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Mumbai Police says RTI activist Gulam Qazi has been arrested for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on social media, reports ANI.
Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi visited Rajouri Sector to review operational preparedness. He appreciated the troops for maintaining the highest levels of preparedness, says Northern Command, Indian Army in a statement, reports ANI.
Four people were reported dead while eight injured as van overturns in Jharkhand's Khunti district, say police, reports PTI.
Two earthquakes tremors with magnitudes of 3.5 and 3.3 on the Richter Scale hit Palghar in Maharashtra at 5:15 pm and 5:28 pm respectively, says National Centre for Seismology, reports ANI.
"NITI Aayog meeting was really good...I want to thank PM Modi. The way he wants to move forward with team India, a glimpse of that was visible there..." says Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha.
The Aam Aadmi Party dissolves its Goa organisation with immediate effect except for the post of state president, reports ANI. The new organisational structure will be announced soon.
Thiruvaduthurai Atheenam seer arrives in Delhi ahead of the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building tomorrow, May 28.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur takes jibe on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, says, "Some people have been banned from coming to the Parliament. Once they used to find excuses for not running the house, today they are boycotting (inauguration ceremony of new Parliament building)."
Delhi Police has filed a status report in connection with wrestlers' protest against the WFI president. The copies of the status report have been supplied to the complainants. The statements of the victims have been recorded under section 164.
The matter will now be heard on June 27.
Two people died in a road accident when their car fell down a gorge in Garhwal's Gajja Tehsil in Uttarakhand. Police and SDRF have reached the spot, said District Disaster Officer Brijesh Bhatt.
Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar slams opposition parties boycotting the new Parliament building inauguration.
He said, "...This is petty politics to the worst level, it is the falling of politics even beyond what I would call petty politics. It is desperation, frustration in the absence of anything else that they have to say..."
Delhi CM and AAP national convenor meets Telangana CM and BRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao in Hyderabad.
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says that the blast in Egra could have been averted if 'intelligence had functioned'. She said, "I would like to apologise for the blast at an illegal fireworks factory."
One female Naxalite was injured in an encounter near Urpanjhur, PS Pratapur, District Kanker in Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh Police said that one BSF jawan sustained a minor injury during the exchange of fire. Forces are searching the area and trying to evacuate the injured Maoist. The condition of the injured BSF jawan is normal and out of danger. Further details awaited.
Democratic Progressive Azad Party chief Ghulam Nabi Azad said the opposition should praise the Centre that the new complex was built in record time.
"I would surely attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building if I was in Delhi. The opposition should praise the government to build the new Parliament in record time, whereas they are criticising the govt. I am strictly against the opposition boycotting this," he said.
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said, "Kerala is a peaceful place compared to other states in our country. A peaceful atmosphere prevails here. Communal disturbances and loss of life are happening in many places. Nothing like that happens in Kerala. Our country is a breeding ground of secularism."
A staff of about 70 policemen of Delhi Police have been deployed around the new Parliament building for the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building. ACP rank officers are monitoring through CCTV. Security will be deployed around the new Parliament building for 24 hours, reported ANI citing Delhi Police sources.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on new Parliament building inauguration.
He said, "What was the need for a new Parliament? The earlier building was a historic one. I have repeatedly said that the people in power will change the history of this country. There was no sense to attend the NITI Aayog meeting today and also the inauguration of the new Parliament building tomorrow."
National Investigation Agency has been conducting raids at 13 locations in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh since this morning in its ongoing probe into a terror conspiracy case
Congress leader Rudrappa Lamani's supporters stage a protest demanding ministerial post for the leader. Rudrappa Manappa Lamani won the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections from Haveri constituency.
"Our banjara community leader Rudrappa Lamani's name was there on the list till last night, but today we saw that his name was not there on the list. If our leader will not get the Ministerial post, we will protest against this because we gave our 75 % vote to Congress in the election, so there should be at least one leader from our community," says one of the supporters of Congress Leader Rudrappa Lamani.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will visit Nigeria between May 28-30 to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the President-elect of the West African nation Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Rajnath Singh will attend the swearing-in ceremony at Eagle Square in Abuja on 29th May. He will also meet the outgoing Nigerian President Mr Muhammadu Buhari during a reception hosted by him on 28th May.
A total of six flights were diverted to Jaipur this morning due to bad weather. All flights were coming to Delhi from different cities: Airport official
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde has said that 'Ek Modi Sab Par Bhari (One Modi is heavy on everyone)' and that is why some parties are uniting to oppose the inauguration of the new Parliament building complex.
He said it is a matter of proud, adding "some people always try to create hurdles in whatever Modiji does".
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma leave their respective residences to attend the eighth governing council meeting of Niti Aayog chaired by PM Narendra Modi.
Army chief General Manoj Pande will be visiting Manipur today to review the security situation in view of the recent violence there. He would be briefed by the Eastern Command officials on the measures taken to bring the situation under control: Indian Army officials
Congress leader Madhu Bangarappa to take oath as Karnataka Minister.
Before the ceremony, he said, "I am very happy that the people of Karnataka have given a clear verdict in favour of Congress. We are going to deliver what he had promised."
21 Adheenams leave for Delhi from Chennai airport to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the new parliament building.
"Congress high command will take a decision on whether they will meet Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal or not. When all opposition parties were together, he kept praising BJP, Arvind Kejriwal should realise his mistake," Delhi Congress President Anil Chaudhary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to former PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary.
Flight operations at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport were affected on Saturday due to heavy rain and inclement weather. The airport authorities have advised the people to contact the airlines for getting updated flight information.
BJP National Vice President Dilip Ghosh slams Congress on inauguration of Parliament building row.
He said, "Congress has never given respect to the President. Indira Gandhi inaugurated the Annexe Building, Rajiv Gandhi laid the foundation stone of the Library Building, in which of his programs did they invite the President? They had boycotted the President's budget speech, so why are they talking about the President today?"
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, party leaders Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal and others pay floral tribute to India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary, at his memorial Shanti Van in Delhi.
Tamil Nadu: The Adheenam has spoken in the true spirit of what exactly happened in 1947. Congress has to clarify why Sengol was marked as a walking stick in the museum. They must apologise to the Tamil Nadu people for disrespecting the Sanatana Dharma rather than getting into why Lord Mountbatten's picture was not there. This is taking politics to a stupid level says Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai on Sengol row (ANI)
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Karnataka Cabinet Expansion Today:
A week after taking power in Karnataka, the Congress released a list of 24 legislators who will be sworn in as ministers on May 26 to fill all vacant ministerial positions. According to Congress leaders, the cabinet expansion will take place on Saturday noon with their swearing-in ceremony.
Karnataka's government can have up to 34 ministers. While ten of them were sworn in on March 20, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar, the rest will be inducted on Saturday.
On Saturday, senior MLA H K Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, Dr H C Mahadevappa, Congress working president Eshwar Khandre, and former Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao will take the oath.
Bengal CM Mamata Likely To Visit Blast-Affected Village On Saturday:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to visit Khadikul village in Purba Medinipur district on Saturday to meet with family members of those killed in an explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit, as well as assess the situation, news agency PTI reported citing a senior police officer.
Following her visit, the Trinamool Congress supremo will participate in the party's mass outreach programme 'Trinamool-e naba-jowar' (new wave in Trinamool) at Salboni in Paschim Medinipur district, where party MP Abhishek Banerjee will also be present, he added.
Delhi CM Kejriwal To Meet Telangana CM Today:
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will meet with his Telangana counterpart K Chandrashekar Rao in Hyderabad on Saturday to seek the Bharat Rashtra Samithi's support in opposing the Centre's ordinance on service control in the national capital.
Kejriwal, who is also the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party, has been reaching out to leaders of non-BJP parties to rally their support against the ordinance so that the Centre's attempt to replace it with a bill is defeated in Parliament.
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