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UP CM Adityanath holds meeting with Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust members

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Futile for people to expect safety if CM himself makes guv 'feel unsafe': Shekhawat attacks Gehlot

Attacking Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for staging a 'dharna' at the Raj Bhawan, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Saturday said in a state where the chief minister himself makes the governor "feel unsafe", it is futile for people to plead to him for their safety.
 

Accusing Governor Kalraj Mishra of acting under pressure to not call an assembly session, Gehlot along with several Congress MLAs had staged a sit-in at the Raj Bhawan in Jaipur on Friday.
 

They ended their five-hour sit-in after an assurance from the governor that he will go by the constitutional provisions on summoning an assembly session.

 

2:20 PM

Rahul Gandhi accuses govt of benefitting by making profits during lockdown

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the government of benefitting by making profits during the coronavirus-induced lockdown when people were in trouble.
 

He tagged a news report that claimed the Indian Railways was making profit by running 'Shramik trains' for transporting migrants during the pandemic.
 

"There are clouds of disease and people are in trouble, but one seeks to benefit -- this anti-people government is converting a disaster into profits and is earning," he said in a tweet in Hindi.

 

2:01 PM

More steps likely to check China re-routing goods into India

India is looking at ways to restrict inward shipment of goods from China which are being re-routed through other countries such as Singapore and Malaysia with which New Delhi has trade agreements. Experts have suggested that India must make it mandatory for companies that are supplying goods to India to disclose their ownership pattern in detail.
 

New Delhi has already imposed stringent measures including the 'rule of origin', which implies that all global suppliers of goods will have to mention the country of origin to restrict cheap imports from other countries including China. However, authorities said that there is "enough evidence" to suggest that the dragon nation has conveniently circumvented the rule book. Based on the country of origin, goods either attract tariff concessions or duties.
 

Sample this. Chinese manufacturer Xinyi Glass is one of Malaysia's largest flat glass producers, which is also into exporting to other countries. It also has a plant in Canada. The Malaysia plant has a total installed capacity of 3,200 tonnes per day. Industry experts said that Malaysia's requirement a day is about 400 tonnes.

1:43 PM

Cong workers stage demonstrations across Rajasthan against BJP

Scores of Congress workers staged demonstrations against the BJP on Saturday, accusing it of "conspiring" to topple the Ashok Gehlot government.
 

The Congress had on Friday given the call for demonstrations in all district headquarters against the "conspiracy to murder democracy" and to press the governor for convening an Assembly session.
 

The Congress government is pushing for a session of the Assembly so that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot can prove his majority on the floor of the House after the Rajasthan High Court on Friday ordered that status quo should be maintained on the disqualification notices sent out by the Speaker to rebel leader Sachin Pilot and 18 other MLAs.

12:50 PM

Yogi Adityanath to visit Ayodhya today

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Doesn't Sachin Pilot have a majority to be the chief minister: Kapil Sibal on Rajasthan political crisis

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Rajasthan political crisis: Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting at 12:30 today at hotel on Jaipur outskirts

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Rajasthan: Congress workers hold protest against the BJP, at Indian Youth Congress office in Jaipur

11:02 AM

In a first, four women constables handle traffic movement in Noida: Officials

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Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot calls a meeting of the council of ministers today

10:46 AM

Ranbirgarh encounter: One unidentified terrorist neutralised by the security forces; search operation underway in Jammu and Kashmir

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Uttarakhand: National Highway-7 blocked at Lambagad due to landslide following heavy rainfall in the region.\

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West Bengal BJP leaders meet top leadership in Delhi to decide assembly poll strategy

After several rounds of discussions with West Bengal BJP leaders in Delhi, the national party leadership will formulate its strategy for the assembly elections in the state.

 

The strategy to win West Bengal elections will be formulated by the party's national president JP Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah but to brainstorm the strategy, the central leadership has called the top leaders of Bengal BJP to Delhi who reached the national capital on Friday.

 

According to sources, the leaders of Bengal will have a marathon meeting with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda on the election strategy. Leaders who came to Delhi include state BJP president and MP Dilip Ghosh, state organisation general secretary Subrat Chatterjee, national secretary Rahul Sinha, national executive member Mukul Roy and others.

9:55 AM

Trump nominates his top aide Christopher Liddell to head OECD

The United States plans to nominate deputy White House chief of staff Christopher Liddell to become the next secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a senior administration official said on Friday.

 

The New Zealand-born former businessman handles policy coordination at President Donald Trump's White House.

 

The OECD is a global organization of member states with market economies that work to promote economic growth, prosperity, and sustainable development.