 without a debate, as opposition members persisted with slogan-shouting over the issues of NEET paper leak and alleged theft of Ram temple donations. Last week, a bill to amend…
