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Birlas vs Lodhas: SC declines to interfere in HC order in H.V. Lodha case
A bench comprising Justices D.Y. Chandrachud and Hrishikesh Roy refused to hear an appeal by Arvind Kumar Newar against the high court order and sent the case back to the high court with instructions to dispose of the pending pleas expeditiously by March 31 next year. Newar's plea argued that the high court ignored over 2.37 lakh votes cast against the reappointment of Lodha and decided the case in his favour.
China back at disrupting Indian celebration of Dalai Lama birthday in Ladakh
"It is a regular affair every year. The Chinese protest as we celebrate Dalai Lama's birthday," said a senior government officer adding that the protest happened on July 6. "They waved their flags in protest when villagers on Indian side were celebrating the birthday," said the officer adding that they came in five vehicles and raised banners and flags. It was for the first time, Modi officially said he spoke with the Dalai Lama.
Delhi reports 45 new Covid cases, 3 deaths
The daily Covid positivity rate was at 0.8 per cent, according to the Delhi government's health bulletin. At the same time, 92 people more recovered from the disease, taking the national capital's total number of recoveries to 14, 09,417. With the latest deaths reported on Monday, Delhi's Covid toll has risen to 25,018. The number of active cases stood at 693, of which 244 were in home isolation.
Parliament's Monsoon Session from July 19 on usual 11 a.m. time
Seating arrangements for the Members of Parliament have also been made in the same chamber, unlike during the previous two sessions when a group of MPs were sitting in Lok Sabha and the others in Rajya Sabha. In the previous two sessions, the Rajya Sabha functioned between 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the Lok Sabha from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and the parliamentarians used to sit in both the chambers.
India's Covid recoveries cross 3-crore mark
Out of those infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,00,14,713 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 39,649 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 97.22 per cent, which is showing a sustained increasing trend. A total of 37,73,52,501 vaccine doses have been administered through 48,51,209 sessions,
Delhi-NCR likely to see light rain with thunderstorm today: IMD
The Met Department said, "Conditions were favourable for further advance of southwest Monsoon over Delhi, remaining parts of West Uttar Pradesh, some more parts of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan today." The National Capital woke up to a humid morning with the minimum temperature settling at 27 degrees Celsius, while the maximum temperature is expected to settle around 37 degrees Celsius.
SC seeks Centre, AG's response on plea challenging sedition law
A bench of Justices U.U. Lalit and Ajay Rastogi was hearing a writ petition filed by two journalists, one each from Manipur and Chhattisgarh. It had issued notice to the Attorney General on the petition on April 30. AG K.K. Venugopal and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, urged the top court to grant two weeks to file their responses. The bench granted them the time and adjourned the matter for further hearing on July 27.
Orange alert in north Karnataka, 6 killed so far
North Karnataka is witnessing heavy downpour since July 6 evening. With monsoon having picked up pace, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan, Kodagu and Shivamogga districts are likely to experience heavy showers. As the southwest monsoon gathered pace in north Karnataka region, six persons were killed in rain-related incidents in the state since last week, said the police on Monday
Rath Yatra 2021: Annual procession of Lord Jagannath, siblings begins
With chants of "Hari Bol" and "Jai Jagannath" the three deities -- Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra -- came down from the 'Ratna Simhasan' and boarded the chariots for the annual sojourn. Amid the Covid-19 restrictions Rath Yatra 2021 began on Monday at the famous Lord Jagannath temple in Puri, Odisha. Lord Jagannath and his siblings were placed in their chariots after performing 'pahandi' rituals.
Heavy rain lashes Dharamsala, causes flash flood-like situation
Dharamsala, some 250 km from the state capital, recorded the precipitation of 119 mm, the highest ever in this monsoon. Heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamsala on Monday led to a flash flood-like situation with washing away of roadside parked cars and partially damaging houses, officials said. However, there was no loss to human life
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