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US Vice President Kamala Harris, the most likely candidate to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic Party nominee for the November 5 presidential elections, has narrowed the margin against Donald Trump, according to latest polls. There’s been a significant rise in support for her among non-white voters and within her party. What polls say The latest Wall Street Journal poll shows Harris and Trump neck-and-neck at 49% to 47% in a two-person matchup. However, the report states this was within the margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. Earlier this month, Trump was in a six-point lead…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged “political discrimination” at a key NITI Aayog meeting in Delhi held to allow states to present their concerns to the Prime Minister. Ms Banerjee was the only Chief Minister from a non-BJP ruled state who attended the meeting, as all other INDIA bloc leaders boycotted the event. After storming out of the meeting, the Trinamool Congress chief claimed that her microphone was muted and she was allowed to speak for only five minutes. The allegation was dismissed by the Centre through the fact-check handle of the Press Information Bureau. “I said you (Centre)…
There does not seem to any light at the end of the tunnel for children of legal immigrants, a significantly large number of whom are Indian-Americans who came to the US as a young kid with their parents and now risk being deported back to the country where they don’t know anyone because of them being aging out when they turn 21. There are around 250,000 of such children of legal immigrants, a significantly large number of whom are Indians. The White House on Thursday blamed the Republicans for this legislative impasse. “I talked about the bipartisan agreement that came…
Congress’ deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday wrote to Speaker Om Birla, expressing deep concern over “deteriorating standards of parliamentary conduct” in the House as he cited instances of ministers allegedly making objectionable remarks against opposition leaders. Gaurav Gogoi alleged that Union Ministers Rajiv Ranjan Singh and Ravneet Singh Bittu used threatening and unparliamentary language against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi, respectively. In his letter to Birla, the Congress MP from Assam’s Jorhat sought the Lok Sabha speaker’s immediate intervention in the matter and hoped that he would…
A 21-year-old woman was killed inside a flat in Delhi this evening. The woman, a gym trainer, was found unconscious inside the flat when the police reached there. She was later declared dead. The police got a call this evening after which it reached the flat in the Pochanpur colony of Dwarka. The accused, a 24-year-old man, was arrested from the flat, police said. The accused and victim are from Assam and knew each other, they said. As per the initial investigation, the man killed Sneha Nath over some dispute. He first attacked the woman with a knife and then…
Paris Olympics 2024, Day 1, Live Updates: Spanish badminton pair, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz are in action. It has been a mixed day for Indian athletes so far on Day 1 of the medal events. The highlight for India has been the entry of Manu Bhaker into the final of the women’s air pistol event. Meanwhile, in badminton, atar badminton pair Chirag Shetty/Satwiksairaj Rankireddy along with Lakshya Sen have won their first matches. In table tennis, Harmeet Desai too got off to winning start, beating Jordan’s Abo Yaman Zaid 4-0 in the preliminary round. However, there was disappoint in…
The Bombay High Court came down heavily on Satara police for seeking action against a professor who referred to late activist Govind Pansare’s book ‘Shivaji Kon Hota’ while pacifying agitated students during an event. The court questioned the police as to what kind of democracy this was and asked whether an offence was made out against the professor. The division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj K Chavan was hearing a plea by Dr Mrunalini Aher who challenged a letter sent by the sub-inspector of a police station in Satara district in August 2023. The plea was disposed of…
Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog, BVR Subrahmanyam, dismissed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that her microphone was muted while speaking at the NITI Aayog meeting. He clarified that each Chief Minister was given a designated speaking time, which was displayed on screens at their tables, and that the time allotted to the West Bengal Chief Minister had ended. Addressing a press conference after the NITI Aayog meeting, Mr Subrahmanyam said that the West Bengal Chief Minister requested to speak early before lunch, and “it was accepted.” “The Chief Minister of West Bengal requested to be given a…
A student has died and at least two others students have been trapped for over three hours after water suddenly entered a basement at a popular coaching centre in West Delhi. Visuals from Rajendra Nagar showed the basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle completely flooded. Fire brigade officials said they received a call about students being stuck in the basement at 7.19 pm on Saturday and five fire engines were dispatched to assist in rescue operations. Teams from the National Disaster Response Force are also at the spot. Original Source
India vs New Zealand, Men’s Hockey Olympics 2024 Pool B: India captain Harmanpreet Singh scored in the dying minutes to help India start their Paris Olympics 2024 hockey campaign with a 3-2 win against New Zealand on Saturday. It was a thriller right from the start, as India conceded many penalty corners. After Sam Lane scored for New Zealand, Mandeep Singh equalised for India. Vivek Sagar Prasad then gave India the lead, before Simon Child equalised. Harmanpreet Singh then scored from a penalty stroke in the 59th minute to make it 3-2 for India. Here are the Highlights from India vs…