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Modi govt's 'panic reaction': Rahul Gandhi on his Lok Sabha disqualification

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday called his disqualification from the Lok Sabha "a panic reaction" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.

Plea filed in SC challenging constitutional validity of certain Section of Representatives of People's Act

New Delhi/UNI: Following the disqualification of senior Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi as an MP, a plea has been filed in the Supreme Court, by a social worker, challenging the constitutional validity of Section 8(3) of the Representatives of People's (RP) Act.

PM Modi arrives in poll-bound Karnataka, to launch infra projects

Bengaluru/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday arrived in Bengaluru ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections in the state

Karnataka polls: Congress releases first list of candidates

New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Saturday released the first list of 124 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections.

Rahul Gandhi to address media today for first time since Lok Sabha disqualification

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi will on Saturday address the media for the first time since he was disqualified from Parliament's lower house Lok Sabha, media reports said.

Mumbai: Mentally disturbed man kills 2 neighbours

Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a 54-year-old mentally disturbed man allegedly stabbed two neighbours to death and injured two others at a residential building in south Mumbai on Friday, police said.

Karnataka scraps 4 pct quota for OBC Muslims, now divided between two categories

Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka government Friday announced two new categories for reservation in jobs and education while scrapping the 4 per cent quota for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Muslims.

Congress calls for 'systematic opposition unity' after Rahul Gandhi's disqualification

New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress party Friday planned to hold a nationwide "save democracy" movement protesting against the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as a Member of Parliament, a day after a court in Gujarat sentenced him to a 2-year jail sentence in 2019 defamation case for his remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

'Ask me about Rajneeti not Parineeti': AAP MP Raghav Chadha amid dating rumours

New Delhi/IBNS: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Friday avoided a question on whether he was dating Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra amid the rumours that they were seeing each other.

'Fighting for India's voice, ready to pay any price': Rahul Gandhi on disqualification from Lok Sabha

New Delhi/IBNS: In his first reaction after disqualification for the Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Friday said is "ready to pay any cost".

'Centre so scared': Arvind Kejriwal on Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha

New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took swipes at the central government over the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha and said the Centre is so scared.

Amritpal Singh was raising Anandpur Khalsa Fauj to make Khalistan reality: Police

Khanna: Amritpal Singh was raising Anandpur Khalsa Fauj (AKF) to wage an armed struggle for formation of separate Khalistan State, police said on Friday.

US condemns attack on Indian Consulate in San Francisco by Khalistani elements

Washington:  US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has condemned the recent attack of alleged Khalistani elements on the Indian Consulate in San Francisco.

Will take all necessary measures to bring back Zakir Naik to face justice, says MEA

New Delhi: The Indian government said on Friday that it will take all necessary measures to bring Indian fugitive and radical Islamist preacher Zakir Naik back to India to face justice and that it is in talks with the Oman authorities in the matter.

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly describes attack on Indian High Commission in London by Khalistani elements as 'unacceptable'

London:  UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has described the attack by alleged Khalistani elements on the Indian  High Commission in London as 'unacceptable'.

Assam: GRP seize 93 kg of ganja from Rajdhani Express Train in Guwahati railway station

Guwahati: The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Thursday seized 93 kg of ganja from Rajdhani Express train at Guwahati railway station.

'New low for constitutional democracy': Mamata Banerjee on Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from Lok Sabha

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is an arch-rival of the country's governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has called the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha "a new low for our constitutional democracy".

Rahul Gandhi disqualified from Lok Sabha after court conviction over Modi surname remark

New Delhi/IBNS: Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi was on Friday disqualified from Parliament's lower house Lok Sabha in view of his court conviction in a defamation case over the Modi surname remark.

US nominee for World Bank president Ajay Banga, scheduled to meet PM Modi, tests Covid positive

New Delhi/UNI: US nominee for World Bank president Ajay Banga, who is in New Delhi and was scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, is down with Covid-19 and under quarantine, officials said.

India working to end TB by 2025, 5 yrs ahead of global goal: PM Modi

Varanasi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday emphasized on the need for public participation in the total eradication of tuberculosis and said that India is working on the target of ending TB completely by the year 2025 five years before the global target.

PM Modi, ITU chief discuss leveraging digital tech for sustainable planet

New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed happiness at his meeting with Doreen Bogdan-Martin, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, and said they held extensive discussions on leveraging digital technology for a better and sustainable planet.

Opposition parties move Supreme Court against Centre's 'misuse of probe agencies'

New Delhi/UNI: Fourteen political parties moved the Supreme Court complaining against the alleged misuse of law enforcing agencies by the union government to arrest political opponents.

Parliament: Lok Sabha adjourned amid Opposition ruckus

New Delhi/UNI: Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament, was adjourned till 12 pm on Friday amid sloganeering by Opposition over Adani issue.

Fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh seeks UK citizenship to escape Indian law: Reports 

New Delhi: Fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh wants UK citizenship to escape Indian law, media reports said on Friday.

Mamata Banerjee meets Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar, calls for 'upholding spirit of democracy'

Bhubaneswar/Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday held a "courtesy meeting" with her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik here amid the former's renewed push for a third front in national politics staying aloof from the Congress party.

Over 1,000 portable solar lamps distributed across Manipur with the aim to deal with irregular electricity supply

Imphal: Schneider Electric India Foundation recently joined hands with Sunbird Trust to distribute solar lamps in Manipur, an attempt made to deal with the irregular electricity supply in the state.

Shiv Sena sacks Sanjay Raut as leader of its parliamentary party, appoints Gajanan Kirtikar to succeed him

New Delhi/IBNS: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena Thursday sacked Sanjay Raut, who is close to Uddhav Thackeray, as the leader of its parliamentary party and appointed Lok Sabha MP Gajanan Kirtikar as his successor.

Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh caught on CCTV in Haryana, carries umbrella to hide face

Amritsar/IBNS: Fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh was caught on CCTV camera leaving the home of a woman in Haryana who had sheltered him when he fled the police on Monday.

Haryana woman arrested for hiding Amritpal Singh, his aid

Gurugram: The police have arrested a woman named Baljit Kaur in Haryana for allegedly providing refuge to the absconding Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh and his associate Papalpreet Singh.

Two militants nabbed in Manipur

Imphal/UNI: Two militants were apprehended by the Manipur Police here on Thursday.