Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Congress Failed In Role As Oppn For 10 Years, PM Modi Says
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MHA delegates powers to state/UT governments to designate the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) as ‘unlawful association’ under UAPA. Centre had recently renewed the ban on SIMI as ‘unlawful association’ under UAPA for five more years.
In Lok Sabha, PM Modi quotes from 2014 interim Budget says, "India was the 11th largest economy in 2014. Today, India is the 5th largest economy and yet they (Congress) are silent...They had even lost the ability to dream...It is Modi’s guarantee that in our third term, India will be the third largest economic power..."
"They (Opposition) failed to fulfill their responsibility as opposition...I have always said that the country needs a good opposition," PM Modi in Lok Sabha.
Congress failed in the opportunity to play an effective role in Opposition for 10 years, he remarked.
In reply to the President's address, PM Modi said, "I appreciate the Opposition's resolve to remain in the opposition for a long time...The way you sat here (in govt) for many decades, the same way you resolve to sit there (in opposition)...The public will certainly give you its blessings..."
Bihar Deputy CMs and BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary & Vijay Kumar Sinha call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates Zakir Hussain, Rakesh Chaurasia, Shankar Mahadevan, Selvaganesh V, and Ganesh Rajagopalan on phenomenal success at the Grammys.
Punjab: NCB officials conduct seizure drive at fugitive drug peddler Surinder Kalra's residence in Ludhiana.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa on Tuesday, where he will inaugurate ONGC Sea Survival Centre, inaugurate India Energy Week 2024. Later in the day, he will participate in the Viksit Bharat, Viksit Goa 2047 programme, a release from the Prime Minister's Office said on Monday.
AAP leader Manish Sisodia brought to the Rouse Avenue Court for hearing in the Delhi Excise Policy Case. Judicial custody of AAP leader Manish Sisodia extended till further hearing on February 22nd.
Mumbai Police has registered a case against the mob that gathered outside Ghatkopar Police Station when Gujarat ATS brought Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari to the police station. The case has been registered under various sections of IPC including 353, 332, 333, 341, 336, and relevant sections of the Maharashtra Police Act: Mumbai Police
Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives an Adjournment Motion notice in Lok Sabha demanding immediate appointment of 1.5 lakh youth selected for Army, Air Force and Navy between 2019 and 2022 and for the reinstatement of the Old Recruitment System.
Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal presents Budget in the State Assembly, says "Kerala is planning to bring some out-of-the-box programs for a giant move. We are expecting to attract Rs 3 lakh crore investment. We have also announced interim packages as well as long-term packages. Fast-growing sectors like Tourism, Vizhinjam Port, Kochi Port and Kochi Industrial Corridor will be prioritised."
Search and rescue operations continue after a car fell into the Sutlej River in Kinnaur on Sunday. There were three people in the car, one was rescued and admitted to the hospital. This morning the body of the driver, identified as Tenzin, a resident of Kaza, was also found. Search is underway for one missing person: Himachal Pradesh Police
Uttar Pradesh Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna with the budget tablet containing the Budget document. He will table the budget today in the state Assembly. He will present the UP Budget 2024-25 later today.
Before this, Khanna offered prayers at his residence in Lucknow. He will present the Budget for the state in UP Vidhan Sabha today.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh says, "...We are going to Ranchi & Rahul Gandhi will be addressing a Maha Sabha there...Nitish Kumar resigns on January 28. On January 28 itself, Nitish Kumar is sworn in for the post of Chief Minister. Hemant Soren resigns on 31 January but it takes 2 days to make Champai Soren the Chief Minister...BJP believes that poaching of MLAs will be easy in Jharkhand and we will break the INDIA alliance..."
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar inaugurates the control room of Bihar Rajya Aapda Prabandhan Pradhikaran in Patna.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in Lok Sabha on Monday. President Droupadi Murmu had addressed the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on January 31, the first day of the Budget Session.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur flags off the 'Aastha Special Train' to be operated from Andaura to Ayodhya Dham.
At least seven Manipur Police trainees, who were undergoing training at Lachit Borphukan Police Academy in Golaghat district of Assam, were injured when a clash broke out between cadets of two groups, a senior official said on Sunday.
The scuffle started when two trainees indulged in verbal abuse after one of them brought liquor from a local market into the academy in Dergaon around dinner time on Saturday night.
This escalated into a full-blown clash between the groups, injuring several of them.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is to lay in the Rajya Sabha today -Statements (in English and Hindi) of the estimated receipts and expenditure (2024-25) of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (with Legislature) and Statement under Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2006 (in English and Hindi). She will also show the Supplementary Demands for Grants, 2023-24 in the Rajya Sabha today.
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Jharkhand Trust Vote on Monday: JMM-Led Alliance Confident of Victory
Ranchi, 5th February 2023: The MLAs of Jharkhand's JMM-led alliance expressed confidence in winning the trust vote scheduled for Monday, following their return to Ranchi from Hyderabad on Sunday evening. The legislators, arriving in a chartered flight at Birsa Munda Airport, were subsequently transported to the Circuit House in the city in two buses.
Minister Alamgir Alam affirmed the unity among their MLAs, stating, "Our MLAs are united... We have the support of 48 to 50 legislators." Echoing this sentiment, JMM lawmaker Mithilesh Thakur asserted that the coalition would successfully navigate the trust vote. Thakur claimed, "Many BJP legislators are also in support of the alliance in the state."
However, Biranchi Narain, Chief Whip of the BJP, offered a contrary view, predicting the coalition's defeat in the upcoming vote of confidence. Narain alleged, "The MLAs in Hyderabad were kept under strict surveillance, which indicates that they were not confident of winning."
Chandigarh Mayoral Polls: AAP Councillor Moves SC for Urgent Hearing
The Supreme Court is set to hear on Monday the plea of an AAP councillor challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that denied interim relief to the party, seeking fresh mayoral polls in Chandigarh. Councillor Kuldeep Kumar, a mayoral candidate, moved the apex court after the BJP swept the mayoral polls, retaining all three posts.
Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, representing councillor Kuldeep Kumar, brought the case before the bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, seeking an urgent hearing on Friday.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had alleged tampering with ballot papers by the presiding officer and demanded fresh polls under the supervision of a retired judge. The high court, however, denied interim relief, leading to the AAP councillor's plea in the Supreme Court.
Odisha assembly budget session to commence today
The budget session of the Odisha assembly is set to kick off on Monday, featuring the inaugural address by Governor Raghubar Das, according to an official, news agency PTI reported. The session, scheduled to run until February 13, will see Finance Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha presenting the vote-on-account for the initial four months of the 2024-25 fiscal year on February 8. Subsequently, the appropriation bill for the vote-on-account is slated to be tabled on February 9.
To ensure the smooth conduct of the short-term session, Assembly Speaker Pramila Mallik convened an all-party meeting on Sunday.
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