Sikkim stand-off: China hints at Doval-Yang bilateral meet
PTI Jul 24, 2017 Beijing: Amid the Sikkim standoff, China on Monday hinted that a bilateral meeting between State Councillor Yang Jiechi and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval could take place on the sidelines of a BRICS NSAs’ meet in Beijing this week. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang, during a briefing, left the door open for talks between […]
Speaker suspends 6 Cong MPs for disrupting LS during lynching debate
The Lok Sabha Speaker suspended six Congress parliamentarians on Monday for unruly behaviour during opposition protests in the House over growing cow vigilantism and alleged targeting of minorities and Dalits in the country. Parliament’s monsoon session proceedings after the weekend break were marred by disruptions as opposition lawmakers protested in the well of the Lower […]
Don’t know 100% if missing Indians are alive: Iraq FM
July 24, 2017 Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Foreign Minister of Iraq said today that they were not sure 100 per cent they were alive or not. “We don’t know. We are going to do our best but we have no substantial evidence that they were killed or whether they are still alive. Can’t confirm anything in that […]
Kerala MLA Vincent booked on charges of rape, abetment of suicide
July 22, 2017 Congress MLA M Vincent was on Saturday arrested on a rape charge filed against him on the basis of a woman’s complaint. “The MLA has been arrested in the case,” said Kollam Police Commissioner Ajeetha Begum, who is heading the investigation team. Police questioned Vincent for over three hours at the MLA’s […]
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar reaches Rahul Gandhi’s residence for talks, will meet PM Modi later
Updated: July 22, 2017 Amid ongoing tensions between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Congress leaders, the JD(U) chief has reached Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi’s residence for talks in New Delhi on Saturday. According to reports, Kumar will also attend a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee. The meeting has come at a time […]
Ram Nath Kovind new president of India
New Delhi: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Ram Nath Kovind was on Thursday elected as the new President of India, securing a massive margin over his United Progressive Alliance (UPA) rival Meira Kumar in a straight fight. In an electoral college of 4,986 voters with a vote value of 10,98,903, Kovind got 2,930 votes carrying […]
Bus accident at Himachal claims 15 lives.
Fifteen persons were killed and an equal number injured when a private bus carrying them fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla district on Thursday, an official said. The accident occurred near Khaneri in Rampur, some 140 km from here. The bus with 35 passengers on board was on its way from Rekong Peo […]
Rahul Gandhi in Rajasthan: Modi govt not allowing us to speak on farmers in Parliament
New Delhi July 19, 2017 4:31 pm Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly not letting his party raise the concerns of farmers inside Parliament. While addressing a farmers’ rally at Banswara in Rajasthan, Gandhi said: “Today, we wanted to raise farmers’ issues in Lok Sabha. PM Modi was present […]
China ready to attack India, Mulayam claims in Lok Sabha
NEW DELHI,JULY 19, 2017 (PTI) “China is our enemy, not Pakistan. Pakistan can do us no damage,” he says. Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and former Defence Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday claimed that China was ready to attack India in collaboration with Pakistan, and asked the government to reverse its stand on the Tibet […]
Parliament adjourned for the day, Mayawati threatens to quit Rajya Sabha (Roundup)
IANS | New Delhi July 18, 2017 Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day on Tuesday, the second day of Parliament’s monsoon session, as an aggressive opposition took on the government on a range of issues including atrocities on Dalits and suicides by farmers. In the Rajya Sabha, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati stormed out, threatening to resign when she […]
