Politics

Sushil Kumar Gupta informed that he had undergone rapid antigen test after developing fever on Sunday and the results have returned positive. Later he sent his RT-PCR sample for re-confirmation, which also returned positive.

He also predicted that by September-end, India may have 65 lakh Covid-19 cases.

The meeting that went on two hours and 20 minutes was like a keenly contested match between the BJP and opposition with MPs from both sides asking Facebook of its leanings.

The Congress has been alleging that the law and order situation is deteriorating in Uttar Pradesh under the BJP rule, a charge denied by the state dispensation.

Natarajan alleged that the manner in which Facebook had intervened to influence voters in favour of the BJP was an interference in the Indian electoral process by a foreign corporate house.

Ashok Lavasa, who vacated the EC's office to join ADB, gave a dissent order, saying that till the time fresh affidavits of support are not called in, neither of the factions can be recognised as the Kerala Congress (M).

On Mukherjee’s last day in Rashtrapati Bhavan in 2017, the PM had written a letter in which he described the veteran politician as a “father figure” and thanked him for being “warm, affectionate and caring”.

According to NEP, students will have to undertake school examinations at pan India level in grades 3, 5 and 8, which will be conducted by an appropriate authority.

However, Vijayan ridiculed the statement of the senior congress leader and said the probe was going in the right direction and "the opposition leader had no idea what he was talking about." "The BJP is trying to derail the probe in the gold smuggling case...

Maharaj, who was returning to Dhanbad by road to take a train to Delhi, was intercepted by the district administration near Pirtand police station and sent on quarantine at Shanti Bhawan ashram, where he had gone to take part in a programme.

The Indian Youth Congress (IYC) will also stage protests in front of residences and offices of BJP parliamentarians and ministers across the country to demand employment for the youth, the wing's president Srinivas B V said

While Chouhan claimed it was a "symbolic protest" to show the alleged "poor condition" of the areas falling under the civic body, South Delhi Mayor Anamika condemned the incident as "indecent behaviour".

The Monsoon Session of Parliament is likely to commence from September 14 with many new measures keeping in view the restrictions and physical-distancing norms due to COVID-19.

Targeting the Left government over the incident, the opposition Congress and BJP said they suspected a "sabotage"to "destroy important files" pertaining to the gold smuggling case.

Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana K P Singh has made coronavirus negative test report mandatory for ministers, MLAs, officers and employees to attend the 12th session of the 15th Vidhan Sabha.

They added that the protesters raised slogans demanding the release of Kashmiris jailed in and outside the Union Territory and political prisoners, including PDP chief and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti.