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Twitter Unlocks Rahul Gandhi, Congress Accounts After Intense Protest By Grand Old Party
14 Aug

Twitter Unlocks Rahul Gandhi, Congress Accounts After Intense Protest By Grand Old Party

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The official Twitter handle of the Congress party today tweeted a cryptic message – Satyamev Jayate. Consequently, a report in Mid-Day indicated that Rahul Gandhi Twitter account has been unlocked days after the tech-giant had locked his account, pending him deleting his tweet where he had compromised the identity of a 9-year-old rape victim. The Mid-day report, quoting sources, said that several other accounts of Congress party leaders, who had tweeted the same picture that compromised the identity of a minor rape victim have also been restored. Gandhi's account was temporarily suspended last week after he tweeted pictures of the…
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The official Twitter handle of the Congress party locked for ‘violating rules’
12 Aug

The official Twitter handle of the Congress party locked for ‘violating rules’

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According to party leaders The official Twitter handle of the Congress party has been locked for ‘violating rules’ on August 12.This comes a day after several party leaders said that their handles were suspended tooCongress had earlier accused Twitter of acting against Rahul Gandhi's account under pressure from the government which resulted into temporary suspension of his twitter account. The party on August 11 said that Twitter suspended accounts of its media in-charge Randeep Surjewala, AICC general secretary and former minister Ajay Maken, party's whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore, Assam in-charge, and former Union minister Jitendra Singh and Mahila…
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SC fines 8 parties for non-compliance with its order on criminal candidates
10 Aug

SC fines 8 parties for non-compliance with its order on criminal candidates

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that political parties must publish criminal records of their election candidates within 48 hours of selection, Live Law reported. The court modified its judgement from February 13 last year, which said that the criminal history of election candidates must be made public either within 48 hours of selection or two weeks prior to the first date of filing of nomination papers for an election. The Supreme Court had added that political parties must publish the records in one regional and one national newspaper and also on Twitter and Facebook, PTI reported. In November 2020,…
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Rahul Gandhi on two-day Jammu and Kashmir visit
09 Aug

Rahul Gandhi on two-day Jammu and Kashmir visit

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Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader  will be on a two-day visit to Srinagar from today (9th August) during which he will inaugurate the party's Jammu and Kashmir headquarters and meet Congress workers.  Rahul, will reach Srinagar in the afternoon and will attend the wedding of the son of J&K Congress chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir in the evening. On 10 August, he will inaugurate the headquarters of the J&K unit of the Congress and address a meeting of party workers and leaders in the Union Territory. Apart from the meeting, Rahul will visit Kheer Bhavani templewhich is located in Ganderbal. Rahul…
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Six Trinamool Rajya Sabha MPs Suspended For a Day
04 Aug

Six Trinamool Rajya Sabha MPs Suspended For a Day

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Six Trinamool Congress MPs Dola Sen, Nadimul Haque, Abir Ranjan Biswas, Shanta Chhetri , Arpita Ghosh and Mausam Noor were ordered to leave the Rajya Sabha for rest of the day over "grossly disorderly" conduct. The decision was made after Opposition leaders, including Trinamool members entered the well of the house and displayed placards while protesting over the Pegasus scandal. Chairman of Rajya Sabha shri Venkaiah Naidu first asked members to go back to their seats and then threatened to invoke rule 255 against those holding placards. Their demand was a discussion on the issue of Israeli-made, military-grade Pegasus spyware allegedly being…
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PM Modi slams TMC MP Derek O’Brien over his ‘papri chat’ tweet.
03 Aug

PM Modi slams TMC MP Derek O’Brien over his ‘papri chat’ tweet.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took strong exception to a tweet from Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien. The Rajya Sabha MP had on Monday criticised the Union government for rushing to pass bills in Parliament without any debate.  “In the first 10 days, Modi-Shah rushed through and passed 12 Bills at an average time of UNDER SEVEN MINUTES per Bill. Passing legislation or making papri chaat!” Derek O’Brien had tweeted along with a chart of the bills passed during the ongoing Monsoon Session.  Talking to reporters after the BJP Parliamentary party meeting, which was attended by PM Narendra Modi,…
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Pegasus row: BJP ally Nitish Kumar joins Opposition chorus for probe, discussion in Parliament
02 Aug

Pegasus row: BJP ally Nitish Kumar joins Opposition chorus for probe, discussion in Parliament

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar backs probe into Pegasus row; says, 'proper investigation is needed'. For the past several days, the Parliament monsoon session has been interrupted many times. This is because the Opposition has raised the demand of debating the Pegasus spyware and investigating the matter. Pegasus spyware, developed by the Israeli cyber arms firm NSO Group is said to be used by govt to spy on journalists, politicians and activists in India. This created a massive political controversy and Opposition parties created a ruckus in parliament over it. Now, the Bihar CM is also demanding a probe into this.…
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‘Chai pe charcha’: held by Lalu and Mulayam, with Akhilesh also present
02 Aug

‘Chai pe charcha’: held by Lalu and Mulayam, with Akhilesh also present

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AGENCY: On Monday, Lalu Prasad, the president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), met with Mulayam Singh Yadav, the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Over a cup of tea, the seasoned leaders got together. Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam's son and the leader of the Samajwadi Party, was also present at the meeting. "I met with Mulayam Singh ji, the country's most senior socialist leader, to check about his health. Ours is a united front against inequity, illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, and issues affecting farmers "Lalu posted a few photos from his meeting with Mulayam, who is 81 years old. Both Lalu,…
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Border dispute between Assam and Mizoram to be resolved
01 Aug

Border dispute between Assam and Mizoram to be resolved

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Assam and Mizoram have been at odds over the boundary for decades, but Monday’s clashes flared up over an alleged construction by Mizoram in the disputed 198-square-mile stretch on the inter-state border Lailapur under Dhalai of Cachar district in southern Assam and Vairengte in Kolasib district of northern Mizoram. Seven people, including six Assam Police personnel, were killed. On the same issue the Mizoram Chief Minister said on Twitter “As per telephonic discussion with Union Home Minister and Assam Chief Minister, we agreed to resolve the Mizoram-Assam border issue amicably through meaningful dialogue,” . According to sources The Centre has told…
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PM Modi is expected to preside over the meeting of the UN Security Council on August 9
01 Aug

PM Modi is expected to preside over the meeting of the UN Security Council on August 9

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Syed Akbaruddin, India's former envoy to UN, said that For  the first time in over 75 years,  Indian political leadership has invested in presiding over an event of the 15-member UN body and this depicts that the country's leadership wants to lead from the front. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the first Indian PM to preside over a meeting during India's presidency of the United Nations Security Council. According to sources Akbaruddin, who is a former permanent representative of India to UN, said, "Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the first Indian Prime Minister, who has decided to preside over…
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