Former minister and Congress MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday skipped the first day of the Punjab Assembly session, even as three AAP MLAs who had quit the party marked their presence in the House. The monsoon session of Punjab Vidhan Sabha began here on Friday. The House paid tributes to the departed personalities who died since the last session. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh was among those who attended the first day of the session.
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Opposition Congress on Friday sought a report from the Odisha government on the cause of farmer suicides in the state, alleging that the Naveen Patnaik-led dispensation was indifferent to their plight. Congress Legislature Party Leader Narasingha Mishra, during a debate in the Assembly, claimed that "at least four farmers have committed suicide in July" due to crop loss and debt burden. "Farmers in Bolangir, Bargarh, Balasore and Jagatsinghpur have committed suicide as scanty rainfall in the state led to huge crop loss. Читать дальше...
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the bail plea of Ghulam Mohammed Bhat, an alleged close aide of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, in a 2011 terror-funding case. A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Brijesh Sethi said there was no reason to interfere with the trial court's November 2018 order denying bail to Bhat. "In our considered view, the relevant provision of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in relation to the grant of bail to an accused person is enunciated as a non-obstante clause... Читать дальше...
Soldiers of the Indian Army's 15 Punjab Regiment rescued as many as 70 civilians during flooding in adjoining Thane district last week, a senior official said on Friday. The local civil administration had requisitioned the army for rescuing civilians from the flooded petrol pump at Kamba in Kalyan, the official said. "These people had been stranded for about 8-10 hours when the army was alerted. The infantry battalion at Colaba in south Mumbai was tasked with the rescue efforts," the official said. Читать дальше...
The U.S. economy added 164,000 jobs for the month of July and the unemployment rate remained at 3.7 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday.
The National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party reacted strongly to the security advisory on Friday asking Amarnath pilgrims and tourists to leave Kashmir as soon as possible. National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said the directive would do nothing to dampen the sense of fear that is prevailing in the Valley. "Although this unprecedented order would seem to suggest a genuine fear of a massive terror strike directed at Amarnath ji yatris or/and tourists this will do nothing to dampen... Читать дальше...
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Early on the morning of June 13, explosions rocked two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. By daybreak, officials in Washington were pointing figures at Iran, which had been accused of recent attacks in the Gulf amid rising tensions with the international community. With many observers skeptical, the American military later that day released a grainy... Читать дальше...
Horse Sport Ireland is delighted to announce its official pledge to support the 20×20 Women in Sport Campaign presented by The Federation of Irish Sport, a national movement to champion girls and women in sport. The 20X20 campaign is about creating a cultural shift in the public perception of girls and women in sport and seeks to change the subliminal bias in the Irish psyche that exists around girls and boys, or women and men, when it comes to sport. By supporting this campaign, Horse Sport Ireland... Читать дальше...
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ANDY MURRAY has light-heartedly fired a shot at good friend Nick Kyrgios ahead of his Washington Open second-round doubles match.
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