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Amid continued stand-off with China, the Leh administration is augmenting oxygen supply in the forward areas by adding new plants, a move that will boost the fight against Covid-19 in ‘zero-mile’ villages and far-flung settlements along northern and eastern Ladakh. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3fAcTyD https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Cases top 40k for 5th day in a row, Kerala still driving surge
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Kerala reported more than 20,000 fresh Covid-19 cases for the fifth day running while the rising trend in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka continued, as India logged more than 42,000 new cases of the virus on Saturday. For the fifth straight day, India’s daily count stayed over the 40,000-mark as 42,052 were recorded on Saturday. Kerala accounted for 20,624 new cases, while Maharashtra logged 6,959. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3idW5yN https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
HC pulls up NIA judge for not hearing bail plea for 6 months, sets date
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A delay of six months in hearing the bail plea of a 60-year-old man jailed under the stringent UAPA law has prompted the Delhi high court to fix a date for the special judge to hear it. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup J Bhambhani took a dim view of the failure of the special NIA judge, Patiala House, to take up the bail plea filed in February this year, despite a direction by HC earlier to decide it expeditiously. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3jc0Yru https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Covid: Centre wants stricter containment in 10 states with high +vity
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Concerns over dependence on home isolation and failure to impose micro-containment zones have prompted the Centre to advise that 46 districts in 10 states reporting above 10% positivity rate need to impose strict restrictions on movement of people and gathering of crowds. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3rKW6gO https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Kharif sowing hits ‘normal’ level as rainfall deficit dips
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As the cumulative monsoon rainfall over the country touches almost ‘normal’ level with the deficit reduced to less than 1% on Saturday, the overall acreage of Kharif (summer-sown) crops in India crossed the ‘normal’ sown area threshold by over 8 lakh hectares. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3liQlpp https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Court backs CBI’s clean chit to Sengar in Unnao girl’s car crash
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A Delhi court on Saturday said it had “no hesitation in holding the findings” of the CBI’s final report, which said there was no case against jailed former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to proceed against him for the offence of murder in an accident case, as correct. Currently, Sengar is serving a life sentence for raping a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3BXslOR https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Change public’s poor perception of police: PM to IPS probationers
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Cases top 40k for 5th day in a row, Kerala still driving surge
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Kerala reported more than 20,000 fresh Covid-19 cases for the fifth day running while the rising trend in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka continued, as India logged more than 42,000 new cases of the virus on Saturday. For the fifth straight day, India’s daily count stayed over the 40,000-mark as 42,052 were recorded on Saturday. Kerala accounted for 20,624 new cases, while Maharashtra logged 6,959. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3idW5yN https://ift.tt/2V6PZYk
Amid LAC row, Leh boosts oxygen infrastructure in forward areas
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Amid continued stand-off with China, the Leh administration is augmenting oxygen supply in the forward areas by adding new plants, a move that will boost the fight against Covid-19 in ‘zero-mile’ villages and far-flung settlements along northern and eastern Ladakh. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3fAcTyD https://ift.tt/2TJKazo
Districts hit by 2nd Covid wave may not see intense 3rd wave: ICMR
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Districts that were severely impacted by the second Covid wave may not see an equally intense third wave, an analysis by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said. Experts from the top science body said states should conduct district-level heterogeneity assessments — that include variations in spread and population — to plan public health measures based on local data. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/37cU2Vu https://ift.tt/3zVGaLD
Parliament worked for 18 hours out of 107 in 2 weeks
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As the deadlock over the Pegasus controversy continues in Parliament, the two Houses are heading towards a less productive zone in terms of business with more than 85% of working hours being wasted in the first two weeks of the session. Of the possible 107 hours in the past two weeks, Parliament has functioned merely for 18 hours, wasting 89 hours because of ongoing disruptions due to the deadlock over the opposition demand for a discussion and inquiry into the Pegasus affair. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WL6zhb https://ift.tt/3rHZysM
Kharif sowing hits ‘normal’ level as rainfall deficit dips
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As the cumulative monsoon rainfall over the country touches almost ‘normal’ level with the deficit reduced to less than 1% on Saturday, the overall acreage of Kharif (summer-sown) crops in India crossed the ‘normal’ sown area threshold by over 8 lakh hectares. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3liQlpp https://ift.tt/3ln2sSJ
Court backs CBI’s clean chit to Sengar in Unnao girl’s car crash
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A Delhi court on Saturday said it had “no hesitation in holding the findings” of the CBI’s final report, which said there was no case against jailed former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar to proceed against him for the offence of murder in an accident case, as correct. Currently, Sengar is serving a life sentence for raping a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BXslOR https://ift.tt/2VnccRM
HC pulls up NIA judge for not hearing bail plea for 6 months, sets date
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A delay of six months in hearing the bail plea of a 60-year-old man jailed under the stringent UAPA law has prompted the Delhi high court to fix a date for the special judge to hear it. A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup J Bhambhani took a dim view of the failure of the special NIA judge, Patiala House, to take up the bail plea filed in February this year, despite a direction by HC earlier to decide it expeditiously. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jc0Yru https://ift.tt/3fjYvdo
Covid-19: Centre wants stricter containment in 10 states with high positivity
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Concerns over dependence on home isolation and failure to impose micro-containment zones have prompted the Centre to advise that 46 districts in 10 states reporting above 10% positivity rate need to impose strict restrictions on movement of people and gathering of crowds. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rKW6gO https://ift.tt/3zNmVE6
Pulwama attack key conspirator, aide killed in J&K encounter
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Exclusive! Kriti Sanon on pay disparity
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Kriti Sanon is currently enjoying the success of her recently released film on OTT in which the actress was seen playing the role of a pregnant lady. The film talks about surrogacy and Kriti Sanon impressed the audience and the critics with her enthralling performance in the movie. In an exclusive conversation with ETimes, we asked Kriti Sanon on pay disparity as actors are paid more than actresses. from Entertainment News, Celebrity News, Latest Movie News, Breaking News | Entertainment - Times of India https://ift.tt/3lggWnb https://ift.tt/2V0NUgR
Supreme Court seeks report from Jharkhand on judge killing
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Rising number of attacks on judges and lawyers compelled a worried Supreme Court on Friday to take suo motu cognisance of the alleged killing of Dhanbad additional district judge Uttam Anand and order the Jharkhand chief secretary and the DGP to submit the status of the investigations within a week. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3zYkeQd https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
No deaths due to oxygen shortage in state: Goa health minister
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In a major U-turn on the floor of the assembly, Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane, who was the first to announce that many Covid-19 patients were dying in the state due to oxygen interruption at the state’s premier hospital Goa Medical College (GMC) during the second wave, on Friday denied any oxygen shortage-related deaths. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3zKtgAa https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Movement on stand-off at Hot Springs, Gogra likely today
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India and China will hold their next round of top-level military talks on the continuing troop confrontation in eastern Ladakh on Saturday, amidst indications the two sides will move towards completing the stalled disengagement at Gogra and Hot Springs. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3lki6hH https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Shilpa’s suit: Press freedom must be balanced with privacy, says HC
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In some relief to Shilpa Shetty Kundra, the Bombay high court on Friday asked a TV channel based in Uttar Pradesh to take down a video content which it observed “clearly portrays her as duplicitous at a personal level” and noted that two others—an “online journalist” and a host of an online entertainment channel—have themselves removed their content after the actor filed a defamation suit on Thursday. The two undertook not to upload the content back. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3rHmQ1X https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Supreme Court to hear next week journos’ pleas on Pegasus row probe
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Opposition stalls Parliament; Pegasus ‘non-issue’, says minister
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Covid-19: Over 2 lakh pregnant women take first dose in a month
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In a major boost for the vaccination programme, over 2.3 lakh pregnant women have received first dose of anti-Covid jabs in less than a month since vaccination against the infection was allowed for them, the government said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3laHztP https://ift.tt/3j89qYO
Covid-19: Tamil Nadu cluster infections up, a cause for worry
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India’s 7-day average of Covid cases crosses 40,000 again
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Kerala reported a slight drop in fresh Covid-19 cases on Friday but numbers rose for the second straight day in Tamil Nadu even as India’s daily case count dipped marginally but remained above 41,000 for the fourth day running. India reported 41,454 fresh cases of the virus on Friday, down from 44,681 on the previous day, breaking a three-day streak of rising infections in the country. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3lciBdx https://ift.tt/37aRqrq
Mizoram CM says no harm to anyone, but armed cops stay put
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Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga has assured that there will be “no restrictions” and “no harm” to non-Mizos entering the state. However, the CM’s assurance on Friday coupled with his reiteration from his Twitter handle that “NorthEast India Will Always Be One” came even as his government refused to withdraw its armed policemen deployed at Vairengte town on the outskirts of Cachar (Assam) border. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BZMe7B https://ift.tt/3fez4u1
NSO has blocked Pegasus use by some governments: Reports
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Israeli surveillance software company NSO Group has temporarily blocked several government clients around the world from using its Pegasus spyware as the company investigates its possible misuse, Washington-based non-profit media outlet NPR reported. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xp9hFL https://ift.tt/2V5o5Ms
Mizoram front still tense, Assam holds border talks with Nagaland
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In U-turn, Goa health minister says no deaths due to oxygen shortage in state
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In a major U-turn on the floor of the assembly, Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane, who was the first to announce that many Covid-19 patients were dying in the state due to oxygen interruption at the state’s premier hospital Goa Medical College (GMC) during the second wave, on Friday denied any oxygen shortage-related deaths. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zKtgAa https://ift.tt/2TJVrzL
Only 31% of Delhi’s informal workers got rations, 54% still have no ration cards: CPM survey
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Hansal Mehta comes out in support of Shilpa Shetty
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Hansal Mehta has come out in support of Shilpa Shetty. The actress has been getting trolled over social media since the arrest of her husband Raj Kundra in a pornography case. The actress also filed a defamation suit against several media outlets for defamatory reports. However, the HC has noted that passing a blanket gag order on the media against reporting anything against Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty shall have a "chilling effect on the freedom of the press. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3ig4Etf https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hansal Mehta defends Shilpa Shetty
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Hansal Mehta has come out in support of Shilpa Shetty. The actress has been getting trolled over social media since the arrest of her husband Raj Kundra in a pornography case. The actress also filed a defamation suit against several media outlets for defamatory reports. However, the HC has noted that passing a blanket gag order on the media against reporting anything against Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty shall have a "chilling effect on the freedom of the press. from Entertainment News, Celebrity News, Latest Movie News, Breaking News | Entertainment - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ig4Etf https://ift.tt/3feaj0M
Days after hexacopter shot down by cops, UAVs spotted in Akhnoor and Samba
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Mizoram Boundary committee asks people for support in fight for 'forefather's land'
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Chhattisgarh Assembly disallows tabling of BJP MLA's anti-conversion Bill
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Kerala bishops’ panel backs aid for families with 4+ children
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The KCBC said the action of the Pala diocese was part of the family welfare activities and schemes for “Protection of Life” declared in the Kerala Catholic Church in connection with the direction from the Vatican to observe the year as “Year of the Family”. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rFnxZq https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
SC: Why keep inmates entitled to remission of sentence in jails?
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After Kerala, Covid spike now in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
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India recorded 44,681 Covid cases on Thursday, the highest daily count since July 7. Apart from the southern states, Maharashtra too reported a slight spike in infections, with 7,242 new cases registered on Thursday, the highest in a week. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3leiePw https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Alleged killing of lawyer & judge attack on justice dispensation system, says HC
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BJP evasive on Pegasus, to blame for logjam: Congress
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Senior ministers reach out to opposition, but no breakthrough in sight
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He said the government had already agreed to hold a debate on all issues and wondered why the opposition parties were running away. “Government representatives have reached out to the opposition on several occasions as it wants Parliament to function smoothly,” the BJP leader said. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BRTnHb https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Act against Moitra for her ‘unethical behaviour’: BJP MP
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BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Thursday alleged in Lok Sabha that TMC member Mohua Moitra had used derogatory remarks against him during a parliamentary committee meeting on Wednesday. The MP from Godda raised the issue during Zero Hour, saying that the term used by the TMC MP was an insult inflicted on the entire Hindi-speaking people from UP, Bihar and Jharkhand. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/378U6G0 https://ift.tt/3BX5KBW
Covid-19 surge prompts Centre to send team to Kerala
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In the wake of a sharp and persistent increase in daily new Covid cases in Kerala, the Centre has sent a high level team to the southern state to support in the effective public health interventions in order to contain the infection spread. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3l5vbey https://ift.tt/2Wuifo5
Army chief Naravane and sr US commander Clarke talk to boost ties
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The two generals also discussed “issues of mutual interests”, which is likely to have included the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan in wake of the rapid advances being made by the Taliban to grab territory there, said an official. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3f7vVMw https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Shilpa files a defamation suit against media outlets
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Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has filed a defamation suit in Bombay High Court against 29 media personnel and media houses for 'doing false reporting & maligning her image' in a pornography case in which her husband Raj Kundra is accused. from Times of India https://ift.tt/3xbYO09 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
34 Metro, Rapid rail projects under implementation across country
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No manual scavenging deaths in last five years, govt tells House
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Dalit children more likely to be stunted, shows study
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A data narrative published by Ashoka University’s Centre for Economic Data and Analysis shows that stunting is much more likely among Dalit children in areas where caste-based untouchability is higher, such as the BIMARU states (Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh). from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rElwgg https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
2.8K PILs on fundamental rights violation pending in Supreme Court: Govternment
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Student rush: Air India doubling flights to US from August 7
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146% rise in applications for ‘Study In India’ programme
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The number of applications and online test takers to avail of the scholarships provided under the Study in India programme grew by 145.6% and 651.9% respectively, giving a major boost to the scheme, which otherwise was struggling to take off for the past three years. The number of countries from which students participated in the programme also grew significantly, from 12 in 2020-21 to 136 in 2021-22. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zLCXOP https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Shilpa files libel suit; seeks removal of 'defamatory' articles
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Hearing of Shilpa's case against media tomorrow
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Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has filed a defamation suit in Bombay High Court against 29 media personnel and media houses for 'doing false reporting & maligning her image' in a pornography case in which her husband Raj Kundra is accused. from Entertainment News, Celebrity News, Latest Movie News, Breaking News | Entertainment - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xbYO09 https://ift.tt/3l6pYmN
Beijing acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad: Antony Blinken
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'Pandemic of the unvaccinated': An American conundrum explained in 5 charts
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I was on Assam side, we could not have fired 1st: Mizoram SP
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Goa assembly pays tribute to former Times Group chairman Indu Jain
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Additional district judge killed in road accident in Jharkhand
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Delhi doctor first proven case to suffer 3 Covid infections
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A 61-year-old Delhi doctor is the first proven case to have suffered from three Covid infections — two of these SARS-CoV-2 bouts were caused by its Alpha and Delta variants 22 days apart. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/376aozb https://ift.tt/3zIW7EY
‘Beijing acting more repressively at home and more aggressively abroad’: Antony Blinken
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7 killed in J&K cloudburst, several missing, 9 die in HP flash floods
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The remote village of Honzar in Kishtwar is a three-hour walk from the nearest road, but rescue teams from the Army, police and SDRF swung into action and reached the spot in time to save many lives. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UXpXqx https://ift.tt/3iXTFDJ
US, India avoid stumble on rights issue even as Blinken sends message to China by meeting Dalai Lama's aide
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Supreme Court: Privileges and immunity no shield for criminal acts in House
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that elected representatives can no longer go scot-free for acts of vandalism and violence inside a House and made them liable for prosecution for such acts by blowing away the traditionally misconstrued constitutional shield of "privileges and immunities". from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WADc0Z https://ift.tt/376I9Au
Opposition insists on Pegasus debate, BJP decries ‘manufactured matters’
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