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Mission Shakti established to help distressed women and children: Centre

July 27, 2023

MP Kartikeya Sharma posed the question in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday regarding the protection, rehabilitation, and financial support for women victims of trafficking. He also asked about the states’ plan after a girl child is declared eligible for financial assistance. In a written reply in the Upper House, Union Minister...

Bill introduced in LS to allow use of birth certificate as single document

July 27, 2023

A bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with the aim to allow use of birth certificate as a single document for admission to an educational institution, issuance of driving licence, preparation of voter list, Aadhaar number, registration of marriage, or appointment to a government job. Introducing the...

Bill to include Hattee community of HP in ST list introduced in RS

July 27, 2023

A bill to include Hattee community of Trans Giri area of Sirmour district in Himachal Pradesh in the list of Scheduled Tribes was introduced in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday amid opposition walkout against the government’s stance on the demand for a discussion on the Manipur issue. Union Tribal Affairs Minister...

Goyal accuses Chidambaram of insulting RS chairman, asks him to apologise

July 27, 2023

Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal on Wednesday accused senior Congress leader P Chidambaram of insulting Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar in the garb of being an “intellectual” and asked him to apologise in the house. Goyal raised the issue during Question Hour after Chidambaram questioned the...

PM Modi’s 2019 ‘prediction’ on no-confidence motion goes viral

July 27, 2023

With the opposition bringing a no-confidence motion against his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to such a motion in 2019 has gone viral, wherein he mockingly tells the parties behind it that they should prepare to table a similar exercise in 2023 as well. “I want to send you...

1984 anti-Sikh riots: Delhi court summons Jagdish Tytler on August 5

July 27, 2023

A Delhi court on Wednesday summoned Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on August 5 in connection with the Pul Bangash killings during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand passed the order after taking cognisance of a charge sheet in the case. The CBI filed a charge...

Students displaced from Manipur welcome Delhi govt’s relaxation in school admission

July 27, 2023

Students from Manipur who were displaced by ethnic violence and moved to the national capital in the last two months have welcomed the Delhi government’s decision to ease the admission process at schools here. Students from the strife-riven northeast state can now take admission in Delhi schools as the Department...

Security buses and houses burned, shootout reported

July 27, 2023

The ethnic conflict in Manipur escalated further on Tuesday and Wednesday as two security buses were set ablaze in Kangpokpi district, and a mob set fire to several houses and shops in Moreh district, with a subsequent shootout occurring between miscreants and security forces. In the first incident, which occurred...

US expresses horror over Manipur attack, backs Indian govt’s pursuit of justice

July 27, 2023

In the wake of an appalling attack on two women in Manipur, a high-ranking official from the Biden administration has expressed the US’s shock and condemnation, voicing support for the Indian Government’s efforts to bring the culprits to justice. The horrifying video, which emerged on July 19 and was reportedly...

Senthil Balaji’s judicial custody extended

July 27, 2023

The remand of Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji, who was arrested in connection with a money laundering case, has been extended to judicial custody until August 8, 2023, by a sessions court in the city on Wednesday. Principal Sessions Judge S Alli presided over the case, and Balaji was...

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