INDIA
Dinesh Trivedi quits Trinamool, says feels 'suffocated'
"I am resigning from the party as there is violence in my state, I am grateful to my party that it sent me here. I am feeling suffocated that we are not able to do anything over violence in the state," said Trivedi, while making the announcement on the floor of the Upper House.
Mallikarjun Kharge to replace Ghulam Nabi Azad as leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha
Kharge, a former Union Minister in the Manmohan Singh government, has a long career in politics and belongs to the Dalit community. He was a minister during the Congress rule in Karnataka. Leader of opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad retires from the Rajya Sabha on February 15.
Prime Minister has conceded land to China: Rahul Gandhi
Addressing a press conference, Rahul Gandhi said, "Indian territory was up to finger 4 why the troops have been withdrawn to finger 3?" Rahul Gandhi said the situation about the Depsang Plains, Gogra-Hot Springs is not clear.
SC notice to Twitter, Centre on plea seeking to curb hate speech, abusive content
The plea argued that presently total number of Twitter handles in India are around 35 million and total number of Facebook accounts are 350 million and experts says that around 10 per cent Twitter handles (3.5 million) and 10 per cent Facebook accounts (35 million) are duplicate/bogus/fake.
India has 'given in' to China's 1959 claim on LAC: Army veteran Lt. Gen. H.S. Panag
In the present situation, it is the best bet if it leads to peace for another 30 years, Panag said, arguing that tensions flared up between the two Asian giants 27 years after the last time they came to such an agreement in 1993. "If we had the capability, China would have never done this. It happened because they knew our weakness," he said.
Rescuers drilling tunnel to save trapped people
The rescue work slowed down on Tuesday due to the presence of heavy silt inside a tunnel of the disaster-hit Tapovan hydel project in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. The DGP Ashok Kumar has stated that all possibilities will be explored to save the lives of the trapped people.
Glacier slipped from 5,600m may have caused disaster: Experts
The scientists, however, say it is difficult to comment right now if climate change has been directly responsible for the February 7 catastrophic that washed away two upcoming hydropower stations, claiming at least 34 dead and 200 missing who are feared dead.
SKM's 4-point program to intensify farmers' stir
The SKM, an umbrella body of the farmers' unions spearheading the protest against the new farm laws of the Central government held a meeting at Singhu border on Wednesday to chalk out further plans to intensify the movement.
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari barred from boarding state govt aircraft
The incident happened around 9 a.m. at Mumbai Airport when the Governor and his aide reached to take the state government aircraft to Dehradun. However, there he was reportedly informed that there was no permission for him to take the flight, though the reasons are not clear.
India, China have agreed on disengagement at Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh : Rajnath Singh tells Parliament
The defence minister said that forces will return to the command post and added: "Not an inch of land will be given and nothing has been lost since the faceoff". He also added that China will keep its troops to the east of the Finger 8 in the north of Pangong Lake and India will keep its troops at its permanent base near Finger 3.
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