INDIA
Finally, Amarinder agrees to attend Sidhu's 'coronation'
Four ministers -- Sukhjinder Randhawa, Tript Rajinder Bajwa, Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria and Charanjit Channi -- were among those 62 legislators who signed the letter, urging the Chief Minister to attend the installation ceremony of the new party chief and four working presidents -- Sangat Singh Gilzian, Sukhwinder Singh Danny, Kuljit Singh Nagra and Pawan Goel.
Farmers begin 'Kisan Sansad' at Jantar Mantar
On Wednesday, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal gave permission to the Jantar Mantar demonstration on the condition that a maximum of 200 protesters will be allowed till August 9 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. On the first day of the 'Kisan Sansad', the protesting farmers held discussions on the Mandi Act, rollback of the three farm laws, besides demanding that MPs should discuss the farmers' issues during the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Parliament.
Bombay HC refuses to quash CBI's FIR against Anil Deshmukh
The CBI had lodged the FIR against Deshmukh and other unknown persons on April 24, following a high court order for a preliminary enquiry on April 5. Deshmukh's lawyer, Amit Desai also sought time for a stay on the verdict and to appeal against it, which was refused by the court.
Raj Kundra case: Sherlyn urges media to seek excerpts of her statement from Cyber Cell
Sherlyn shared a video on Twitter on Thursday, where she says in Hindi: "For the past few days several journalists and mediapersons have been calling me, emailing me and texting me to learn what is my take on this topic. I would like to inform you all that I was the first person to give my statement to the investigating team of the Maharashtra Cyber Cell.
'SC, HCs can't be directed to decide a matter within fixed time-frame'
Advocate Mahfooz Ahsan Nazki, representing the Andhra Pradesh government, informed the top court that state seeks to withdraw the SLP, and it will file the counter affidavit before the high court, together with the application to vacate the stay. Senior advocate Sidharth Luthra, representing respondents, submitted the state came to the top court at an early stage.
Everything will be remembered: Rahul on deaths due to O2 shortage
Congress Rajya Sabha MP K.C. Venugopal on Thursday moved a privilege motion against Minister of State for Health Bharti Pravin Pawar who informed the Rajya Sabha two days ago that no one died due to shortage of oxygen during the second wave of the Covid pandemic.
RS adjourned for day amid Opposition protest over raids, snooping
When the house assembled at 2 p.m. after two brief adjournments, opposition members did not allow the IT Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw to make statement in the House on Pegasus Project issue. The chair asked him to lay the statement and that he did, after which Deputy Chairman Harivansh adjourned the House for Friday.
Pegasus is a concocted hack story: BJP
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morch (BJYM), youth wing of BJP, national president and Lok Sabha member, Tejasvi Surya tweeted, " When a low credibility organization like Amnesty itself calls out the lies of The Wire, one can imagine the levels of depravity they have reached. Those low lives can go back to window shopping negative stories on India. India will march on."
Raj Kundra Porn Racket Case: Shilpa Shetty knows everything, claims model Sagarika Shona Suman
Sagarika went on to demand questioning of Shilpa Shetty by police, claiming the actress must be aware of the entire racket that was being run by her husband. Sagarika had earlier released a video claiming Raj Kundra and his close aide Umesh Kamat asked her to get nude as part of audition on a video call. She claimed that Raj Kundra was wearing a face mask during the video chat but she still recognised him.
IT raids at media group Dainik Bhaskar's premises across country
According to people in the know, raids have been conducted at Bhopal, Indore, Jaipur and Ahmedabad offices of Dainik Bhaskar group. Search operations also took place in the residences and offices of the promoters of the group. Further, raids were also conducted in the office of Bharat Samachar, an Uttar Pradesh-based news channel. Search operations were conducted at its Lucknow office and the editor's residence
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