Monday, 23 December 2024
Monday, 23 December 2024
India will look into any information it receives on its alleged links to a foiled plot to murder a Sikh separatist leader in the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Financial Times newspaper in an interview. "If someone gives us any information, we would definitely look into it," Modi told the paper, as he played down any impact on diplomatic ties with Washington because of the issue.
The Lok Sabha suspended two more opposition MPs for showing placards in the House. This takes the number of suspended MPs in the Lok Sabha to 97.
An advocate has filed a complaint against Trinamul Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee for his mimicry of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on the premises of the Parliament complex. Rahul Gandhi was seen making a video of the performance by Banerjee who appeared to mimic the way Dhankhar walked by leaning forward and made reference to having a spine.
Home Minister Amit Shah said the three bills to replace the colonial-era criminal laws seek to bring comprehensive changes to the criminal justice system with a human-centric approach and a focus on imparting justice instead of imposing penalties. He said the three bills were drafted after comprehensive consultations and that he had gone through every comma and full stop of the draft legislations before bringing them before the House for approval.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded the release of pending central funds to the state. Speaking to the media after the meeting in the Parliament complex along with nine party MPs, Banerjee said 155 central teams have already visited West Bengal and the state government has given clarification on issues raised by the Centre.
As many as 21 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected across the country till now, NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr V K Paul said but asserted that there was no need to panic. Paul highlighted that about 91 to 92 per cent of those infected are opting for home-based treatment.
Enforcement Directorate has summoned Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and his father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad for questioning in the railways land-for-jobs money laundering case probe, official sources said. The ED has once questioned Tejashwi for about eight hours in this case on April 11 but this is the first time it has summoned Prasad for joining the probe.
Bombay High Court in its judgment granting bail to activist Gautam Navlakha, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, has noted that there was no material on record to infer prima facie that he conspired to or committed any terrorist act. Navlakha, arrested in the case in August 2018, was in November 2022 permitted by the Supreme Court to be placed under house arrest.
Former President Donald Trump cannot appear on the ballot in Colorado in 2024 presidential election because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters, the state's top court ruled in a historic judgment that will likely be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling applies only to Colorado's March 5 Republican primary, but its conclusion could affect Trump’s status in the state for the Nov. 5 general election.
The Sports Ministry put its stamp on the nominations for the annual sports awards, confirming the prestigious Khel Ratna honour for badminton players Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and the Arjuna award for 26 sports persons, including pacer Mohammed Shami. Chirag and Satwik are Asian Games gold medallists, World Championships bronze winners and Commonwealth Games silver medallists.
