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5:52 PM

Sikhs hold protest in Delhi against sealing of Gurudwara in Pakistan

A large number of people from the Sikh community in New Delhi staged a protest on Tuesday over the act of sealing Gurudwara Shaheed Bhai Taru situated at Naulakha in Lahore in Pakistan.

 

Members of the main organiser group, Jag Aasra Guru Ott (JAGO) party, along with several other angered Sikhs marched towards the Pakistan High Commission and submitted their memorandum to the officials.

 

Leading the protest Manjit Singh GK, the president of JAGO, said, "The JAGO party and Sikhs of Delhi have come here to protest against the Pakistan government who have put the lock on the historical gurudwara of Shaheed Bhai Taru Singh. The land and property of Gurudwara have already been taken by the land mafia. The Pakistan government should remove that lock and hand over the keys to Sikh communities or the Pakistan Gurudwara Prabandhak committee."

 

The debate regarding the existence of the Gurdwara in Naulakha, Lahore, has raged for a long time.

5:44 PM

Who is 'Pappu' now? Mahua Moitra's jibe at Centre over fall in industrial output, other economic indicators

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday cited government data showing industrial contraction to question the Centre's handling of the economy and asked "who is the 'Pappu' now?"

Participating in a debate in Lok Sabha on demands for additional grants for 2022-23, the firebrand TMC leader said, "This government and the ruling party coined the term Pappu. You use it to denigrate and signify extreme incompetence. But the statistics tell us who the actual Pappu is."

Moitra accused the Narendra Modi government of spreading "falsehood" about India's growth and appealed to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to take control of the economy, which, according to the TMC leader, is going downhill.

 

5:31 PM

Tawang faceoff: Arunachal CM Pema Khandu says it's not 1962 anymore

5:15 PM

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar drops hints he may pass on mantle to Tejashwi

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday dropped further hints that he was looking forward to passing on the mantle to his young deputy Tejashwi Yadav, leaders emerging from a meeting of legislators of the ruling 'Mahagathbandhan' said.

 

The septuagenarian JD(U) supremo, once again, ruled himself out as a prime ministerial candidate for the next Lok Sabha polls even as he maintained that a "united opposition" could defeat the Narendra Modi-led BJP in 2024.

 

"The chief minister pointed towards Tejashwi ji and said he is the leader of the future, under whose leadership the 2025 assembly polls in the state would be fought," said Mahboob Alam, the legislature party leader of the CPI(ML) Liberation which supports the government from outside.

 

He also said, "We are of the view that it will benefit the grand alliance which is fighting the communal forces represented by the BJP. Tejashwi ji is a young and energetic leader".

5:12 PM

SC judge Trivedi recuses from hearing Bilkis Bano's plea against early release of convicts

Supreme Court judge Bela M Trivedi on Tuesday recused herself from hearing a plea filed by Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and seven members of her family were killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots, challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the case by the state government.

 

As soon as a bench of justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi sat for the day, Justice Rastogi announced his sister judge will not like to hear the case.

 

"List the matter before a bench in which one of us is not a member," the bench headed by Justice Rastogi ordered without specifying any reason for the recusal of justice Trivedi.

 

Advocate Shobha Gupta, appearing for Bilkis Bano, said her only predicament is that winter vacation of the court is approaching and she wants the matter to be heard at an earlier date.

 

The top court said a new bench will be constituted and the matter will be taken up thereafter.

 

4:47 PM

Congress leader Raja Pateria arrested over 'kill Modi' remark, sent to judicial custody

Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh minister Raja Pateria was arrested on Tuesday for his controversial 'be ready to kill Modi to save the Constitution' remark about the prime minister. He was produced in a court at Pawai in Panna district which refused to grant him bail and sent him in 14-day judicial custody, said his lawyer Govind Narayan Baghel. They will file an appeal in the higher court, the lawyer added.

Pateria was arrested by the police from his residence in Hata town in Damoh district.

"A police team went to his house around 5.30 am to inform him about the arrest. They took him to Pawai (in Panna district) around 7 am," Hata sub divisional officer of police Virendra Bahadur Singh told PTI.

MP Home Minister Narottam Mishra said two more IPC sections -- 115 and 117 -- were added to the FIR registered against him.

The state Congress, meanwhile, issued a show-cause notice to Pateria, terming his remarks extremely objectionable.

4:40 PM

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury reacts to Amit Shah's Rajiv Gandhi Foundation charge

4:26 PM

Liquor ban has failed completely in Bihar, says JD-U MLA Sanjeev Kumar

JD(U) MLA Sanjeev Kumar blamed his own government for the poor implementation of liquor ban in Bihar, on Tuesday, day one of the winter session of the state assembly.

"Liquor ban has completely failed in Bihar and Dalit and extremely backward class people are becoming the victims of the law. We need to review the law again," Kumar, the MLA of Parbatta constituency in Khagaria district, said. "The liquor prohibition law in Bihar is foolproof but its implementation is under question. Due to the illegal nexus of police and mafias, liquor consignments are coming in large numbers in trucks and available everywhere in the state," Kumar said.

BJP leaders have planned to target the seven-party government of Bihar on the poor implementation of liquor ban, unemployment, rising crime and corruption in various departments during the winter session.

 

4:09 PM

Parliament panel to discuss Delhi airport congestion with DIAL CEO

A Parliamentary panel will take up the issue of congestion at Delhi airport with the CEO of airport operator DIAL on December 15 amid passengers facing long waiting hours, according to the committee's chairman Vijayasai Reddy.

The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture will be holding the meeting with Videh Kumar Jaipuriar, the CEO of the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL).

The panel will take up the issue of congestion at the meeting on December 15, Reddy told reporters.

The panel is to hear the views of the DIAL CEO and the Chairman of the Association of Private Airport Operators (APAO) on the 'development of greenfield and brownfield airports and issues pertaining to civil enclaves in defence airports', according to the notice.

3:57 PM

Kerala assembly passes bill for removing governor as chancellor of universities

The Kerala assembly on Tuesday passed the University Laws (Amendment) Bill to replace the governor as the chancellor of universities in the state and appoint eminent academicians in the top post, while the opposition UDF boycotted the House for not accepting its suggestions regarding the bill.

The bill was passed after hours-long discussions during which the Congress-led UDF said it was not opposed to the removal of the governor as chancellor, but he should be selected from amongst retired Supreme Court judges and former Kerala High Court chief justices.

The opposition also said there need not be different chancellors for each of the universities and that the selection panel should comprise the chief minister, leader of opposition and the Kerala high court chief justice.