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6:17 PM

Centre issues advisory to States in view of a recent upsurge in Covid cases

6:14 PM

Close to 100 MPs suspended in unprecedented government-Opposition showdown

In an unprecedented development, 78 MPs, including both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members, were suspended today for staging protests in demand of a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the security breach in Parliament last week. Fourteen MPs had been suspended last week, also for demanding a statement on the security breach. So, this takes the total number of MPs suspended in this session to 92. 
 

In Lok Sabha, 30 MPs have been suspended for the remainder of the session and three have been suspended till the privileges committee submits a report on their conduct. As for Rajya Sabha, 35 members have been suspended for the rest of session and 11 till a report by privileges panel. Earlier, Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien had been suspended after he demanded a discussion on the breach. 

 

The suspended MPs from Lok Sabha include Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress's leader in Lok Sabha, and Gaurav Gogoi, deputy leader of the party in the House. Trinamool MPs Kalyan Banerjee, Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Saugata Ray and Satabdi Roy, and DMK members A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran are also on the list.

6:06 PM

Delhi CM summoned by probe agency on Dec 21 in liquor policy case

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in the liquor policy case. Mr Kejriwal has been called in on Thursday. This is the second time the central agency has summoned the Aam Aadmi Party boss; the first was on November 2. Mr Kejriwal skipped the summons, opting instead to campaign for his party in Madhya Pradesh.

5:11 PM

At least 79 Opposition MPs suspended from Parliament today

In an unprecedented development, 79 MPs, including both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members, were suspended today for staging protests in demand of a statement by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the massive security breach in Parliament last week. Fourteen MPs had been suspended last week over the same issue. This takes the total number of suspended MPs to over 90. 
 

In Lok Sabha, 30 MPs have been suspended for the remainder of the session and three have been suspended till the privileges committee submits a report on their conduct. As for Rajya Sabha, 35 members have been suspended for the rest of session and 11 till a report by the privileges panel. 

4:22 PM

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 on the Richter Scale hit Kargil, Ladakh at around 3:48 pm today

3:38 PM

33 Opposition members suspended from Lok Sabha.

33 Opposition members, including Congress's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, suspended from Lok Sabha.

2:50 PM

PM Modi lays foundation stone of various public welfare projects in Varanasi

2:44 PM

Parliament winter session: Rajya Sabha passes J&K Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Bill 2023

Rajya Sabha today passed the J&K Reorganisation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023 and Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill amid uproar by Opposition MPs over the Parliament security breach issue. The two Bills seek to further greater representation and participation of women in law-making processes in the legislative assemblies of Puducherry and Jammu & Kashmir.

2:27 PM

Parliament security breach: Opposition MPs insist on Amit Shah's statement

Opposition MPs insisted on their demands to get a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Parliament security breach.

After both the Houses-- Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha-- were adjourned till 2 pm following a ruckus created by the Opposition members over the December 13 incident, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said that Shah should come in the Parliament and tell about the security lapse in the 'safest building' of the country.

1:45 PM

Earthquake of magnitude 4.0 hits Pakitsan, no casualties reported

An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 hit Pakistan around 11:38 am today. According toNational Center for Seismology, the earthquake occurred around the epicentre of the earthquake was found to be at Latitude: 29.32°S and, Longitude: 70.12°W, respectively. No casualties have been reported as of yet. Further details are awaited.

1:15 PM

Cong's Mahila Morcha protests rise in crime against women, rising inflation

12:50 PM

RS, LS adjourned till 2pm; Telecom bill introduced in Lower House by Ashwini Vaishnaw

Both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha have been adjourned once again till 2 pm following a ruckus by opposition MPs who raised slogans on the issue of the Parliament security breach incident. Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw introduced the Telecommunications Bill, 2023 by voice vote amid the din. The latest draft includes satellite spectrum to a list of sectors where the government has the right to administratively allocate spectrum.

12:41 PM

MPs want a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah: Raghav Chadha

12:02 PM

Swarved Mahamandir is an example of Kashi setting new records in terms of development: PM Modi

11:44 AM

Four killed, more than 10 injured in a critical road accident in UP's Jalaun

Four people were killed, including two women, and more than 10 people sustained injuries after a truck collided with a pickup under the Orai police station of Jalaun district on Sunday, said police. The incident happened near Bundelkhand Over Bridge, Jhansi Kanpur Nation Highway 27. Around 30 people from village Mohana had gone to Orchha and Datia for a picnic on Sunday morning and were returning the same day at night. As per the reports, the collision was so forceful that the pickup overturned on the side of the highway, leading to the deaths of two women, a teenage girl and a child, on the spot.

11:28 AM

Manimuthar waterfall in Tamil Nadu overflows due to incessant heavy rainfall in Tirunelveli District

11:27 AM

Swarved Mahamandir, world's largest meditation centre, inaugurated in Varanasi

11:23 AM

Lok Sabha adjourned till noon following sloganeering by Oppn MPs

11:17 AM

Winter Session: Floor leaders of INDIA bloc demand statement on Parliament security breach

Floor leaders of the opposition's INDIA bloc held a meeting today ahead of the beginning of the 11th day of the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament. INDIA members met in the chamber of Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge to discuss a strategy to corner the Centre in both the upper and lower houses of the Parliament. Among the attendees were senior leaders like Farooq Abdullah, Jairam Ramesh, Ramgopal Yadav, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, and others.

10:49 AM

Police officer sustains bullet injuries in encounter with Maoists in Jharkhand's Garhwa

A police station in-charge was injured during an encounter with Maoists in Jharkhand's Garhwa district today. The officer, Shankar Prasad Kushwaha, sustained bullet injuries in the gunfight with Jharkhand Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP), a Maoist splinter group. The encounter took place at Dengura village, around 200 km from the Jharkhand capital Ranchi, at around 1 am, officials said. Garhwa Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar Pandey said that the search operation is underway to catch the Maoists.

 

10:31 AM

Eight people killed in Pune as pick-up vehicle collides with auto-rickshaw

Eight people were killed after a speeding pickup vehicle collided with an auto-rickshaw in Pune, Maharashtra. The accident took place at around 11.30 pm on Sunday under Otur police station limits on Kalyan-Ahmednagar Road. Seven persons from the auto-rickshaw and the pickup vehicle's driver were killed, the police said.

10:19 AM

PM Modi to inaugurate 402 km section of Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the 402 km-long stretch of the new Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction to New Bhaupur Junction of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) today. Built at a cost of Rs 10,903 crores, the stretch marks a crucial part of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. This section is situated on the Delhi-Howrah rail route, passing through districts such as Chandauli, Mirzapur, Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Fatehpur, Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat in Uttar Pradesh. 

9:51 AM

2024 Lok Sabha polls: Mallikarjun Kharge launches 'Donate for Desh' crowdfunding campaign for Congress

9:50 AM

Water enters homes in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu due to incessant rainfall

8:59 AM

US President Joe Biden rushed into his vehicle as a car crashed into his motorcade

8:44 AM

Pune candle unit fire: Death toll reaches 14, owner held after discharge from hospital

The death toll in Pune's candle manufacturing unit fire has reached 14 after two women succumbed to their injuries, a civic official said. The incident took place on December 8  in Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad area. So far, police has arrested Sharad Sutar, the owner of the fire-hit unit located at Talawade, after he was discharged from hospital. Sutar had also sustained injuries in the blaze.

8:41 AM

Lok Sabha MPs Manish Tewari, Gaurav Gogoi give Adjournment Motion notice in the house

Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari has submitted Adjournment Motion notice to discuss Parliament security breach incident in the house. Gaurav Gogoi also gave an Adjournment Motion notice to discuss "efforts to restore normalcy and safeguard the life of all citizens of Manipur".

 

8:37 AM

Dawood Ibrahim hospitalised in Karachi, kept under tight security

As per media reports, underworld don Dawood Ibrahim has been hospitalised in Pakistan's Karachi due to a serious health complication. He is being kept under tight security inside the hospital. The reports speculat that Dawood was poisoned, but there has been no confirmation of the same.

8:29 AM

Delhi Police Cyber Unit arrests 4 accused for selling personal details of Indians on dark web

The accused were arrested around 10 days back. "The data was leaked from the data bank of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and put on sale on the dark web," said Delhi Police.

8:12 AM

JSW Group chief Sajjan Jindal denies allegation of rape, says will cooperate with an ongoing investigation

As per media reports, Sajjan Jindal has been accused of rape in a report filed at Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex Police Station. The reports said the complainant was a 30-year-old woman and the alleged incident occurred last year.