New Delhi: As many as 78 Opposition MPs — 33 from the Lok Sabha and 45 from the Rajya Sabha — were suspended on Monday for disrupting the proceedings of Parliament. This takes the total number of MPs suspended to 92. Last week, 13 opposition members were suspended from the Lok Sabha and one was…
New Delhi: The Centre on Monday asked states and union territories to maintain constant vigil amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases and the detection of the first case of the new JN.1 variant in the country. In a letter to states and union territories, Union Health Secretary Sudhansh Pant underlined that “due to consistent and collaborative…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has issued a fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning on December 21 in the excise policy-linked money laundering case, officials said Monday. He was first called by the federal agency to appear on November 2, but he did not depose alleging that the notice was “vague,…
New Delhi: Nine people were detained today as the National Investigative Agency (NIA) raided about 19 locations across four states this morning in connection with the ISIS network case and busted a “highly radicalised jihadi terror group”. The raids were carried out at 11 locations in Karnataka, four in Jharkhand, three in Maharashtra, and one…
New Delhi: The BJP on Monday accused the Congress and its allies of “insulting” the Lok Sabha speaker and Rajya Sabha chairperson and “embarrassing” the country with their conduct, with 92 opposition members suspended from both Houses in the past five days. Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal told reporters that opposition…
New Delhi: As many as 45 opposition members in Rajya Sabha were on Monday suspended from the House for unruly behaviour and disregarding the directions of the Chair after they raised slogans over the Parliament security breach issue and disrupted proceedings. Among those suspended were Congress MPs Pramod Tiwari, Jairam Ramesh, K C Venugopal and Randeep…
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at 19 locations in South India by busting a “highly radicalised jihadi terror group,” sources said. The raids have been underway since Monday morning. The anti-terror agency is conducting these raids closely coordinating with the state police forces. The sources, privy to the development, did…
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Monday said it was an “insult” to Parliament that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah made remarks on the Parliament security breach issue in public instead of speaking inside the House. Two people jumped from the visitors’ gallery into the Lok Sabha chamber on…
New Delhi: The Union government introduced the Telecommunications Bill 2023 on Monday, in a move to replace the 138-year-old Indian Telegraph Act that governs the telecom sector. IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw tabled the telecom bill in the Lok Sabha after it had received the Cabinet’s nod in August. The proposed legislation will allow the Union government to take over control, manage or suspend any telecommunication services,…
Kolkata/New Delhi: A marine battalion comprising more than 1,100 personnel, a squadron of about 40 drones and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are part of a plan devised by the BSF to secure the strategic Sunderbans mangrove region along the India-Bangladesh border against smuggling and infiltration. The blueprint of the plan has been prepared by the Eastern…
