Breaking Highlights, Top Alerts of December 27
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03:56 pm: French president spoke with Saudi King Salman on December 24 and urged a 'full lifting' of Yemen blockade (Reuters)
03:55 pm: The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2017 passed in the Lok Sabha (ANI)
03:54 pm: Govt to make statement on Kulbushan Jadhav issue tomorrow, says External Affair Minister Sushma Swaraj (PTI)
03:53 pm: Over 4.5 lakh Indians acquired foreign citizenship since 2014: Govt (PTI)
03:47 pm: Russia loses contact with Angola's satellite (AFP)
03:24 pm: Enforcement Directorate conducting raids at 3 showrooms of Adrija Jewellers in connection with Rose Valley Chit Fund scam in Kolkata (ANI)
02:58 pm: Naresh Agrawal writes to Rajya Sabha Chairman about Kulbhushan Jadhav, says, 'the ill-treatment meted out to Indian prisoners lodged in Pakistani jails is known to all. In spite of knowing this Indian govt has not taken stern steps, this is a very serious matter.' Click Here To Read
02:45 pm: Anant Kumar Hegde should either apologise in both Houses or PM should decide whether such people should continue as minister: Ghulam Nabi Azad on Hegde's 'secular' remark (PTI)
02:40 pm: Prosecutors in Seoul demand 12-year prison term for Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong (AP)
02:34 pm: Thank leader of the house for clarification on what has been issue of contention. I,on behalf of my party, say that we disassociate from any comments made by any member during elections that may have hurt PM's dignity,also we don't want any such thing to be said in future-GN Azad (ANI)
02:18 pm: PM in his speeches didn't question, nor meant to question the commitment to this nation of either former PM Manmohan Singh or Former VP Hamid Ansari, any such perception is erroneous, we hold these leaders in high esteem, as well as their commitment to India: Arun Jaitley in RS (ANI)
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01:55 pm: A Minister who doesn't believe in the constitution, should he be in the cabinet? It is the basic question. The Minister must come to the house and tender an apology to the house and the nation, if he doesn't he should be suspended from the cabinet: GN Azad, Cong on Ananth Kumar Hegde (ANI)
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01:37 pm: BJP President Amit Shah to meet party MLAs and MPs from Karnataka in Bengaluru on 31 December (ANI)
01:32 pm: Manner in which Kulbhushan Jadhav's family was treated is inhuman. MEA should hv ensured what kind of protocol is arranged for family.It's a diplomatic failure on the part of our MEA and country. EAM or PM should hv taken up the matter with their counterparts in Pak: V Moily, Congress (ANI)
01:24 pm: Andhra Pradesh Fibregrid aims to provide data connectivity at high speed across the state, it uses aerial route to deploy optical fibre, taking advantage of existing electricity poles. In this way it removes need to lay underground fibre which is both expensive and cumbersome: President Kovind (ANI)
01:16 pm: Japanese woman, confined by parents for years, found frozen to death: Police (Reuters)