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Sri Lanka Crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation confirmed by Speaker

Sri Lanka Crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation confirmed by Speaker

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has formally resigned, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena introduced Friday morning, ending days of uncertainty considering the broadly despised chief fled the island, dislodged by means of monumental public protests over a grave financial crisis. Mr. Gotabaya, presently in Singapore, had sent his resignation letter with the aid of e mail on Thursday, however the Speaker’s office said its authenticity and legality had to be proven earlier than it should be accepted. Tens of hundreds of demonstrators stormed the President’s workplace and domestic last weekend, forcing the President to flee for his life, first to the…
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Insult to national symbol: TMC leaders attack PM Modi govt over Ashokan lions

Insult to national symbol: TMC leaders attack PM Modi govt over Ashokan lions

Trinamool Congress MPs Jawahar Sarkar and Mahua Maitra have accused the Modi government at the Center of insulting the national symbol by creating an "offensive" and "disproportionate" likeness of Ashoka Singh in the capital over the construction of a new parliament in Delhi. . Rajya Sabha MP Jawahar Sarkar said on Twitter, “An insult to our national symbol, the royal Ashokan Singh. The original is on the left, beautiful, regularly confident. Modi's version on the right, imposed on building a new parliament - is unnecessarily aggressive and inconsistent. Shame! Change it immediately!" Lok Sabha MP Mahua Maitra tweeted a picture…
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SC sentences Vijay Mallya to 4 months in jail in contempt case

SC sentences Vijay Mallya to 4 months in jail in contempt case

The Supreme Court on Monday sentenced fugitive financial criminal Vijay Mallya to 4 months in jail in a contempt of court case for not only disclosing his assets and secretly transferring $40 million to his family members. Malia will serve the detention center term when she is brought back to India. A bench led by Justice Uday U Lalit additionally ordered Mallya to deposit $40 million with the court docket within four weeks with 8% annual entertainment, failing which the court said attachment proceedings would be initiated. A bench comprising Justices S Ravindra Bhat and PS Narasimha emphasized that Mallya…
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Sri Lanka Crisis: Parliament to elect new President on July 20

Sri Lanka Crisis: Parliament to elect new President on July 20

Sri Lanka Parliament Speaker in a statement on Monday said that the House will reconvene from July 15 while a new president for the crisis-hit country will be elected on July 20. Sri Lanka’s complete Cabinet of ministers on Monday agreed to resign once an settlement is reached on the formation of an all-party meantime government, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s workplace said after the president and premier presented to resign. Meanwhile, the Governor of the Central Bank of the us of a said that negotiations are on the India over a $1 billion swap. When requested if he would resign,…
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Kaali Controversy: Patna police refuses to lodge FIR against director and Mahua Moitra

Kaali Controversy: Patna police refuses to lodge FIR against director and Mahua Moitra

State BJP Kala Cell convener Varun Kumar Singh on Thursday said that the Kotwali police had refused to file an FIR against his group against 'Kali' director Leena Manimekalai for issuing a poster of the film in which Maa Kali is seen smoking a cigarette. Singh and his group decided to lodge an FIR against TMC MP Mahua Maitra who tweeted that Goddess Kali cherished meat and drink. Singh had earlier maintained to the Kotwali police that the film director and Maitra's stance had hurt Hindu sentiments, but the Kotwali police were adamant and adamant in refusing to register an…
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Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann marries Gurpreet Kaur; Kejriwal, Raghav Chadha attended ceremony

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann marries Gurpreet Kaur; Kejriwal, Raghav Chadha attended ceremony

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann married Dr. Gurpreet Kaur today. His family and friends, including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, were present on the occasion. Cases of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's marriage ceremony with Dr. Gurpreet Kaur began in an intimate private ceremony at his residence in Chandigarh. Arvind Kejriwal, who played the role of a father figure and performed all the necessary rituals at CM Mann's wedding, told reporters at the airport, “Today is a day of great joy that my young brother and Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Mann ji is…
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Could Sena MPs be next? After backing to Murmu by one, voices suggest more trouble for Uddhav Thackeray

Could Sena MPs be next? After backing to Murmu by one, voices suggest more trouble for Uddhav Thackeray

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena should be subsequent looking at unrest from its parliamentary wing. A day after one Sena MP requested Uddhav to declare aid for the NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu, a rebellion MLA on Wednesday claimed that 12 out of the party’s 18 MPs would quickly be a part of the Eknath Shinde-led faction, a declare not denied by way of party sources.
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TMC Leader, Two Aides Murdered In West Bengal Town

TMC Leader, Two Aides Murdered In West Bengal Town

A neighborhood Trinamool Congress chief and his two mates have been killed by using some men in a crowded place at Canning, around 50 km from Kolkata, this morning.Swapan Majhi, a member of the Gopalpur Gram Panchayat of the ruling party in West Bengal, was on his way to a rally around 9 am when the killers opened fire and attacked him with knives, police said. His two companions were also shot dead by the killers while escaping. The police said that the investigation is going on to gather detailed information.
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PT Usha, Ilaiyaraaja among 4 nominated to Rajya Sabha on Wednesday

PT Usha, Ilaiyaraaja among 4 nominated to Rajya Sabha on Wednesday

PT Usha, Virendra Heggade, V Vijayendra Prasad and Ilayaraja were nominated to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. 4 nominees are from 4 separate states. Prime Minister congratulated the Rajya Sabha nominees through Twitter. Calling PT Usha an "inspiration for every Indian", PM Modi said, "Her achievements in sports activities are widely recognized but her work in mentoring budding sportspersons over the past few years is equally commendable. Congratulations to her for being nominated to the Rajya Sabha." PM Modi congratulated V Vijayendra Prasad who has been associated with the creative world for decades."His works reflect the great heritage of India…
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BJP’s Roopa Ganguly Meets Trinamul Leader Kunal Ghosh, Fuels Speculation in Bengal Political Circles

BJP’s Roopa Ganguly Meets Trinamul Leader Kunal Ghosh, Fuels Speculation in Bengal Political Circles

BJP chief Roopa Ganguly, who has lately been criticised by the state leadership on a variety of issues, has met TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh at a social gathering, fuelling speculations in political circles in West Bengal. However, each Ganguly and Ghosh have claimed that it was a “courtesy meeting" and there used to be nothing political in it. A graphic of each having a conservation at a recent social gathering went viral on social media. “We met at a gathering. We are from extraordinary political events but she is like my elder sister. During our teenage days, she used to…
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