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The Opposition’s ongoing objections about “unparliamentary” language provided some lighter moments in parliament today amid the acrimonious discussion of the Waqf Amendment Bill. This time, Union minister Kiren Rijiju averted a pitfall, with some ‘help’ from senior cabinet colleague Amit Shah. The Minister for Minority Affairs was responding to the debate on the bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha today amid a barrage of Opposition criticism. Explaining why the government thought it fit to go ahead with the bill, he spoke of a Muslim woman from Uttar Pradesh, directing a jibe at Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav. “Bushra…
A special court in Chennai framed charges against former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Thursday in connection with an alleged cash-for-jobs scam. According to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the alleged scam took place between 2011 and 2015, when Mr Balaji was the Tamil Nadu transport minister under the AIADMK government led by the late J Jayalalithaa. During the proceedings on Thursday, Senthil Balaji pleaded not guilty, alleged political vendetta and said he wanted to cross-examine witnesses. The court, however, adjourned the case to August 16 for the cross-examination. Mr Balaji was…
Neeraj Chopra Men’s Javelin Throw Final LIVE Updates Olympics 2024: Neeraj Chopra, India’s golden boy, will be aiming to weave his magic once again on the biggest of stage – the Olympics. Neeraj Chopra will look to retain his Olympic gold medal when he gets down to action in the Men’s Javelin Throw final at Paris Olympics 2024. Neeraj, who won gold at the Tokyo Summer Games three years back, registered a huge throw of 89.34 metres in Group B of the men’s javelin throw qualification round at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday and made his way into the finals. Pakistan’s…
Sheikh Hasina, who quit as prime minister and fled Bangladesh, will be back in the country as soon as democracy is restored, his son Sajeeb Wazed Joy said on Thursday and blamed Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI, for fuelling the ongoing unrest in the country. In an interview with PTI, Mr Joy said that although 76-year-old Sheikh Hasina would return to Bangladesh, it has not yet been decided whether she will be back as a “retired or active” politician. He also asserted that the members of the Sheikh Mujib (Sheikh Mujibur Rahman) family will neither abandon its people nor leave the…
A photo of former adult star Mia Khalifa was used on a hoarding for a religious festival in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram district. The hoarding, which was part of the decorations for the Aadi Perukku festival, depicted Mia Khalifa carrying a traditional milk vessel, a sight that was both puzzling and out of place in the context of a religious celebration. The Aadi Perukku festival is marked by rituals and decorations in temples dedicated to Goddess Amman, an incarnation of Parvati. In Kuruvimalai, the Nagathamman and Selliyamman temples were adorned with festive lights and hoardings as part of the celebrations. Kuruvimalai,…
The Indian men’s hockey team made history once again in Olympics as it won a bronze medal at the Paris Game defeating Spain 2-1. After winning a bronze in Tokyo, India finished on the third spot in Paris too. This is the first time since the 1972 Olympics that India won back-to-back medals at the Olympics. India had won bronze medals at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics. After the win, Indian captain Harmanpreet apologised to the nation for not being able to win the gold. India had lost to Germany in the semi-finals. “Hockey as a sport has a rich…
Initiating action after an NDTV report on the alarming rise of tiger deaths in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, the Madhya Pradesh Forest Headquarters has issued notices to the reserve’s deputy director and officials from the Shahdol Forest Division. In a report on August 1, NDTV had highlighted the deaths of 34 tigers in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and nine in the Shahdol Forest Circle over the past three years, prompting wildlife enthusiasts to demand a CBI inquiry into the matter. Forest Minister Ramniwas Rawat said on Thursday, “This matter has come to our notice and a central investigation team reached…
A Chinese-American scholar, who projected himself as a pro-democracy activist, has been convicted by a US court of using his reputation to gather information on dissidents and sharing it with the Chinese government. A federal jury in New York delivered the verdict on Tuesday, The Guardian reported. The 75-year-old lived a double life for over a decade at the behest of China’s main intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security, the prosecutors said. In an opening statement last month, US attorney Ellen Sise said that Wang pretended to be opposed to the Chinese government to “get close to people who…
The speech and hearing impaired son of a constable used sign language to communicate with an accused, also suffering from the same disability, to help Mumbai police with their probe into a murder case, an official said on Thursday. The probe into the case began after the body of a 30-year-old man, later identified as Arshad Ali Sadique Ali Shaikh, was found stuffed in a trolley bag at Dadar railway station on August 5, the official said. The Dadar railway police, however, ran into a hurdle as the accused, identified as Jay Chawda, was speech and hearing impaired and questioning…
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus will today take oath as the leader of the interim Bangladesh government. After landing in the country, Yunus paid tribute to those killed in Bangladesh’s deadly protests that toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government, saying their sacrifices had brought the nation a “second independence”. “Today is a glorious day for us,” he told reporters at the airport in Dhaka shortly after returning to the country to lead a caretaker government. “Bangladesh has created a new victory day. Bangladesh has got a second independence.” Yunus called for the restoration of order after weeks of violence that left…