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Opposition parties hone strategy against Centre in morning meet

New Delhi, Dec 4 (PTI) With the beginning of the winter session of Parliament, several opposition parties met here on Monday to forge a strategy to corner the Narendra Modi-led central government on issues of public interest. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge after the meeting said that they will continue to remain a responsible opposition. “As the Winter Session of the Parliament begins today, the leaders of like-minded political parties deliberated upon the various pressing issues facing the nation,” Kharge said in a post on X. As the Winter Session of the Parliament begins today, the leaders of like-minded political parties

Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group to meet today to chalk out strategy for Parliament Winter Session

New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): The Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group meeting will be held on Monday evening to chalk out the strategy for the winter session of Parliament. The meeting is scheduled to be held at Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s residence at 5 p.m. Meanwhile, in the all-party meeting of the INDIA bloc, the leaders of the opposition parties decided to raise the issue related to the alleged leak of the ethics committee report to the media before it was tabled in parliament, sources said. The all-party meeting of the parliamentary party leaders of the INDIA bloc

28,522 murder cases registered in India in 2022, 78 every day: NCRB

New Delhi (PTI): A total of 28,522 FIRs of murder were registered in 2022 an average of 78 killings every day or more than three every hour across India, down from 29,272 in 2021 and 29,193 in 2020, according to the latest NCRB data. ‘Disputes’ with 9,962 cases was the motive in highest number of murder cases in 2022 followed by ‘personal vendetta or enmity’ in 3,761 cases and ‘gain’ in 1,884 cases, said the data in the annual crime report of the National Crime Records Bureau, which functions under Union Ministry of Home Affairs. The rate of murder per

Southern India shuts schools, offices, evacuates thousands as Cyclone Michaung nears

CHENNAI/HYDERABAD, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Authorities in southern India on Monday closed schools and offices, halted flights and evacuated coastal areas ahead of a severe cyclonic storm expected to make landfall in the next 24 hours, causing torrential rains. Cyclone Michaung is expected to land on the coast of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday morning, the country’s weather office said, with sustained winds of 90-100 kph (56-62 mph), gusting to 110 kph. Authorities in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Tamil Nadu were on high alert for damage, officials in both states said, with warnings issued for fishermen

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