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Lok Sabha adjourned till Friday amid opposition uproar over Sambhal violence, Adani bribery case

New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Thursday amid opposition protests over the violence in Sambhal and the Adani bribery case. Opposition members were in the Well of the House raising slogans demanding action against the perpetrators of the violence in Sambhal during a survey being carried out in a mosque. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju flayed the protests saying, “I condemn the attempts by the Congress and its allies in disrupting the House proceedings.” He said the opposition members were protesting despite the government agreeing to their demands for extension of the

Priyanka Gandhi takes oath as Lok Sabha MP after big win from Wayanad

New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took oath as a Lok Sabha MP on Thursday following her thumping victory from Kerala’s Wayanad in a bypoll. The 52-year-old, who joins her mother Sonia and brother Rahul as an MP in what is a rare instance of three members of a family together in Parliament, took affirmation in Hindi while holding a copy of the Constitution soon after the House met. Ravindra Chavan (Cong), who won the Nanded bypoll also took oath in Marathi in the name of God. The bypoll was necessitated following the demise of his

Where are we taking the country: Kapil Sibal after ‘Shiva temple in dargah claim’

New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) A day after a court in Ajmer issued notices in a civil suit claiming that there is a Shiva temple in the dargah of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Thursday termed the development as “worrisome” and wondered where the country was being taken for political dividends. A local court in Ajmer on Wednesday directed that notice be issued to three parties in a civil suit which claims there is a Shiva temple in the dargah, the plaintiff’s advocate said. In a post on X, Sibal said, “Worrisome. The latest claim:

Ethnic strife frustrates peace efforts in Manipur

BOROBEKRA, India, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Gunmen seized six hostages this month while exchanging fire with troops in Manipur after a rocket-propelled grenade reduced vehicles and homes to charred hulks in the hilly district of Jiribam. Ethnic clashes over land and quotas in education and government jobs have killed at least 258 people and displaced more than 60,000 since last year in the biggest law-and-order failure for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, which rules the state. Retaliatory fire by troops killed at least 10 gunmen in the Nov. 11 attack, which authorities blamed on the Hmar group among the ethnic

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