Political

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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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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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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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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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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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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30 Jul

Mamata Banerjee wants Javed Akhtar to write a song on ‘Khela Hobe

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday requested noted lyricist-poet Javed Akhtar to write a song on "Khela Hobe," her poll slogan. Akhtar and actor Shabana Azmi today met Banerjee who is on a four-day visit to Delhi. After meeting Banerjee, the poet said there should be a parivartan (change) in the country and it is the history of Bengal that the state had led the revolutionary movements. Briefing media persons after his meeting Akhtar said, "It was a courteous meeting. This is the history of Bengal that it had led the revolutionary movements. Artists and intellectuals of Bengal…

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29 Jul

Pegasus snooping is treason; not going anywhere till it’s discussed: Rahul Gandhi

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Amid ongoing parliamentary disruptions that seem here to stay, a united opposition on Wednesday said they would not relent until the government agreed to discuss Pegasus spyware issue in both Houses in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Union Home Minister Amit Shah and instituted a Supreme Court-led inquiry. Hardening their stance against the government, leaders of 14 opposition parties met and decided to submit similar adjournment notices on the Pegasus spyware issue. Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) was not present in the meeting. Talking to reporters in the presence of leaders of 13 other opposition parties after…

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27 Jul

Mamata meets PM Modi: More vaccine for the state, Bengal name change discussed

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Earlier in the day, she had met Congress leaders Kamal Nath and Anand Sharma and is also likely to meet Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday. Mamata arrived in Delhi on Monday on her first visit to the national capital after assuming office for the third term.  Speaking to the reporters after the meet, the CM said that she has urged the PM for more Covid vaccines for West Bengal. “It was a courtesy meeting with PM today. During the meeting, I raised the issue of COVID & the…

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27 Jul

Delhi, Goa CMs cross swords on Twitter

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Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal crossed swords on Twitter, a day after Power Ministers of the two states engaged in a public spat in poll-bound Goa, over the benefits of power tariff models implemented by their respective governments. The online slamming between the two chief ministers started with Sawant accusing the Aam Aadmi Party of indulging in cheap politics and denigrating Goan politicians. “AAP has always indulged in cheap politics through constant protests & theatrics. But to say Goans are third-class politicians is an insult to great sons-of-the-soil like Bhausaheb Bandodkar, Jack Sequeira, Manohar…

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