Manipur in the 1990s was badly affected by the drug menace, and the rate of HIV-positive cases was then one of the highest in the country, said Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh at an event organised on the occasion of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illegal Trafficking.
"As we enter the 50th year of the Emergency, this 18th Lok Sabha reiterates its commitment to uphold, protect and preserve the Constitution built by Baba Saheb Ambedkar," Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said hours after assuming the chair in the Lower House.
The introduction ceremony, a customary practice, allowed MPs and the public to acquaint themselves with the ministers who will oversee various governmental departments.
The Delhi High Court stayed the trial court order granting Delhi Chief Minister bail in the money laundering case arising from the alleged excise scam
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.
In a moment of unity, PM Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi shook hands at Parliament today, welcoming Om Birla as the new Lok Sabha Speaker, underscoring bipartisan support. Rahul Gandhi, set to be Leader of the Opposition, continues a family legacy.
In a symbolic gesture of parliamentary unity, LoP Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi shook hands at the Parliament House while welcoming Om Birla after he was re-elected as the Lok Sabha Speaker.
The House elected Birla with a voice vote after opposition parties fielded Congress member K Suresh as its choice for the post.
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.
Om Birla, the Lok Sabha speaker of 17th Lok Sabha, was again picked by the ruling BJP-led NDA for the Lok Sabha Speaker election, while I.N.D.I.A bloc fielded Congress MP K Suresh.
The Lok Sabha will witness a rare election for the post of Speaker, as the Opposition, revitalised, contests the NDA nominee. The government, holding a slight advantage, is mobilizing to secure enough votes for a confident victory.
Lok Sabha Speaker election: The election on June 26 will see Suresh, the longest-serving parliamentarian in the 18th Lok Sabha, contest against Om Birla. This marks only the third Speaker election in Parliament's history to be decided by voting.
Lok Sabha Session: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath today congratulated Om Birla for becoming Lok Sabha Speaker for the second consecutive time and said the house would achieve new heights under his leadership. Birla was the three-time MP from Kota in Rajasthan and NDA nominee.
The upcoming rally for the Central Districts of Assam i.e., Sonitpur, Biswanath, Nagaon and Morigaon will be held at the Missamari Military Station, starting from July 23 to 27, 2024.
Victim Prabhakar, who was also known as Vikas Bagga, was the president of the VHP's Nangal unit. He was shot dead by two unidentified motorcycle-borne men.
YSRCP is likely to support the NDA candidate for the Lok Sabha Speaker in the election on Wednesday, sources said, adding that no MP of the party is in touch with the Opposition.
BJP's Om Birla will take on Congress leader K Suresh for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker in the first election since 1976 on Wednesday. Since Independence, the lower House of the Parliament has witnessed three elections for the Speaker in 1952, 1967 and 1976.
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini's announcements came months ahead of the Assembly elections in the state. The new pension rates will come into effect from July 1.
The Congress, being the single largest opposition party, gets the post of opposition leader after a gap of 10 years. It had failed to get the 10 per cent members required in the Lok Sabha to secure the post in the last two elections.
Two motorcycle-borne cadres of the proscribed outfit had lobbed grenades at the military station in Lichubari in Jorhat district on December 14 last year as part of a bigger conspiracy to target army establishments across the north-eastern state.
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