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November 14 is the birth anniversary of the country’s first Prime Minister and floral tributes are paid to his portrait in the Central Hall of Parliament every year. ior minister was present at the traditional function in parliament to mark the birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru. Even Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu had skipped the function, the party said. November 14 is the birth anniversary of the nation’s first Prime Minister and floral tributes are paid to his portrait in the Central Hall of…

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Case Against Tripura Journalists: Sources, however, claimed a team of cops had gone to question them after the complaint was filed. Two women journalists in Tripura have been named in an FIR (first information report) after a complaint by a supporter of the right-wing group Vishva Hindu Parishad. The journalists – Sammriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha – alleged that the cops came to their hotel early this morning and “intimidated” them; they said they were covering the recent incidents of violence in the state.  The journalists have been accused of “promoting…

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The opposition parties, in the past, have accused the government of misusing central investigative agencies amid probes targeting top leaders and former ministers. The government has brought two ordinances to extend the tenures of the CBI and Enforcement Directorate chiefs to up to five years. The chiefs of the central agencies currently have a two-year tenure. Both the ordinances have been signed off by President Ram Nath Kovind. The chiefs of the top agencies can be given extensions every year for up to three years after they complete the two-year…

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 Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the country’s national security is “unpardonably compromised” as the government does not have a strategy on China. He cited a news report where the External Affairs Ministry and the Chief of Defence Staff had a different take on the China border issue. Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat on Thursday said the controversy about the Chinese coming into the Indian territory and building a new village is “not true”, and that the villages were well within the Chinese side of…

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