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Bill on 'tainted' PM, CMs and ministers sent to JPC amid din

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August 22, 2025

Amid loud protests in the Rajya Sabha, the House on Thursday approved a motion to send three important bills to a Joint Committee for detailed scrutiny.

- RAJESH KUMAR THAKUR @ New Delhi

Key among them is the one that proposes that the Prime Minister, Chief Ministers, and other Ministers arrested on serious criminal charges be removed from office for 30 days.

The other two bills deal with amendments to the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019.

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Addl 25% Iran-linked tariff to have minimal impact on India: Govt

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Make data on hospital beds public: HC

IN a major order on the city’s public health infrastructure, the Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government and the National Informatics Centre to study the feasibility of making data on availability of emergency and trauma-related facilities and beds in government hospitals available on areal-time basis in a mobile application, so that “patients, police personnel who usually deal with accident victims, ambulance providers, private hospitals, etc., can access it easily”.

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Winter fog turns roads deadly, e-way pile-ups and crashes expose lax safety

THIS winter dense fog has once again emerged as a lethal hazard on Indian roads, producing dozens of accidents, causing more than 35 fatalities and scores of injuries across northern states, particularly in the National Capital Region, since November 2025.

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Gujarat HC junks Kejriwal, Singh pleas on PM degree

Criminal defamation proceedings to continue after court ruling

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2 killed, 3 injured in fire at scrap storage plot in outer Delhi’s Pitampura village

AT least two people were killed and three sustained burn injuries after a major fire broke out at a vacant plot used for storing scrap cardboard and cartons on Tuesday in outer Delhi’s Pitampura village, police said.

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TMC presents 10 ‘dead voters’ at Cooch Behar rally

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday presented 10 more people, who were allegedly declared dead in the draft electoral rolls during the SIR in West Bengal, at a rally here, and accused the Election Commission of taking away voting rights of citizens through the exercise.

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World Bank ups India’s FY26 growth to 7.2%

THE World Bank has revised India’s GDP growth estimate for FY26 to 7.2%, up 90 basis points from its earlier projection of 6.3%, citing robust domestic demand driven by strong private consumption.

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Visa concerns for Pak-origin players

Handful of teams may face roadblock in securing visa for cricketers with Pakistani roots

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GAME OF THRONES IN MAHARASHTRA CITIES BEGETS ODD BEDFELLOWS

THE much-delayed elections for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra will finally take place on Thursday, with more than a third of the state’s electorate eligible to cast votes for 2,869 seats.

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Shots fired in east Delhi’s West Vinod Nagar

TWO unidentified motorcycle-borne men fired three to four rounds in the air outside a house in West Vinod Nagar, east Delhi, in the early hours of Tuesday, police said.

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