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Devendra Fadnavis to be sworn in as Maharashtra CM on Dec 5

Mumbai, Dec 4 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis will be sworn in as the chief minister of Maharashtra on Thursday, sources said. His name was finalised in the BJP’s core committee meeting held here on Wednesday before its Maharashtra legislature party meet, they said. Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman, former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Fadnavis were present in the BJP’s core committee meet. The BJP has appointed Sitharaman and Rupani as central observers for its Maharashtra legislature party’s meeting. Ahead of the legislature party meet, BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar said the Mahayuti partners will meet Governor C P

INDIA bloc MPs hold protest in Parliament complex over Adani issue, demand JPC probe

New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) Leaders of several INDIA bloc parties protested on the Parliament premises on Wednesday over the Adani indictment issue and called for a joint parliamentary probe into the matter. MPs of the Congress, AAP, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT), DMK and the Left parties, among others, raised slogans in favour of their demand and held a banner reading “Modi-Adani are one” at Parliament’s Makar Dwar. The TMC kept away from the opposition protest. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was not part of the protest. He left for the violence-hit Sambhal district in Uttar

Massive traffic jam at Ghazipur border ahead of Rahul’s visit to Sambhal

New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) A massive traffic jam was witnessed on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway at the Ghazipur border as Congress workers gathered there defying heavy barricading ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh Police has put up barricades and started checking vehicles to prevent any untoward incident. “We have input about the gathering on the highway. We have deployed security personnel to prevent any untoward incident,” Assistant Commissioner of Police Swatantra Kumar Singh told PTI videos. With prohibitory orders in place in Sambhal, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi will be stopped at the

South Korean President Yoon is urged to resign or face impeachment over martial law

SEOUL, South Korea, December 4, 2024 (AP) — South Korea’s main opposition party on Wednesday urged President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or face impeachment, hours after Yoon ended short-lived martial law that prompted troops to encircle parliament before lawmakers voted to lift it. Yoon has publicly responded to the opposition’s demand. But his office said senior presidential advisers and secretaries for Yoon offered to resign collectively and the president also put off his official Wednesday morning schedule. In the capital, tourists and residents walked around, traffic and construction were heard, and other than crowds of police holding shields,

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