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INDIA bloc parties meet on Tuesday to formulate their strategy against the BJP for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. No final decision taken yet on INDIA bloc PM face, Congress chief Kharge of view that winning first is important.
Around 49 Lok Sabha MPs have been suspended from the Lower House for disrupting proceedings today. Earlier, some 78 opposition members were suspended from Parliament. The MPs suspended today include National Conference's Farooq Abdullah and Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tewari. INDIA bloc MPs have been demanding a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah on the security breach in Parliament on December 13.
Speaking at the BJP parliamentary party today, PM Modi reprimanded opposition parties over their protests in Parliament. The prime minister asserted that their conduct will ensure that their numbers go further down in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections while the BJP gains in numbers. PM further expressed concern at 'attempts' to justify Parliament security breach, saying it is as worrisome as the incident itself.
Around 49 Lok Sabha MPs have been suspended from the Lower House for disrupting proceedings today. Earlier, some 78 opposition members were suspended from Parliament. The MPs suspended today include National Conference's Farooq Abdullah and Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tewari. INDIA bloc MPs have been demanding a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah on the security breach in Parliament on December 13.
Speaking at the BJP parliamentary party today, PM Modi reprimanded opposition parties over their protests in Parliament. The prime minister asserted that their conduct will ensure that their numbers go further down in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections while the BJP gains in numbers. PM further expressed concern at 'attempts' to justify Parliament security breach, saying it is as worrisome as the incident itself.
The Allahabad High Court today rejected petitions of Sunni Central Waqf Board and Anjuman Intezamia Masji Committee regarding the ownership between Gyanvapi Mosque and Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi. A bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agrawal rejected pleas filed by Anjuman Intezamia Masajid Committee challenging the title dispute suits. "Masjid compound can have either a Mulsim character or a Hindu character and the same can not be decided at the stage of framing issues," the Court said as per media report by LiveLaw.
At least 116 people were killed and more than 400 were injured in a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted China at 11:59 pm on Monday. The earthquake damaged houses, roads, as well as other infrastructures, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The quake was felt in a mountainous region in northwestern China, Lanzhou, the Gansu provincial capital. The Gansu health department dispatched 33 ambulances and other professional vehicles, as well as 173 medical staff, to the scene, reports China's Global Times. So far 32 aftershocks have been recorded, with the largest registering a magnitude of 4.0, said Han Shujun, a spokesperson for provincial emergency management department.
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First Published: Dec 19 2023 | 7:53 AM IST