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Govt hits back at Rahul, says no misuse of agencies
"It is his imagination," he said, adding that agencies are doing their work as per law. Rahul Gandhi has torn his own government's ordinance and termed it "nonsense". Rahul Gandhi was detained during a protest march carried out by the Congress from Parliament to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. However, as the parliamentarians moved forward to hand over a memorandum to President Droupadi Murmu, the Delhi Police stopped them midway near Vijay Chowk.
Rajya Sabha suspends 11 members for disrupting proceedings
The suspended members are Sushmita Dev, Mausam Noor, Dola Sen, Shanta Chhetri, Shantanu Sen, Nadimul Haque, M.M. Abdullah, A.A. Rahim, R. Girirajan and V. Sivadasan. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, V. Muraleedharan moved the motion to suspend the MPs under Rule 256. Deputy Chairman Harivansh adopted the motion and the Rajya Sabha approved by voice vote.
Only truth will end this dictatorship: Rahul Gandhi
"Look at the dictatorship, cannot hold peaceful demonstrations, cannot discuss inflation and unemployment. By misusing the police and agencies, even by arresting us, you will never be able to silence us. Only 'Truth' will end this dictatorship," Rahul tweeted. The former Congress president was detained by the Delhi Police and taken to some unknown location in a bus along with other parliamentarians.
National Herald case: ED quizes Sonia for second time
Sonia left the ED around headquarters at around 2 p.m after three hours of questioning by a team of additional director Monika Sharma. Earlier in the day, she arrived at the ED office here along with her daughter Priyanka Gandhi who was seen carrying a medicine box.
BSP shuts door on Om Prakash Rajbhar
In a tweet, Anand, who is Mayawati's nephew, said: "The whole world appreciates the governance, administration, discipline of BSP president and former UP chief minister Mayawati. Some opportunists are trying to run their political shops in the name of 'Behenji'. One needs to beware of such selfish people."
BJP should worry about Rajbhar, not me: Akhilesh
"I cannot face the Prime Minister, home minister and chief minister of Uttar Pradesh after speaking ill against them. Also, I cannot use the language he (Rajbhar) uses." The SP chief further said that his party would contest the elections only with the parties that will stay together in the coming months.
Rajya Sabha to pass WMD bill
External Affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar moved the bill on July 19, as passed by Lok Sabha to be taken into consideration. As members of the BJP continued to participate in discussion on the bill amid sloganeering from opposition members on Monday, the Chair announced that the minister's statement on the bill and its consideration and passing will take place on Tuesday.
Difference between me, Nitish Kumar due to birth place: R.C.P. Singh
R.C.P. Singh claimed that his birth place is in Nalanda district while the birthplace of Nitish Kumar is Bakhtiyarpur in Patna district. "The native village of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is in Nalanda but his birth place is Bakhtiyarpur in Patna district while my birth place is in my native place in Nalanda district. Hence, there is a difference between me and CM Nitish Kumar," he said in Jehanabad, where he had come for a personal event.
Court extends Partha Chatterjee's ED custody till August 3
The court also extended the ED custody of Arpita Mukherjee, a close aide of Chatterjee, till August 3. hatterjee's counsels said that they will study the order of the PMLA court and then decide whether to approach any higher court against the decision.
Calcutta HC rejects Partha Chatterjee's plea for deletion of court observations
On Sunday, while directing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to take Chatterjee to AIIMS Bhubaneswar for medical check-up, the single judge bench of Justice Bibek Chaudhuri made an observation that there have been instances wherein influential ministers of the state government had taken 'shelter' at state-run SSKM Medical College and Hospital to avoid questioning by central probe agencies.
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