New Delhi, July 21 (UNI) The Congress on Sunday demanded a comprehensive discussion on issues like NEET paper leak, unemployment, inflation, farmers issues, UPSC controversies, worsening railway safety, and Agnipath Scheme among others on the eve of the Budget Session. According to Congress sources, deputy leader of the party in Lok Sabha, Gaurav Gogoi, during…
New Delhi, July 21 (UNI) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Sunday that it is the responsibility of both those in the government and in the opposition to run Parliament smoothly. Speaking to reporters, after an all-party meeting on the eve of the Budget Session, Rijiju said, “We had a very useful discussion. I…
New Delhi, July 21 (UNI) The Budget Session of Parliament is likely to be a stormy one as the Opposition parties raised the issues of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) paper leak, alleged misuse of central agencies like Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and filling up of the Deputy Speaker’s…
Kannur, July 21 (UNI) Two people were killed, and three others injured by a family residing at Pariyaram in a road accident after their car collided with another car at Nellunni near Mattanur in the wee hours of Sunday, police said. According to police, the deceased were identified as Navas (40), his son Yasin (7),…
Kolkata, July 21 (UNI) The Indian Railways has cancelled two trains between India and Bangladesh in view of the ongoing violent protests in the neighbouring country, official sources said here on Sunday. The Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express on Saturday and the Bandhan Express between Kolkata and Khulna on Sunday have been cancelled because of “unavoidable circumstances.”….
Paris, July 21 (UNI) International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said the stage is set for the Games as the Paris 2024 Organizing Committee reported to the IOC Executive Board its final stages of readiness on Saturday. “What we can see here, and I’m now myself. I have been here for more than a…
Paris, July 21 (UNI) More than 8.8 million tickets have been sold for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sports Director Kit McConnell said. “More than 8.8 million tickets sold, which is an incredible number for these games, the most ever for sport event in France,” McConnell told reporters on Saturday….
La Paz, July 21 (UNI) Sixteen people were killed and 14 others injured on Saturday in a road accident on an international highway connecting Bolivia with Chile, police said. A cargo truck returning to Bolivia from the country’s border with Chile crashed into a passenger bus heading for the Arica region of Chile, said Nilo…
Islamabad, July 21 (UNI) The poliovirus was detected in a child in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, taking the total number of reported polio cases in the South Asian country to nine, an official has said. Coordinator to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Regulations and Coordination Malik Mukhtar Ahmad Bharath said Saturday that wild…
Chengdu, July 21 (UNI) Rescuers have retrieved eight bodies, found and brought four to safety as of 8 p.m. Saturday, after rain-triggered flash floods in southwest China’s Sichuan Province left over 30 missing. The disaster occurred at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, which damaged over 40 houses and affected 1,254 residents in Xinhua village, Hanyuan County…
