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07:47 (IST) Rahul Gandhi LIVE Updates Rahul to undertake Gujarat-Meghalaya padayatra, Maharashtra Cong to hold it own march: Patole Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will embark on a fresh padayatra (foot march) from Gujarat to Meghalaya and during that period leaders and workers of the party's Maharashtra unit would criss-cross the state, MPCC president Nana Patole said.  07:46 (IST) Bilkis case LIVE Updates: Public outcry will not affect out judicial decisions, says SC on remission to Bilkis case convicts "Public outcry will not affect our judicial decisions," the Supreme Court asserted, as it began weighing the legality of the remission granted to all the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of seven of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. The Delhi Legislative Assembly has been convened next week on August 16 to resume the third part of the fourth session. The Delhi Assembly will assemble for the first time since the bill to replac...

The Centre on Tuesday said it has “busted” eight YouTube channels, with a cumulative subscriber count of nearly 23 million, for spreading fake news such as declaration of early Lok Sabha polls and banning electronic voting machines. Government officials said videos on these YouTube channels – Yahan Sach Dekho, Capital TV, KPS News, Sarkari Vlog, Earn Tech India, SPN9 News, Educational Dost and World Best News — were fact-checked by the Press Information Bureau for spreading false news. World Best News, a YouTube channel with over 1.7 million subscribers and more than 18 crore views, was found to be misrepresenting the Indian Army, officials said. They said the channel Educational Dost, with over 3.43 million subscribers and 23 crore views, was spreading false information about government schemes, while SPN9 news with over 4.8 million subscribers and 189 crore views was propagating fake news pertaining to the president, prime minister and several central ministers. The channel Sarka...

A delegation of the BJP’s Haryana unit will visit Nuh on Wednesday and take stock of the situation in the district which witnessed communal clashes last week over an attempt to stop a Vishwa Hindu Parishad procession. The opposition Aam Aadmi Party’s Haryana unit chief Sushil Gupta said a delegation of his party will visit the “violence-affected people of Mewat area” on the same day. According to the BJP’s state unit release, the ruling party delegation will be led by Haryana BJP chief O P Dhankar and will also comprise Haryana Minister Banwari Lal and some party MLAs. The delegation will visit many places in Nuh and take stock of the situation after talking to the people there, it said. On Tuesday, a 10-member delegation of the Haryana Congress was stopped from entering violence-hit villages of Nuh district, police said. Citing the curfew imposed in the area and security concerns, a senior police officer said the delegation was stopped at Rojka Meo village. On Sunday, police stop...

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday lashed out at the Enforcement Directorate claiming that the national agency has an “unparalleled talent for disseminating concocted tales to the media on a bi-weekly basis”. Banerjee, who is also the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, elaborated that the agency has a paltry conviction rate of 0.5 per cent. Abhishek Banerjee, who is the National General Secretary of Trinamool Congress, is being investigated by the central probe agency as part of the alleged coal smuggling probe. “It is truly disheartening to behold the presence of inept and incompetent individuals within the ranks of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), who possess an unparalleled talent for disseminating concocted tales to the media on a bi-weekly basis, all in service of their political benefactors. Regrettably, despite investing years and spending taxpayers’ money into their investigative endeavours they consistently fail to present substantive evi...

The Aam Aadmi Party has announced a major cabinet reshuffle, stripping Saurabh Bharadwaj of the post of Service and Vigilance and handing it over to Delhi PWD Minister Atishi. Atishi will now handle the portfolios of both Finance, Service and Vigilance. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has sent has forwarded the proposal of rejig to Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. The reshuffle comes just a day after the Delhi Ordinance Bill was passed in both houses of Parliament. Both Atishi and Bharadwaj were inducted into Delhi’s cabinet following the resignation of Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain. Currently, Atishi, the sole woman in the seven-member Delhi Cabinet, has the most number of portfolios allotted to her. In March, she was pushed up to higher ranks in the cabinet where she bagged the finance portfolio. The minister is also responsible for the Public Works, Education and Power departments of the Delhi government. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/egwnEM...

We all have learned about the Quit Indian Movement in school but did you know that 8 August of every year is marked as the Quit India Movement Day? It was a civil disobedience movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress back in August 1942 in an attempt to end British colonial rule in India. The Quit India Movement Day is used to remember our freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for our country’s independence. Today, let us take this opportunity to learn about the history and significance of the Quit India Movement. The History of the Quit India Movement The Quit India Movement was launched on 8 August 1942 by the Indian National Congress (INC) at Gowalia Tank Maidan under the guidance of Mahatma Gandhi. The slogan of the movement was “Do or Die.” The ‘father of the nation’ asked the British to “Quit India”, and leave the country’s governance to the people. Although, the movement gained a lot of support from the locals, the British colonial government ...

The ‘ayes’ outvoted the nays on Monday night in the Rajya Sabha as the contentious Delhi services bill, formally known as the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, was put to vote. Amid the Opposition’s din, 131 MPs voted in favour of it and 102 opposed it after Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the bill in the Upper House. Interestingly, the discussion on the Bill even saw former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh being brought in on a wheelchair to the Rajya Sabha. The bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha last week, replaces an ordinance promulgated by the Centre for handling the transfers and postings of officials in the Delhi government. Home Minister Amit Shah, defending the bill, even said in the Upper House that the legislation was introduced to safeguard the rights of the people and not to usurp power, as charged by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). During the debate, he also asserted that it did not violate any judgment passed by the Supreme Court of I...