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New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) As the Opposition continued its sloganeering, the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the second time after reconvening on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament on Monday. The House was first adjourned till...
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Five people, including four children, were killed after the roof of a house collapsed following heavy rainfall in Habibpur village of Muzaffarnagar. Two other children injured in the incident are undergoing treatment at a district...
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Monday, refused an interim stay on the decision of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to freeze three bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress with combined deposits of Rs...
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) Kolkata Police's Durga Suraksha Squad on Monday launched a month-long awareness campaign across the city to educate citizens about crimes against women and cyber frauds. The initiative will cover 120 locations across 60 police stations in the...
Chennai, July 20 (IANS) The DMK’s Youth Wing entered its 47th year on Monday, marking another milestone in the history of one of the party’s most influential organisational arms.To commemorate the occasion, Youth Wing Secretary and Leader of the Opposition...
Bengaluru, July 20 (IANS) Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda's wife, Chennamma Deve Gowda, will be laid to rest on Monday with full traditional rites at the foothills of the Bettada Ranganathaswamy Temple near Haradanahalli in Hassan district, Karnataka. Union...
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Lok Sabha has been adjourned till noon amid heavy sloganeering by the Opposition on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.Speaker Om Birla assumed the proceedings of the House by paying homage...
Mumbai, July 20 (IANS) The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray on Monday accused the BJP-led government at the Centre of committing an "assault on Indian democracy, freedom, and the Constitution".In an editorial in the party's mouthpiece 'Saamana', the party focused...
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that amid global uncertainties, India requires the knowledge of experienced parliamentarians to ensure the Parliament functions smoothly, to facilitate meaningful discussions, and to foster a collective determination to...
Thiruvananthapuram, July 20 (IANS) What began as a commemorative edition marking the first death anniversary of former Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan (VS) has snowballed into one of the biggest editorial controversies faced by the CPI(M)’s party organ 'Deshabhimani' in recent...
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) A large number of protesters, who had gathered at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Monday, tried to organise their ‘Chalo Sansad’ march, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the alleged NEET paper...
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while lauding the Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace for successfully launching Vikram-1, the country's first privately developed orbital rocket, said on Monday that the feat was achieved by youngsters with an average age...