Om Birla contested against Kodikunnil Suresh of the Congress for the Lok Sabha Speaker's post after efforts to reach a consensus between the government and the opposition failed.
With the NDA having 293 MPs in its kitty and the INDIA bloc 233, numbers clearly favour Birla in Lok Sabha, which currently has 542 members after Rahul Gandhi resigned from one of the two seats he was elected from.
Notably, the helicopter service is currently available only between Katra and Sanjhi Chhat, with a one-way fare of Rs 2100 per person.
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi won the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency for the fifth consecutive time, defeating his nearest rival K Madhavi Latha of BJP by a margin of over 3.38 lakh votes.
Interestingly, the convention that the Speaker post is given to the rulling party and the Opposition gets to choose the candidate for the deputy Opposition post is not followed in INDIA bloc-ruled state.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which enjoys a clear majority in the Lok Sabha, gave little indication about its choice as it weighs its options and looks to deny the opposition any opportunity to mount a political attack.
This year, the Amarnath Yatra is beginning from on June 29 and will conclude on August 19.
The exhibition features innovative projects like Solar Vehicle, Green Hydrogen generators, Solar Irrigation systems and Solar Automatic street light control systems. All these will contribute to Sustainable Development Goals SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy).
The CBI has registered an FIR under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 406 (breach of trust) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) in the NEET exam paper leak case. Till now the investigation has stretched from Bihar to Delhi to Maharashtra and now Jharkhand.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of attacking the Constitution, and said it was not acceptable to them.
Ahead of his oath, the PM urged the Opposition to participate in constructive debate. He said that India needs responsible opposition and that people want substance not slogans, they want to debate, and diligence not disturbance in Parliament.
PM Modi on Parliament Session: The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha began today when members are scheduled to take oath and then choose the Speaker on June 26.
People arrested from Maharashtra are from Solapur, Katpur and Latur districts.
Bullet Train construction update: Of 21 km of tunnel in the bullet train project, 16 km will be excavated using tunnel boring machines (TBMs), while NATM will be used for the remaining 5 km.
According to locals the bridge was built way back in 1991 with contributions from the then Maharajganj MLA Uma Shankar Singh.
Till now four persons linked to the sale of poisonous arrack have been arrested.
The annual Shri Amarnath Yatra will start on June 29, simultaneously from both the routes — the Pahalgam track in Anantnag district and Baltal in Ganderbal district.
According to a YSRCP statement, the demolition of under-construction central office commenced around 5.30 am on Saturday.
According to sources, the CBI has received information that there was a possibility of leakage of UGC NET exam on June 16.
Earlier, security personnel had picked up three persons, including a couple, for questioning in connection with the movement of terrorists involved in the recent attacks in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district.
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