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12:17 PM

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12:10 PM

Rajasthan political crisis: Unless Speaker has disqualified you, you cannot approach in the interim, says Abhishek Singhvi

This petition by Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs is based on the show-cause notice issued by the Speaker. 

 

Unless Speaker has disqualified you, you cannot approach in the interim: Abhishek Singhvi

 

11:36 AM

Over 7 million people have been affected due to floods, says Assam CM

Over 7 million people have been affected due to floods. People as well as animals are being rescued from the affected areas and being shifted to relief camps and safer locations: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal

11:26 AM

Hearing underway in Rajasthan HC on petition by Pilot, 18 MLAs against disqualification notices

11:18 AM

Bihar: Water enters houses after incessant rainfall in the state capital, normal life affected

9:29 AM

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8:59 AM

Rajasthan political crisis: High Court to resume hearing at 10 am today

Hearing on a writ petition filed by Sachin Pilot and 18 other dissident Congress MLAs from Rajasthan, challenging the disqualification notices issued to them by the state Assembly speaker, to resume in the Rajasthan High Court at 10 am today.

8:32 AM

LG Kiran Bedi to skip House address for presentation of Puducherry Budget

Lt Governor Kiran Bedi has said she will not deliver her customary address of the budget session as Chief Minister V Narayanasamy had not sent her the annual financial statement and demand for grants meant to be presented in the House on Monday.

 

She said she has informed the chief minister that he had not sent her the documents as required under the provisions of the Government of Union Territories Act 1963. Read on...

7:58 AM

Monsoon update: Four die in rain-related incidents in Delhi

The first heavy monsoon rainfall in the national capital claimed four lives, including that of a mini-truck driver who got trapped in a waterlogged underpass.

 

According to police, three others, including an eight-year-old boy, died in rain-related incidents in the city.

 

Many low-lying areas were inundated, the traffic came to a standstill on important roads, and at least 10 houses collapsed in a slum area in Anna Nagar, which is behind the WHO Headquarters near ITO, displacing the residents.

7:56 AM

Monsoon 2020: 10 killed in lightning strikes in Bihar

In Bihar, 10 people were killed in lightning strikes during a thunderstorm in seven districts of the state, officials said.

Three casualties were reported from Purnea, two from Begusarai and one each from Patna, Saharsa, East Champaran, Madhepura and Darbhanga districts, they said.

More than 160 people have died due to lightning strikes in the state in the past three weeks.

7:55 AM

Rajasthan political crisis: Congress legislator claims Sanjay Jain contacted him 8 month ago

Congress legislator Rajendra Gudha on Sunday claimed that arrested middleman Sanjay Jain had contacted him about eight months ago to ask him to meet former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and other BJP leaders.

 

"BJP's game plan was going on for long time. Eight months ago, he had come to me asking to meet Vasundhara Raje and other BJP leaders. Their people and middlemen were active but they could not succeed in their attempts," Gudha told reporters here.

 

Jain's name had surfaced in one of the viral audio recordings in which he is heard about horse-trading of legislators to topple the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan.

7:52 AM

Congress MLAs from Gehlot camp spend weekend enjoying 'Lagaan', 'Sholay', antakshari at Jaipur hotel

A day after enjoying antakshari and actor Aamir Khan's blockbuster movie 'Lagaan', Congress MLAs of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's camp lodged at Hotel Fairmont here were spotted watching cult classic hit 'Sholay'.The Congress MLAs in favour of the state government led by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot have been lodged at Hotel Fairmont amid the political turmoil in Rajasthan.

 

Released on August 15, 1975, 'Sholay' was about two petty criminals, Veeru and Jai (Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan), who are hired by a retired police officer to capture the ruthless dacoit Gabbar Singh.

 

The film also stars Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan and it has superhit music by RD Burman.

 

These MLAs were also seen attending cooking classes, playing 'antakshari' and watching Mughal-e-Azam.