Congress President Election: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, publicly asserted that one has to stick with the ‘One Leader One Post’ resolution that triggered huge political drama in the party which ended with the withdrawal of Gehlot's ambition to be party president
Pegasus Row: The apex court said the technical panel appointed by it to probe the unauthorized use of Pegasus has found some malware in five of the 29 mobile phones examined, but could not conclude whether it was due to the Israeli spyware.
Outgoing Vice President Venkaiah Naidu underlined the need for patience in political life and said those seeking a change of guard should go back to the people to achieve it.
M Venkaiah Naidu might have been the first Chairman who knew how to make the House more capable & take out its best for the country, to make the Parliamentary committee more productive and outcome-oriented, with an aim to improve it. We should make his advice memorable, PM Modi said at the ceremony.
Venkaiah Naidu farewell: Modi said Naidu was of the opinion that disruptions of proceedings beyond a point were contempt of the House.
Nirmala Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha: The finance minister said that the government has adopted a targeted approach based on ground-level inputs to tackle retail inflation which is ruling at around 7 per cent.
Replying to supplementaries, Sitharaman said interventions that are happening from the RBI side are more for containing volatility that is happening between the Indian rupee and the US dollar and so on.
In the morning, TMC MP Mausam Noor who brought tea for the MPs said that the Opposition MPs will not apologise and the protest will continue.
Rajya Sabha Oppn MPs suspension: In a Facebook post in Hindi, Gandhi said he is putting out the 10 questions that had to be asked of the "king".
Monsoon Session: TMC MPs Sushmita Dev, Dr Santanu Sen and Dola Sen among other Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for remaining part of the week for "misconduct" by entering well of the House and sloganeering.
Issues, such as the recently issued list of unparliamentary words, may also come up for discussion in the meeting.
Joshi said that Laxmikant Bajpai is appointed as BJP chief whip in Rajya Sabha. Bajpai has served as a member of the Uttar Pradesh assembly for four terms.
The list of expressions also includes any aspersions made against the Chair in both the houses in either English or Hindi, which shall be considered as unparliamentary and are expunged from the records of Parliament.
Congratulating the philanthropist, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on Twitter, "Veerendra Heggade is at the forefront of outstanding community service."
Incidentally, all the four members -- PT Usha, Ilaiyaraaja, Veerendra Heggade, and Vijayendra Prasad Garu -- nominated to the Rajya Sabha are from southern states.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, a senior BJP leader, is also the Deputy Leader of Rajya Sabha. His term as MP in the Upper House is set to end on Thursday.
Out of 6 seats in Maharashtra, BJP won 3 seats. Shiv Sena, Congress, and NCP won one seat each. Shiv Sena's Sanjay Pawar lost the election.
Bombay HC said it didn't wish to set a wrong precedent by entertaining Nawab Malik's plea and permitted his counsel to amend the plea to seek appropriate relief.
The Election Commission has appointed special observers and ordered videography of the entire exercise.
By alleging that only Muslims are being targeted by police, the Qazi is himself becoming prosecutor and judge. The violence that took place in Kanpur on June 3 was not an isolated incident. The President and Prime Minister were in the city, and a conspiracy was hatched to foment violence.
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