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LS Ethics Committee report on charges against Mahua Moitra adopted by 6:4 majority

Mahua Moitra

New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): Six members of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee supported the report on the ‘cash-for-query’ charges against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, including Congress MP Preneet Kaur, while four members opposed it, panel chairman Vinod Sonkar said on Thursday. The meeting of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee which is investigating the cash-for-query allegations against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey was held on Thursday. He further said that the panel will submit a ‘detailed report’ to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday. “The recommendation report by the Parliament Ethics Committee

Supreme Court issues directions to High Courts for speedy disposal of criminal cases against MPs, MLAs

Supreme Court of India

New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a slew of directions for speedy disposal of criminal cases against Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly (MPs/MLAs) and asked High Courts to register a Suo Motu case for effective monitoring and speedy disposal of such cases. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala, and Manoj Misra said it was difficult for it to form a uniform guideline for trial courts across the country relating to speedy disposal of cases against MPs and MLAs. The top court left it to the

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in connection with Bengal school jobs scam

Kolkata, Nov 9 (PTI) Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate for questioning in connection with its probe into the alleged school jobs scam in West Bengal, officials said. Banerjee, the party’s national general secretary, reached the ED office here around 11.10 AM, they said. The Diamond Harbour MP was summoned by the central agency after Banerjee skipped its October 3 summons to participate in a protest rally in New Delhi, demanding the immediate release of dues under the MGNREGA scheme to the state. An elaborate security arrangement has been made outside the ED office

India vulnerable to recurring, overlapping food price shocks, RBI chief says

MUMBAI, Nov 9 (Reuters) – India is vulnerable to “recurring and overlapping” food price shocks despite the recent moderation in inflation, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Thursday. “In these circumstances, monetary policy remains watchful and actively disinflationary to progressively align inflation to the target, while supporting growth,” Shaktikanta Das said in a speech delivered in Japan. India’s retail inflation eased to a three-month low of 5.02% in September on the back of softer vegetable prices, but remained above the RBI’s 4% target. The central bank, which has kept the key policy rate unchanged over

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