Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: SC To Hear Plea Seeking Inauguration Of New Parliament Building By President Murmu Tomorrow
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Supreme Court to hear tomorrow a PIL seeking a direction that the new Parliament building should be inaugurated by the President of India Droupadi Murmu on May 28.
Former DGP of Karnataka Praveen Sood formally took over as Director of Central Bureau of Investigation.
Indian Navy achieves another historic milestone by undertaking the maiden night landing of MiG-29K on INS Vikrant. This is indicative of the Navy’s impetus towards aatmanirbharta: Indian Navy
AAP leader Satyendar Jain admitted to the ICU of LNJP Hospital in Delhi after he was referred here from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. Jain is on oxygen support. - (Senior Correspondent Deepak Rawat)
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at two locations in Uttar Pradesh in the Bhopal terror funding case involving the proscribed organization, JMB (Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, Bangladesh), ANI reported.
The raids were aimed at exposing further links and conspiracies of the 10 already arrested accused and charge-sheeted in the case by NIA Court, Bhopal. Six of the arrested accused are Bangladeshi nationals and are active JMB cadres. They had entered India illegally, without any valid documents, and had acquired false/ forged Indian identity documents with the help of their sympathizers in India, the NIA stated.
Delhi's Rohini Court awards life sentence to Ravinder Kumar, ANI reported. He was convicted of kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of a 6-year-old girl. He was allegedly involved in the kidnapping and murder of 30 children between 2008 to 2015. Trials of only three cases were conducted.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives in Guwahati, Assam. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and other leaders welcome him.
PIL filed in Supreme Court seeking a direction that the new Parliament building should be inaugurated by the President of India, ANI reported.
Petitioner says Lok Sabha Secretariat violated the Constitution by not inviting the President for the inauguration, Live Law India reported.
"Great to welcome Ambassador Eric Garcetti of the United States. Discussed the enormous progress in our relationship, especially over the last decade. Exchanged views on the recent Quad Summit. Confident that India-US ties will continue to grow from strength to strength," Dr S Jaishankar tweeted.
Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin writes to Home Minister Amit Shah requesting his "urgent intervention to direct Amul to desist from milk procurement from the milk shed area of Aavin in Tamil Nadu with immediate effect."
A 45-year-old man, Chandra Mohan arrested for stabbing to death, a 55-year-old woman, Yarram Anuradha Reddy and chopping her body into six pieces, in Hyderabad, ANI reported.
FIR registered against former Karnataka Minister and BJP MLA CN Ashwath Narayan at Devaraja Police Station in Mysuru for his alleged statement in which he said beat Siddaramaiah like Tipu Sultan. Karnataka Congress leaders are also demanding the arrest of Ashwath Narayan, ANI reported.
Massive fire breaks out at a furniture warehouse in Bhawani Peth area of Pune City at around 4 am today. A total of 18 fire tenders present at the spot and operation to douse the fire is underway. No casualties were reported in the incident, ANI reported.
PM Narendra Modi greeted BJP workers and supporters gathered outside Delhi's Palam airport to welcome him.
"The people here asked me why I gave the vaccines to the world. I want to say that this is the land of Buddha, Gandhi. We care even for our enemies... Today the world wants to know what India is thinking": PM Modi said, as per ANI.
Background
Breaking News HIGHLIGHTS: Hello and welcome to ABP Live Breaking News Live blog, follow this space for all the latest news and updates from India and around the world. The National Democratic Alliance on Wednesday came down heavily on the Opposition parties that have decided to boycott the inaugural event of the new Parliament building on May 28. In a statment issued Wednesday, the alliance said, "This recent boycott is just another feather in their cap of disregard for democratic processes."
"Such flagrant disrespect towards this institution betrays not only intellectual bankruptcy but a disturbing contempt for the very essence of democracy. Regrettably, this is not the first instance of such disdain," it added.
Meanwhile Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal said that it will attend the programme. The announcement came just days after party chief Naveen Patnaik rejected the possibility of an Opposition front to take on the BJP and said his BJD would go solo in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
Delhi CM Kejriwal To Meet NCP Chief Sharad Pawar Today
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar today amid the ongoing tussle between the Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi government and the Central government over the Centre's ordinance giving back the power of transfer posting of officers to the Delhi Lieutenant Governor.
After meeting Nitish Kumar, Mamata Banejree, and Uddhav Thackeray, all of whom have assured their support to the AAP national convenor, Kejriwal will now meet Pawar to seek his support against the ordinance to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha by the Bharatiya Janata Party led Centre. The
PM Modi To Inaugurate Delhi-Dehradun Vande Bharat Express
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate the Delhi-Dehradun Vande Bharat Express train virtually. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced the news via Twitter.
With the start-up of this train, Uttarakhand will have its first semi-high-speed train unit. Meanwhile, the locomotive will be added to the list of Vande Bharat trains that run from Delhi to cities such as Jaipur, Bhopal, and others.
The unit on this route, like all Vande Bharat Trains, will significantly reduce travel time between the two cities. The fastest train on this route currently takes about 6 hours, whereas the semi-high speed train will take about 5 hours.
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