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Rahul Gandhi to visit Sambhal on Wednesday

Lucknow, Dec 3 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Sambhal on Wednesday along with the five other party MPs from Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai said Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may also visit the Sambhal, where four people were killed on November 24. Tension had been brewing in Sambhal since November 19, when a Mughal-era mosque was surveyed on court orders following claims that a Harihar temple previously stood at the site. Violence erupted during a second survey on November 24 as protesters gathered near Shahi Jama Masjid and clashed with security personnel.

Maharashtra CM Shinde taken to hospital for check-up

Eknath Shinde

Thane, Dec 3 (PTI) Caretaker Chief Minister of Maharashtra Eknath Shinde was taken to a private hospital in the city on Tuesday morning for a “routine check-up”, a close aide said. “I am fine, do not worry,” Shinde told reporters as he was driven to Jupiter Hospital. Shiv Sena leader Uday Samant said it was a “routine check-up”, and Shinde would return to his official residence `Varsha’ in Mumbai afterwards. “He has had throat infection, weakness and fever. He would be undergoing a blood test,” Samant added. Shinde, whose party is a constituent of the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition, has been

If adjournments continue, House will be convened on Sunday as well: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday warned the members that if the business of the House is disrupted further due to adjournments, then he will have to convene the proceedings over the weekends to make up for the loss of time. The government and opposition parties reached an agreement on Monday to break a week-long impasse in Parliament with the dates announced for a discussion on the Constitution, to mark its 75th year of adoption, in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The Lower House will take up the discussion on the Constitution

Sambhal violence: Opposition stages walkout in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) Almost the entire opposition in the Lok Sabha, including Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday staged a brief walkout from the House over the recent violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal. As soon as the House assembled to take up the Question Hour, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav rose from his seat and raised the issue, seeking Speaker Om Birla’s permission to speak on the subject. “This is a very serious matter. Five people have lost their lives,” Yadav was heard saying. As the Speaker said members could raise the issue in the

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