Breaking LIVE: Oppn, Rahul Gandhi Can't Accept That People Voted For PM Modi, Says Anurag Thakur
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The day before yesterday, some MPs climbed on top of the tables (in Parliament). They were feeling proud of themselves. They thought they've done something great. They tweeted after shooting its video. Video shooting is not allowed: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi
"People wait for their issues to be raised in Parliament. Whereas anarchy remained the Opposition's agenda. They didn't care about people, taxpayers' money. What happened was condemnable. Instead of shedding crocodile tears, they must apologise to the nation",Union Min Anurag Thakur
Anurag Thakur along with 6 other Union Ministers addressed the press conference on chaos in the Parliament Session and said that the opposition is just lying and trying to manipulate people with their fake tears, He said that they did not allow the House to run smoothly which is a great loss to the people of the country and they should apologize to the country.
After opposition parties staged a protest march against the Centre for 'abruptly ending the Parliament session' and alleged that the government was not ready to listen to the voice of the opposition, 7 Union Ministers- Piyush Goyal, Dharmendra Pradhan, Anurag Thakur, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Veer Muralidharan, Pralhad Joshi and Bhupendra Yadav will address the media.
PM Modi participated in 'Atmanirbhar Narishakti se Samvad' and interacted with women SHG members. He hailed the independent women of the country and said that the country's development is in the hands of women. He also allocated Rs 1625 crore for the welfare of these women
The Taliban have taken the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni just 150 kilometres (95 miles) from Kabul, a senior lawmaker and the insurgents said Thursday.
The city -- the 10th provincial capital to fall to the insurgents in a week -- lies along the major Kabul-Kandahar highway, effectively serving as a gateway between the capital and militant strongholds in the south.
"The Taliban took control of the key areas of the city -- the governor's office, the police headquarters and the prison," Nasir Ahmad Faqiri, head of the provincial council, told AFP.
He added that fighting continued in parts of the city but that the provincial capital was largely in the insurgents' hands.
The Taliban also confirmed capturing the city, according to a statement posted by the insurgency's spokesman on social media.
Rahul Gandhi accused the Prime Minister of helping industrialists and using Pegasus software to spy on opposition and journalists. Rahul Gandhi said, "PM Modi is using Pegasus to sell the country'.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut also participated in the protest march along with Rahul Gandhi and said, "The opposition didn't get a chance to present their views in Parliament. Yesterday's incident against women MPs was against democracy. It felt like we were standing at the Pakistan border."
The Parliament session is over and the democracy has been murdered. The voice of 60% of the country has been suppressed and humiliated, we asked the govt to debate Pegasus but they refused, we asked the govt to raise the farmers' issues and surge in Petrol prices but we were not allowed to speak so we have come among the people as we were not allowed represent to the voice of the country, said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the protest march from Parliament to Vijay Chowk.
A huge number of opposition leaders including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor are marching in a protest from Parliament House to Vijay Chowk. The leaders are protesting against the Centre for not allowing debates on serious issues during the Monsoon Session.
The opposition had demanded discussion from the Centre on the Pegasus snoopgate issue but the Centre had refused.
Two criminals were killed in a police encounter in Delhi's Khajuri Khas area; 2 police personnel were also injured in the incident. Two automatic pistols, four magazines, and 15 live cartridges were recovered from the two criminals killed in the police encounter early morning today
Kinnaur landslide incident | 13 bodies recovered, 14 persons rescued safely and sent to CHC-Bhawanagar for medical treatment so far. NH-5 is through for vehicular activities but traffic movement has not been started yet: HP-State Emergency Operation Centre
An Mi-8 helicopter with 16 people on board crashed in Russia's Far East region of Kamchatka early on Thursday, the emergency service said, and news agencies reported nine had been found alive and seven were missing.
The helicopter operated by Vityaz-Aero company with 13 passengers and three crew hard-landed near a lake on the south of Kamchatka peninsula, the local emergency service said.
The helicopter was carrying tourists from Moscow and St Petersburg
Background
Breaking News, August 12, 2021, LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in ‘Atmanirbhar Narishakti se Samvad’ and interact with women Self Help Group (SHG) members/community resource persons promoted under the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) today at 12.30 PM via video conferencing.
As per the press release from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), during the event today, a compendium of success stories of women SHG members from all across the country, along with a handbook on universalisation of farm livelihoods will also be released by PM Modi.
Thirteen people have died and around 30 are missing after a landslide in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur on Wednesday afternoon left several vehicles buried under debris.
A state-run bus, a truck and a few cars were trapped after the landslide blocked the Reckong Peo-Shimla highway. The bus, travelling to Shimla, reportedly had 40 people on board.
On Thursday, India's first Geo-Imaging Satellite (GISAT-1) renamed EOS-03 failed to launch as planned.
The Indian rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F10) experienced difficulties with its cryogenic engine, the third and last engine, around seven minutes after launch at 5.43 a.m.
The rocket was unable to communicate with the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) ground station in Sriharikota.
The mission's failure is announced. “A technical issue was discovered in the cryogenic stage, and the mission could not be completed,” stated K.Sivan, Chairman of Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation.
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