Seven members of the Rajya Sabha belonging to the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Lok Janshakti Party and an independent Member of Parliament were suspended on Tuesday for the remaining part of the budget session for their unruly behaviour in the House on Monday over the Women's Reservation Bill.The suspended members are Subhash Yadav (RJD), Sabir Ali (LJP), Veerpal Singh Yadav, Nand Kishore Yadav, Amir Alam Khan and Kamal Akhtar (SP) and Ejaz Ali.
Irked by the developments in the Rajya Sabha over the women's bill, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh telephoned Vice President Hamid Ansari and expressed regret over attempts by some Samajwadi Party members to attack him in the House.
The journey for 24-year-old Akash Anand would be much tougher, because dynastic succession goes against the grain of Dalit politics that B R Ambedkar founded.
As far as calling names goes, campaigning for the October 13 Maharashtra Assembly elections seems to have reached a new low, with key players in state political arena calling rivals names, including those of animals.
After former Shiv Sena MP Pradeep Jaiswal, ex-MLA of BJP from Latur, Shivaji Patil Kavekar, has resigned from the party with his supporters. Similar revolts had been reported from Nanded, Beed and Hingoli districts also.
Opposition political parties hit out at the UP government, questioning its seriousness in curbing crimes against women.
People who are close to retirement and don't intend to go back to full-time work again should deploy a part of their VRS money in equities so that it keeps growing at a faster rate.
Action should be taken against those arrested for alleged Naxal links if there was evidence, he said.
Shiv Sena has sacked party workers who blackened the face of a Right to Information activist in Latur in Marathwada region, Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray said in Mumbai on Saturday.
The protesters blocked roads in several areas of Mumbai, forced shops to shut down.
'Ayodhya will once again become Ram's city.'
The UP chief minister also attacked the Congress, saying the party furthered the interests of a family, promoted casteism, regionalism and kept the country in limbo for 50 years.
As the Central Bureau of Investigation continues to join the dots on the Ajmer, Pune Goa and Mecca Masjid blasts cases, the probe so far has revealed that a very strong local network of Hindu right-wing groups in Hyderabad and Pune may have carried out these attacks.
Reliance was the highest bidder at Rs 63 cr for the 5 airports project.
'The common Muslim of this country is not in favour of a review petition because he or she does not want that matters which have been settled are again raised and the community gets caught up in such things'
The Bhopal seat is currently held by Alok Sanjar of the BJP.
Reacting to the statements, the Shiv Sena said it was ready to take on whoever challenges it.
'The BJP wants to communalise the anti-CAA protests.'
It has been reported that Kataria, nominated by the selection panel for his contribution in kabaddi, is a joint secretary of the Wushu Association of India and the kabaddi players and coaches have expressed surprise over his selection.
Intermediary platforms would take down content that violates the code of conduct in 'real time', once they receive a legal notice from the EC officers tasked with looking at content violations, reports Neha Alawadhi.
An ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh, including an immediate relief of Rs 50,000, was announced by the collector for the kin of the deceased.
Liquor shops reopened across the country in the non-containment zones after 40 days from Monday with people queuing up in large numbers, giving social distancing norms a toss at some places.
His outburst came a day after UP Governor Ram Naik asked the state government to take action over the reported damage to the bungalow vacated by the former chief minister, calling it a serious matter involving the taxpayer's money.
Official celebrations in most states were restricted to unfurling of the national flag and chief ministers and governors addressing the people, with fewer guests in attendance.
'When Yogi took over, in the first few months he went after the criminals.' 'Everybody thought he will do it, cutting across party, caste divisions.' 'Gradually, the situation started slipping out of his hand.'
A 25-year-old married woman from Delhi was allegedly gang raped in a moving car by four youths, including two sons of her landlord, in Sahibabad area in Ghaziabad.
'Salman Khan should be booked under the National Security Act as he is destroying Indian culture.'
Dera Sachkhand leader Sant Rama Nand, whose death in a shooting incident in Vienna triggered large-scale violence in Punjab, will be cremated on Thursday with full state honours, amid tight security in Ballan. The body of the Dera leader was brought to Ballan, 15 kms from Jalandhar, early today morning by a special flight from Vienna for the last rites. Many sect followers gathered to pay their last respects to the leader.Tight security arrangements were put in place.
Sai was forcibly evicted from Flat number 176, South Avenue, which was allotted to him during his tenure as a Lok Sabha member, but having lost the elections this year, he has had to give up his seat and his official house.
Punjab and Haryana have been rocked by violence in the wake of the death of Sant Rama Nand, a leader of the Ravidassi sect, at the Guru Ravidass Gurudwara in Vienna. The protests have virtually brought life to a complete halt in Jalandhar, Amritsar and Jagadhri.According to reports, some members of the Sikh community objected to the presence of the Guru Granth Sahib during the preaching by Sant Niranjan Das at the gurudwara.
The 66-year-old preacher was recovering fast, sect in-charge Sant Surinder Dass Bawa said. Bawa appealed to protesters to shun the path of agitation and pray for speedy recovery of the injured Dera head after a clash between rival Sikh communities in a Vienna Gurudwara leading to the death of one of their gurus, Sant Rama Nand, triggered large scale violence and arson in Punjab.
With mercury soaring in Maharashtra and the onset of monsoon still a fortnight away, as many as 1,998 villages and 2,607 hamlets are reeling under acute water shortage where about 2,358 tankers are being used to supply drinking water.
Sonia claimed that the Congress was the only one party that followed the path shown by him and carried on his legacy.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Law Commission to look into the issue of hate speeches being made by leaders of political, social and religious outfits and consider framing guidelines to regulate such provocative statements.
The SP workers' confusion began last month when Prateek Yadav's wife participated in a function organised by Shivpal Yadav and expressed her support for him.
'The court can strengthen the verdict by ensuring that Muslims don't feel shortchanged or cheated.'
If your interest income from bank fixed deposits falls well under the tax-exempt limit, tax deduction at source (TDS) can be avoided by submitting the details in Form Number 15A with the bank.
Takacs said the attackers who pulled out knives and fired from a gun on Sunday as the 'Sant' was preaching to about 200 disciples at a gurdwara near Vienna, were Indian nationals who were living in Austria for some time.
"Our organisation in Uttar Pradesh will lend support to the alliance," he said.
The Bombay High Court dismissed on Thursday a petition filed by state election commissioner Nand Lal against the punishment awarded to him by the privileges committee of the Maharashtra legislature.
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