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The Congress and the Shiv Sena on Wednesday tried to raise the issue of alleged misuse of central investigating agencies by the government in the Rajya Sabha but Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu disallowed them from doing so. Leader of the Opposition and senior Congress leader M Mallikarjun Kharge and his colleague Deepender Singh Hooda, Shiv Sena’s Priyanka Chaturvedi and AAP’s Sanjay Singh and Raghav Chadha gave notices under rule 267 but they were not admitted. “You know my position. These are all notices not worth to be taken up under…

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SC to hear pleas against pre-poll promises of freebies & for MCD elections

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 strong

The Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear a plea seeking direction to seize the symbol or deregister a party that promises or distributes irrational freebies before polls and a separate petition of the Aam Aadmi Party challenging postponement of MCD polls on grounds of delimitation of wards in the national capital. A bench headed by CJI N V Ramana on January 25 had issued notices to the Centre and the poll panel on the PIL of lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay seeking action against political parties for…

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Sensex, Nifty nearly 1 pc on global recession fears

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 strong

Benchmark BSE Sensex and Nifty closed lower by nearly 1 per cent on Tuesday amid fresh foreign fund outflows and mixed global trends. The 30-share BSE benchmark fell by 497.73 points or 0.89 per cent to settle at 55,268.49, extending its losses for second straight day. During the day, it tanked 562.79 points or 1 per cent to 55,203.43. The broader NSE Nifty declined by 147.15 points or 0.88 per cent to 16,483.85. Among Sensex constituents, Infosys, Axis Bank, Hindustan Unilever, Dr Reddy’s Lab, Wipro, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Larsen…

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Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss neck and neck after first TV debate clash

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 strong

There was no clear winner between former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Tuesday after the UK’s prime ministerial candidates went head-to-head in their first television debate as finalists and clashed fiercely on their economic policies and tax plans. A snap Opinium poll of who performed best in the BBC debate on Monday night found Sunak just slightly ahead at 39 per cent, compared to Truss at 38 per cent. However, 47 per cent of Conservative Party voters quizzed thought it was the Foreign Secretary who was…

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Over 11.4 lakh cases pending in family courts, must be settled expeditiously: LS MPs

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022 strong

Lok Sabha MPs on Tuesday flagged that over 11.4 lakh cases are pending in family courts across the country and called for their speedy settlement. The issue came up during a debate in the Lok Sabha on the Family Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which was moved for consideration by Law Minister Kiren Rijiju. Participating in the discussion, Kaushalendra Kumar of the Janata Dal (United) said the number of pending cases in family courts is increasing and stands at over 11.4 lakh. He called for a speedy settlement of the cases.…

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Reliance expects gas price to rise in Oct, wants removal of ceiling prices

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 strong

Reliance Industries Ltd expects prices of natural gas in India to rise again in October but wants government-dictated caps to go, in a bid to align domestic rates with global energy prices. The conglomerate, controlled by billionaire Mukesh Ambani, expects the price cap for its KG-D6 gas sales to rise over the current USD 9.92 per million British thermal units, Sanjay Roy, senior vice-president for exploration and production, said in an investor call following the announcement of the firm’s quarterly earnings on Friday. After remaining a loss-making provision for several…

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Biden’s Covid symptoms improve; WH says he’s staying busy

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 strong

COVID-19 symptoms left President Joe Biden with a raspy voice and cough as he met Friday via videoconference with his top economic team. But the president tried to strike a reassuring tone, declaring, I feel much better than I sound. Biden took off a mask and sipped water as he opened the meeting to discuss the decline in gas prices in recent weeks. Reporters were allowed into a White House auditorium to view a few minutes of the proceedings, and when they asked how Biden was feeling, he flashed a…

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Leaders cutting across party lines congratulate Droupadi Murmu on assuming top office; PM describes it ‘watershed’ moment

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 strong

Political leaders cutting across party lines on Monday congratulated Droupadi Murmu on being sworn in as the country’s 15th President with Prime Minister Narendra Modi describing it as a “watershed moment” for India, especially for the poor, marginalised and downtrodden. Murmu, who succeeds Ram Nath Kovind, was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana at Parliament’s Central Hall. The country’s first tribal to occupy the highest Constitutional position and the second woman in the post, Murmu is India’s youngest president at 64 and the…

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Mukhtar Ansari’s bail plea in ambulance case rejected

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 strong

The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench on Friday rejected the bail plea of gangster-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari in a case of alleged fraud in the registration of an ambulance used to ferry him to a Punjab court last year. During his jail time in Punjab, Ansari was on March 31 last year taken to the Mohali court from Ropar jail in an ambulance having its number registered in Barabanki. A case was registered on April 2 that year in Barabanki after finding that the documents used for registration of the…

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Pak, China welcome any third country joining CPEC for mutual beneficial cooperation

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 strong

Iraq has filed a complaint to the UN Security Council, requesting an urgent session to discuss a deadly artillery attack this week that Baghdad blames on Turkey, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. Wednesday’s attack on the district of Zakho in Iraq’s northern, semi-autonomous Kurdish region killed nine Iraqi tourists, including a child, and wounded 20. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmad al-Sahaf said the ministry also recalled Iraq’s charg d’affaires from Ankara. Iraq’s parliament held a session Saturday on the attack, with lawmakers deciding to form a committee to investigate further.…