New Delhi: The government has constituted an expert committee to investigate reasons for collapse of the under-construction Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand and provide recommendations on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to be followed in case of tunnel collapse/tunnel construction, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Road…
New Delhi: Parties of the opposition INDIA bloc will hold a meeting on Thursday morning to discuss their future course of action on the security breach in Parliament, and are considering meeting President Droupadi Murmu over the issue. Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay announced that the opposition parties will meet at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence…
New Delhi: India is an “indispensable” partner critical for ensuring strategic equilibrium against the backdrop of China’s “largest military” build-up without any transparency after the Second World War as well as challenges such as coercive trade measures and political interference, Australian High Commissioner Philip Green said on Wednesday. In an address at the Asia Society Policy…
New Delhi: India on Wednesday strongly rejected the comments by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressing concern over the Supreme Court’s verdict upholding the 2019 revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the OIC’s action at the behest of a…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday demanded answers from the government and a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah in both houses of Parliament on the “serious security breach” in Lok Sabha, saying does the incident “not prove that necessary precautions were not taken”. Two persons jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public…
New Delhi: In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament attack, two persons on Wednesday jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery and opened canisters that emitted a yellow-coloured smoke, triggering panic among the MPs. The House was adjourned soon after the incident. The two intruders jumped from…
Bhopal: Mohan Yadav will take oath as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh here on Wednesday and the event will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the chief ministers of BJP-ruled states among others, a party leader said. The state will also have two deputy chief ministers – Rajendra…
New Delhi: Congress MP Karti Chidambaram has not deposed before the ED for questioning in a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the issuance of visas to 263 Chinese nationals in 2011 and dubbed the case “most bogus”. The 52-year-old legislator from the Sivaganga Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu was summoned by the…
Thiruvanthapuram: After his motorcade came uder attack on Monday by SFI workers, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has alleged complicity of the police in the incident. Speaking to reporters in Delhi on Tuesday, Khan alleged that the protesters were brought to the spot in police vehicles. The Governor reiterated the charge that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was…
Jaipur: BJP’s chief minister-designate Bhajan Lal Sharma on Tuesday met Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra and staked claim to form the next government in the state. The BJP had won 115 seats in the recent assembly elections, while the Congress got 69 seats. Polling was held on 199 of the 200 seats in the state on…
