HM Amit Shah writes to Kharge, Adhir on holding Manipur debate; seeks 'invaluable cooperation'
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday wrote to leaders of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury seeking their "invaluable cooperation" to discuss the Manipur issue in Parliament. In identical letters to Kharge, who is the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, and Chowdhury, the Congress leader in Lok Sabha,...
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Cloudburst damages houses, washes away bridges in HP's Kullu; state braces for more rains
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Opp sticks to guns, Shah calls for talks to ‘let country know truth’
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US condemns Manipur violence
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SC stays Gyanvapi survey till hearing
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Govt unlikely to give in to PM speech demand, parlays on
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Opp protests against Sanjay’s RS suspension, holds overnight stir
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Handle loan repayment matter with compassion, sensitivity: FM to banks
25 July 2023 | Pioneer News Service
SC annuls HC verdict on Mizoram ST order
The Supreme Court on Monday overturned a Gauhati High Court order that had dismissed a petition seeking to quash a Mizoram Government notification. The controversial notification had arbitrarily sub-classified the Scheduled Tribes of the State, allegedly discriminating against non-Mizo Scheduled Tribes. The High Court had previously rejected the petition on June...
NSA Ajit Doval meets top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi, calls for removal of 'impediments' in bilateral ties
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval held a meeting with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi during which he emphasised the need for continuing efforts to restore peace and tranquillity in the border areas to remove the "impediments" to normalcy in bilateral relations. Doval and Wang met on the sidelines of the Friends...
India slips to 2nd in WTC standings after draw with WI
India have dropped to the second spot in the latest World Test Championship (WTC) standings after being held to a draw against West Indies. Leading the two-match series 1-0, India looked on course to win the second Test, having taken two wickets to leave the West Indies trailing by 289 runs...
ITC hotels demerger: Shares slump further, fall over 3 pc in early trade
Shares of diversified entity ITC on Tuesday slumped more than 3 per cent in the early trade on the exchanges after the conglomerate said it will demerge its hotels business by incorporating a wholly-owned subsidiary ITC Hotels Ltd. In the initial trade, the stock declined 3.12 per cent to Rs 456.65...
Chandrayaan-3 mission: ISRO successfully performs 5th orbit-raising manoeuvre
ISRO on Tuesday successfully performed the fifth orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earth-bound perigee firing) of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft from the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) here. "The spacecraft is expected to attain an orbit of 127609 km X 236 km. The achieved orbit will be confirmed after the observations," the...
China sacks 'missing' foreign minister Qin Gang, reappoints Wang Yi
China on Tuesday sacked Foreign Minister Qin Gang and reappointed top diplomat Wang Yi to the post, ending the rare embarrassing drama involving a close confidant of President Xi Jinping in the tightly-run Communist country. The abrupt move, approved by the top decision-making body of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, comes as...
Mob attacks Meghalaya CM office, 5 security staffers hurt
In a shocking turn of events, a mob attacked the office of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday, leaving five security personnel injured. Sangma himself remained unharmed during the incident. The horrifying attack took place in Tura, where hundreds of agitators besieged the compound, effectively trapping the Chief Minister...
