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The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into a parliament security breach incident.The MHA has posted on X, 'On request from Lok Sabha Secretariat, MHA has ordered an enquiry of parliament security breach incident. An Enquiry Committee has been set up under Anish Dayal Singh,...
22:17
Police at Sagar's Lucknow home
Making an effort is important whether you win or lose, said Sagar Sharma in his last social media post before he and another person jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitor's gallery, triggering panic and chaos in the House. In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001...
21:39
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait condemned the security breach in Parliament on Wednesday and said neither the Samyukta Kisan Morcha nor the Bhartiya Kisan Union were linked to the incident as reported by a section of media.Tikait is the national spokesperson of the Uttar Pradesh-headquartered...
21:31
Police on Wednesday arrested two doctors who performed post-mortem of a woman's body whose eyes were later found removed, officials said.Dr Md Arif and Dr Md Owais were interrogated by Civil Lines police and later produced in court, said Station House Officer (SHO) Gaurav Bishnoi. The body...
20:47
Family members of Neelam, one of the two persons arrested for protesting outside the Parliament on Wednesday, said she had earlier participated in several agitations including farmers' movement.Neelam's mother Saraswati Devi told reporters at her house in Ghaso Khurd village in Haryana's Jind...
20:42
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav
The newly-appointed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Wednesday issued a directive prohibiting the use of loudspeakers at religious places beyond permissible decibel levels. It was the first order issued by Yadav who took oath of office earlier in the morning, additional chief...
19:43
The Delhi police has detained the fifth suspect in Parliament security breach case from Gurugram, and teams are trying to nab the sixth accused, say police sources. The Parliament security breach was well-planned, the six accused knew each other for four years, and hatched the plan few days...
19:18
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly providing confidential information to Pakistan-based intelligence operatives, officials said. The Mumbai unit of the ATS had received a tip-off that he was providing sensitive information about...
18:46
A delegation of opposition leaders will meet President Droupadi Murmu on the issue of security breach in the Parliament.According to the sources, regarding this, there will be a meeting of the leaders of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in Parliament at 10 am tomorrow and...
18:28
Ashok Gehlot
A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot against his summoning in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.Additional sessions judge M K Nagpal rejected Gehlot's appeal, filed against an order...
18:05
And this caught our eye: India saw a single-day rise of 252 new coronavirus infections, the highest since June 2 this year, while the tally of active cases have increased to 1,091, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll was recorded at 5,33,308, the data...
17:57
Parliament security breach: Police suspect the involvement of six people. Of the six, four have been held, while a search is on for two others, reports PTI citing police sources. All the six suspects stayed in a house in Gurugram and knew each other. No mobile phone has been recovered from...
17:50
Security breach in Lok Sabha: DMK MP Kanimozhi says, I was in the House when the incident happened and Zero Hour was going on... It was mostly the MPs who stopped both of them, then only the Marshals came to take them away. So, I think it is a serious breach of security and they could have...
17:37
BJP MP Prathap Simha, on whose authorisation passes were issued to two persons who jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber on Wednesday in a major security breach, knew one of the accused as he hailed from his constituency Mysuru and he would come to Simha's office very often, sources said.Manoranjan...
17:28
Devraj, the father of Manoranjan, who caused a security breach inside the Lok Sabha today, says, This is wrong, nobody should do anything like that. If my son has done anything good, of course, I support him, but if he has done something wrong, I strongly condemn it. Let him be hanged if he has...
17:25
TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee said the home minister should resign as he failed to ensure the safety of Parliament. Amit Shah should resign immediately. There is no security planning. The gallery is right above us ... , he said. If Parliament security can be breached this way, how can the country...
17:12
Malook Nagar, the Bahujan Samaj Party's member of the Lok Sabha from Bijnor, helped to nab one of the two intruders who had leapt into the Lok Sabha from the visitor's gallery. In conversation with Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com, Nagar describes the incident as a complete security failure....
17:05
Neelam's brother
|The younger brother of one of the accused, Neelam, who was detained from outside the Parliament, says, We didn't even know that she went to Delhi. All we knew was that she was in Hisar for her studies. She had visited us the day before yesterday and returned yesterday. She is an M.Ed and...
16:34
The miscreants were carrying smoke cannisters
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that a thorough investigation is underway regarding the security lapse in the House. In order to address the concerns of all parties, Birla called for a meeting with MPs today. The Speaker has also banned the issuing of visitors' pass in Parliament after this...
16:23
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Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla leaves after meeting top police officials at the Parliament House.
16:14
The man was identified as Amol
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla lauds MPs, staff for pinning down the men who jumped into House chamber. He said he has ordered a high-level inquiry into the incident. From now on, security will be tightened as per suggestions from members, Birla said.Preliminary investigation details in the...
16:10
BJP leader Vishnu Deo Sai takes oath as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, in Raipur
15:56
The protesters at a police station
The Congress on Wednesday demanded answers from the government on the serious security breach in Lok Sabha, saying does the incident not prove that necessary precautions were not taken. Two persons jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour and released...
15:34
The van with the Parliament miscreants on the way to the police station
Parliament security breach: The affiliation of the protestors was not known immediately. However, US-based Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun had recently released a video threatening to attack Parliament on or before December 13. Speaker Om Birla also called a meeting of MPs from...
15:22
-- Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan and ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi indicted in the cipher case.-- Fire breaks out at eatery on premises of Lokmanya Tilak Terminus railway station in Mumbai.-- Lok Sabha adjourned till 4 pm, Speaker convenes all-party meet.
15:16
Delhi police commissioner Sanjay Arora reaches Parliament following the security breach incident. Delhi Police Special Cell DCP Rajiv Ranjan has also arrived at Parliament Street PS to investigate the security breach at Parliament. The miscreants were brought to Parliament Street PS.In the...
15:03
Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla
Security breach in Lok Sabha: Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla, who caught hold of the two men who jumped down the visitors' gallery into the House, narrates the incident. He says, ...He had something in his hand which was emitting yellow-coloured smoke. I snatched it away and threw it...
14:46
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said the security lapse in the House is being thoroughly probed and called a meeting of MPs from all parties later in the day to address their concerns over the matter. As the House met at 2 pm, amid concerns raised by various leaders, including...
14:30
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on the massive security breach in Parliament. He says Both the intruders have been nabbed and the materials with them have also been seized. The two people outside the Parliament have also been arrested by police. It is our collective responsibility to ensure...
14:19
Sobhana K Nair, a journalist from The Hindu, tweets, The pass for the intruders was reportedly signed by BJP MP from Mysore MP Pratap Simha.Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla says A thorough investigation of the incident that took place during zero hour, is being done. Essential instructions have also...
14:10
MPs surrounded the man (circled) who was reportedly carrying a tear gas cannister
Update: A man and a woman were detained on Wednesday for protesting outside the Parliament building carrying cans that emitted a yellowish smoke, police said. Identified as Neelam (42) and Amol Shinde (25), the two were detained in front of Transport Bhawan, police officials said, adding...
13:45
A man with tear gas was detained for jumping into the LS
Update: Two persons jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery, with Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury saying they were carrying tear gas canisters. The House was adjourned soon after. One person was seen leaping over the benches of the Lok Sabha while...
13:16
File pic
A visitor jumps into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitors' gallery in Parliament. The House has been adjourned. The visitor jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the gallery and was seen leaping over benches.In fact, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says two people jumped from the...
13:11
Author Aseem Chhabra's reminder of the massacre in Gaza and the death of civilians. Chhabra tweets on the killing of Professor Refaat Alareer, a translator and story teller. He was a fan of #AmarAkbarAnthony. Prof Refaat Alareer was killed on Dec 7 by an Israeli air strike. cc: @SrBachchan,...
12:46
Amid the India-Canada standoff, the Canadian Prime Minister on Monday claimed that he had made public allegations against India in the killing of Hardeep Nijjar as there was a need to put a 'chill on India' in light of what was being reported in India, Canada-based CTV news reported. Trudeau...
12:26
The Kerala governor confronts SFI supporters
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Wednesday continued his scathing attack on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his cabinet by alleging that they have absolutely no shame. The governor was referring to the alleged criticism against him from the Left government ministers over...
12:17
Shivraj Chouhan with Mohan Yadav
A few hours before the swearing-in ceremony of newly designated Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the new CM would take the state to new heights. It was an emotional moment for the former CM who leaves the post after serving four...
11:40
Mohan Yadav, BJP legislature party leader, sworn in as new chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. Ahead of his swearing-in-ceremony, Yadav said that the state would follow the footsteps just in the way Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the country. Madhya Pradesh will...
11:35
Andre Braugher. Reuters/Mike Segar
Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor who would master gritty drama for seven seasons on Homicide: Life on The Street and modern comedy for eight on Brooklyn 99, died Monday at 61. Braugher died after a brief illness, his publicist Jennifer Allen said. The Chicago-born actor...
11:21
TMC leader Mahua Moitra's plea challenging her expulsion from the Lok Sabha has been mentioned before Supreme Court for an urgent listing. The SC bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul says CJI Chandrachud will take a call on the listing of the plea. Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra...
10:47
India, voting in favour of a General Assembly resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, has said the challenge in this extraordinarily difficult time is to strike the right balance. The 193-member UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted the draft resolution at an...
10:30
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday asked the newly elected Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma not to interfere in the internal matters of Manipur.Citing Lalduhoma's comments, Singh said It is beyond the Constitution because it is an internal matter of the Manipur government. He does...
10:09
The employee put up 'provocative' posts on FB
Freedom of speech and expression cannot be allowed to go beyond the limits of reasonableness otherwise it could lead to disastrous consequences, the Bombay High Court has said. A single bench of Justice Milind Jadhav made the observation on Tuesday while upholding the termination of service...
10:01
Russia lost 87 per cent of the total number of active duty ground troops it had before launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, CNN reported quoting a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress. It reported...
09:47
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that Israel is losing global support due to its indiscriminate bombing in Gaza. He criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his coalition over their opposition to a two-state solution, The Times of Israel reported. During...
09:42
Chief Minister designates Mohan Yadav and Vishnu Deo Sai will take their oath as the new Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, respectively, on Wednesday.Mohan Yadav will take oath as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in Bhopal at 11.30 am while BJP MLA Vishnu Deo Sai will take oath...
08:49
Ravi Uppal, one of the two main owners of the Mahadev online betting app, has been detained in Dubai by the local police on the basis of a red notice issued by the Interpol at the behest of the Enforcement Directorate, official sources said Wednesday. Uppal, 43, was detained last week...
08:21
India voted in favour of a draft resolution in the UN General Assembly that demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict as well as the unconditional release of all hostages. The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted the draft resolution, introduced by Egypt, at...
00:20
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday skipped Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons for questioning in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged land scam as he attended a state government's outreach programme in Dumka, officials said. Soren, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader,...
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