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Delhi BJP plans door-to-door invitations for Ayodhya Ram Temple visit

December 19, 2023

Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva has said party members would go door-to-door across the city and invite people to visit the Ram temple in Ayodhya after its ceremonial opening. The newly built temple in Ayodhya would be opened for devotees after the consecration of the idol of Ram Lalla on...

India must tackle malnutrition to achieve developed status: Raghuram Rajan

December 19, 2023

India needs to address problems like malnutrition to become a developed nation and also focus on its most important asset of human capital, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said. Speaking at an interactive session on a book co-authored by him at the Indian School of Business (ISB) here on...

Heavy rains and floods devastate southern Tamil Nadu, crippling daily life

December 19, 2023

Intense rainfall and very heavy inundation, unseen in recent times, overwhelmed four southern districts of Tamil Nadu and Chief Minister M K Stalin arrived on Monday in Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss relief initiatives. People marooned in residential colonies were evacuated by authorities and were housed...

Opposition leader criticises Kerala government’s COVID response

December 19, 2023

Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, V D Satheesan, accused the state government on Monday of not taking any steps to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the southern state. Speaking to reporters here, Satheesan said that even though 89 per cent of the COVID cases in the...

Congress readies key appointments in state boards and corporations’ positions

December 19, 2023

Ruling Congress in Karnataka appears set to finalise the list of party legislators and workers to be appointed to key positions in various state-run boards and corporations, during the visit of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar to New Delhi from Monday. Shivakumar, who is also...

‘Mockery of democracy’: Mamata Banerjee on suspension of Opposition MPs

December 19, 2023

Following the suspension of 46 opposition MPs in two days from Lok Sabha for the remainder of the Winter Session, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the BJP-led Centre is running a “mockery of democracy.” A total of forty-six Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) were suspended...

I.N.D.I.A bloc PM candidate to be decided after 2024 polls

December 19, 2023

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Opposition alliance - INDIA bloc will be decided after 2024 Lok Sabha elections. “After elections, everybody will decide,” the Trinamool Congress leader told reporters here in the national capital, a day ahead of the...

ADB to fund $250 mn for Delhi-Meerut RRTS

December 19, 2023

The Government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday signed an agreement for a USD 250 million loan that will continue financing the construction of the 82-kilometre Delhi-Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor. Earlier, ADB had approved a USD 1,049 million multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) for the project in...

MPs suspension history in India

December 19, 2023

July 26, 2022: 19 Members of Parliament (MPs) were suspended from attending Rajya Sabha session for the remainder of the week for disrupting the House proceedings and demanding a discussion on price rises and a rollback of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on daily essentials. November 29, 2021: 12...

Parliament cracks whip on 78 Opposition MPs

December 19, 2023

Hours after 33 members were suspended from Lok Sabha for “misconduct” for the remainder of the Winter session on Monday, 45 members from Opposition including Congress’ Jairam Ramesh, Randeep Surjewala and KC Venugopal were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remaining period of the session which concludes on December...

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