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Centre's Bill excludes CJI for selection of CEC and other ECs
The Bill is likely to trigger a fresh face-off between the executive and the judiciary. The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Services and Term of Office) Bill, 2023, is likely to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
PM Modi to reply on no-confidence motion today in Lok Sabha
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had informed the House on Wednesday that the prime minister will reply to the motion on August 10. The discussion on the motion, which began on August 8, after being initiated by Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, has seen some high-voltage speeches from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Smriti Irani and Home Minister Amit Shah.
See little value in continuing to head Standing Committee on environment, science, and tech, forest and climate: Jairam Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh, who is also the Congress General Secretary in charge of communications, tweeted: "Three very important Bills bulldozed through Parliament these past few days were deliberately not referred to the Standing Committee on Science and Tehnology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change."
Azharuddin faces protest from Congress workers in Jubilee Hills constituency
Azharuddin, who is aspiring for party ticket from Jubilee Hills in the coming Assembly elections, had to face the protest when he arrived in the constituency to hold a meeting with some local people. Some supporters of Congress leader and former MLA P. Vishnuvardhan Reddy staged protest when Azharuddin was holding a meeting in Rehmat Nagar area.
Security will be tightened in Manipur's hill areas, Amit Shah assures tribal leaders
The Home Minister held a meeting with the six-member delegation of Manipur's Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF), led by its secretary Muan Tombing, in Delhi to discuss their demands, which include a separate state for the tribals.
Chiranjeevi’s advice to Andhra CM triggers uproar, Roja hits back
Chiranjeevi’s remark questioning the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government for targeting ‘small bird’ has irked the ruling party leaders, who have now launched an all out attack on him.
No confidence motion discussion: Farooq Abdullah says PM doesn't represent one colour, Shiv Sena MP recites Hanuman Chalisa
He also said that the NDA government has failed to bring any Kashmiri Pandit back to the valley.
'PM Modi wants Manipur to stay on fire', says Rahul
"This is our land, which we call India today... this land was the land of tribals. This was told to me by my grandmother Indira Gandhi, but the BJP calls tribals 'Vanvasi'. This is an insult to the tribals and Mother India," he said.
Manipur violence shameful, government has no intention to change demography, says Shah
He also appealed the all the ethnic groups to shun violence and look for a peaceful solution to the problem by talking to the central government.
'An own-goal Smritiji', says Shashi Tharoor after her speech in LS over no-trust motion
He also said that Union Minister for Women and Child Development Irani’s speech focused entirely on what-aboutery as it indirectly supported the Opposition’s claims of the central government’s failures.
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