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New Delhi, Jul 20: Hours before the Lok Sabha is to take up the no-trust vote against his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for a disruption-free and constructive debate in the House. "Today is an important day in our Parliamentary democracy. I am sure my fellow MP colleagues will rise to the occasion and ensure a constructive, comprehensive & disruption free debate," he

New Delhi, Jul 19: The Supreme Court on Thursday termed as impossible the condition of observing abstinence for 41 days before undertaking a pilgrimage to the Sabarimala temple in Kerala and said this had led to the ban on the entry of women in the age group of 10 to 50 years into it. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which is hearing petitions challenging the

New Delhi, Jul 19: The BJP on Thursday expressed the confidence that it would be able to defeat the Opposition sponsored no-confidence motion on Friday, as it has a majority in the Lok Sabha. It was also hopeful of support from some Opposition parties. “The numbers are very clear. The BJP by itself has a majority in the Lower House. We have nearly 314 members within the NDA [National Democratic

New Delhi, Jul 19: The CBI on Thursday filed a supplementary charge sheet against former finance minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti, naming them accused in the Aircel Maxis deal case. The charge sheet was filed before special CBI judge O P Saini who has fixed July 31 for considering the document. The senior Congress leader's role had come under the scanner of investigating agencies in the

Mumbai, Jul 19: Shiv Sena will vote in favour of the BJP-led government during the opposition-sponsored no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha tomorrow, a source close to party chief Uddhav Thackeray said. "We will support the BJP. A formal announcement may be made by this evening," the source told PTI here. The motion will be the first since the BJP-led NDA government came to power four years ago

New Delhi, Jul 19: Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he will not attend a meeting of the selection committee for appointment of Lokpal till the time the leader of the single largest opposition party is accorded a full-fledged member of the panel. The meeting is scheduled for this evening. Kharge had on earlier occasions

New Delhi, Jul 19: The Centre on Thursday condemned the recent incidents of mob lynching and said it has advised the states to take stringent action against the culprits and asked social media service providers to install checks to stop the spread of rumours and fake news. Home Minister Rajnath condemned the incidents and made a statement in the Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour while responding to

New Delhi, Jul 19: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the BJP government over proposed changes to the Right to Information (RTI) Act, saying they will render the law useless. The proposed amendments, circulated among Members of Parliament, seek to do away with the parity given to information commissions with the Election Commission in terms of salary, allowances and conditions of

Noida, Jul 19: The death toll has risen to nine and several are feared trapped under the rubble of two adjacent buildings which collapsed in Greater Noida on the outskirts of the National Capital. Rescue teams at the site discovered the ninth body early on Thursday. A six-floor under-construction building crashed on a five-storey building next to it, bringing it down as well, in Shahberi village

Amritsar, July 19: The Border Security Force (BSF) 73 Battalion gunned down a Pakistani infiltrator, who was trying to cross over into the Indian side of the border in Punjab. The incident took place last night in Amritsar's Ajnala. The security forces are further investigating the matter. In March, another Pakistani national was shot dead by the BSF near the India-Pakistan border in Gurdaspur