Opposition parties' leaders on Wednesday held a meeting at the Parliament to chalk out the future course of action on several issues including the alleged Pegasus snooping controversy.
Terming it a security breach, the Delhi Police have launched an internal inquiry into Rahul Gandhi driving a tractor to Parliament.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) Monday issued a yellow alert for the rain-battered Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg till Wednesday.
Both the Houses of Parliament witnessed stormy scenes after the Opposition raised slogans and placards on the Pegasus snooping row and farmers’ issue on July 27, two days after the proceedings were disrupted on July 23. Both the Houses were repeatedly adjourned. Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day as protests by Opposition members continued.
The government has no plan to print currency notes to tide over the current economic crisis triggered by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Parliament on Monday.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued a weather warning for north Indian states forecasting heavy to very heavy rain till July 29.
Over the last three days, the Pune and Konkan divisions in Maharashtra have witnessed torrential rains that triggered landslides and floods in some areas. The toll from rain-related incidents in the state has risen. To rescue stranded, two teams of National Disaster Response Force were deployed while coast guard was also instructed for a helicopter to airlift people in need.
NDRF deployed 8 more teams in Maharashtra in the flood-affected areas. Now a total of 34 teams have been deployed for rescue and relief work at various places.
Jabalpur, Rewa, Satna, Anuppur, Umarai, Dindori, Katni, Narsinghpur, Mandla, Sagar, Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Vidisha and Sehore, Rajgarh, Betul, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Khargone, Dhar, Dewas, Agar Malwa, Ashok Nagar and Shivpuri, he said.
The weather department has predicted generally cloudy skies with light rain or drizzle on Sunday. It has issued an orange alert for July 26.
The India Meteorology Department (IMD) on Saturday said the rainfall intensity along the west coast is expected to decrease over the next 24 hours.
IMD department has issued an orange alert for July 26 and forecast a generally cloudy sky with moderate rain/thundershowers accompanied with gusty winds of the speed of 30-40 km/hr.
As heavy rains batter several parts of west and south India, the meteorological department on Friday said isolated extremely heavy falls are very likely over Konkan, Goa, and central Maharashtra in the next two days.
The water was flowing with a strong force, due to which the bus fell off the bridge and got stuck in water before being swept away by the strong currents.
Trinamool Congress MP Santanu Sen has been suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remaining period of the Monsoon Session of Parliament. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah said that he was deeply distressed by the course of events in House yesterday.
K C Venugopal on Thursday moved a privilege motion against Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar for “misleading” the parliament on deaths due to shortage of oxygen.
Normal life was thrown out of gear in several parts of Telangana as torrential rains battered the state, prompting the state government to initiate relief measures.
Farmers from Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh participated in a peaceful protest against three farm laws at Delhi's Jantar Mantar and held their Kisan Parliament simultaneously while the monsoon session was taking place in the Parliament.
Major rivers in Ratnagiri and Raigad districts in the Konkan region are flowing above the danger mark as a result of incessant rains while government machinery is in process of shifting affected people to safer places, authorities said.
In the Rajya Sabha, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was forced to cut short his statement on the row by the uproar among opposition members. As soon as Mr Vaishnaw rose to speak on Pegasus, Trinamool MP Shantanu Sen snatched his papers, tore, and flung them at Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh. This forced the minister to lay the paper on the table instead.
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