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Lok Sabha witnesses sharp exchange between Speaker Om Birla and Minister Hardeep Singh Puri

Sharp exchange between Speaker Om Birla and Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri over use of language in Lok Sabha Question Hour

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Morning Digest | Centre sets up secure e-mail for 10,000 users in critical ministries; SCs were never counted in Andaman and Nicobar, now a parliamentary committee sits up and takes notice, and more

The Hindu Morning Digest gives a select list of stories to start the day. Read the top news today on December 18, 2023

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Revoke suspension of 13 Opposition MPs, Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to Lok Sabha Speaker

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury urges Lok Sabha Speaker to revoke suspension of 13 Opposition MPs, demands Home Minister's statement on security breach.

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Parliament security breach and suspension of MPs not linked: Speaker

Parliament security review: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla forms high-powered committee to review security in Parliament Complex and ensure similar incidents don't recur.

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Intruders in Parliament

The security breach at the Parliament, which took place on the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attack on the old Parliament building, is the most audacious security breach that Parliament has seen since

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House panel on security defunct for five years, Opposition MPs worried

Many Opposition members have been raising concerns over the security arrangement at the new Parliament building

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Lok Sabha Speaker seeks complete security review of new Parliament building after breach

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, after a meeting of floor leaders of parties in the wake of a security scare, seeks a high-level inquiry and a complete security review of the new Parliament building.

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Four arrested after intruders spray coloured gas in Indian parliament chamber protest

Security overpowered two men who stormed the chamber

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Parliament security breach: LS Speaker Om Birla condemns intrusion; orders high-level probe

After the security of Parliament was breached, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla ordered a "high-level inquiry" into the incident in which two people jumped into the house chamber from the visitor's gallery with coloured smoke canisters. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Milk vendor, sarpanch, rebel, CM: Bhajan Lal Sharma’s journey to Rajasthan’s top post

A viral video on social media shows Vasundhara Raje, former BJP chief minister of Rajasthan, at a party legislature meeting in Jaipur. Sitting next to union minister Rajnath Singh, the party observer for Rajasthan, she opens a slip of paper that he hands to her.

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"Both men have been nabbed, thorough investigation being done": Speaker Birla on security breach in Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said that two men who jumped into House from the visitors gallery have been nabbed and necessary instructions have been given to Delhi Police in the matter. Read further on Dynamite News:

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CM Revanth resigns from Lok Sabha

A. Revanth Reddy resigned from his Lok Sabha membership to become Telangana Chief Minister. He submitted his resignation to Speaker Om Birla and discussed portfolio allocations with AICC. MLAs will take oath on Saturday and portfolios will be released then.

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Mahua Moitra expelled from Lok Sabha, Opposition MPs walk out

Mahua Moitra Expulsion from LS: Mahua Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha on December 8, 2023 over the “cash-for-query” allegation through a voice vote amid chaos.

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Parliamentary proceedings | Speaker Om Birla cautions MPs against bringing placards in Lok Sabha

Speaker Om Birla cautioned MPs against bringing placards in the Lok Sabha and said dignity and discipline need to be maintained in the House

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I sought action against Bidhuri for slurs, but I got notice to explain ‘misconduct’, says BSP MP Danish Ali

BSP MP Danish Ali wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to protest against a notice

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Birsa Munda Jayanti: President Murmu joins tribal dancers, VP Jagdeep Dhankar tries hands-on Drums

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar and Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla tried their hands on the drum and danced along with the tribals. Read further on Dynamite News:

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‘Total breakdown of all rules’: Moitra writes to Birla over NDTV’s ‘access’ to LS panel’s draft

In a letter to the Lok Sabha speaker, Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra on Thursday said that NDTV’s coverage of the parliamentary ethics panel’s recommendation to expel her was a “total breakdown of all due process and rules of the Lok Sabha”.

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Disqualification row: NCP MPs Sule, Tatkare file pleas with LS Speaker

NCP MPs Supriya Sule and Sunil Tatkare have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, seeking expedited disqualification proceedings against each other. Sule filed a petition in July, while Tatkare has asked for action against Sule. Both demand a decision soon.

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‘Vastraharan, witch-hunt of the worst kind’: How did front pages cover Mahua Moitra’s walkout?

Yesterday was a hectic day for the media in Delhi. Reporters and camera crews camped out for hours at the Enforcement Directorate office in New Delhi’s Parivartan Bhawan, waiting for the arrival of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who had been summoned by the central agency for questioning in the…

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Opposition MPs want Parliamentary panel on IT to ‘examine’ alert sent out by Apple

Opposition demands meeting of Parliamentary Committee on IT over security breach alerts from Apple. Suspicion points to govt agency. Karti Chidambaram & John Brittas urge Prataprao Jadhav, Chairperson of Standing Committee for IT, to hold meeting & call all persons who got alerts.

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Maratha quota agitation | Jarange-Patil cranks up pressure on Shinde government

The activist, whose indefinite hunger strike entered its fifth day, said he would further up the ante on the Maratha agitation after October 31.

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Sparks fly at Ethics committee meet to hear complaint against Mahua Moitra

Lok Sabha Ethics Committee summons TMC MP Mahua Moitra on October 31 over cash-for-query charges. Opposition MPs initially refused to allow complainant and advocate to depose. Chairman's vote broke deadlock. Committee seeks assistance from MHA, MEITY.

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Parliamentary panels applying different standards in dealing with complaints by and against BJP MPs: BSP MP Danish Ali

Bahujan Samaj Party MP Danish Ali has accused Parliamentary panels of applying different standards to recent complaints filed by and against MPs from the ruling BJP.

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Mahua Moitra’s ‘jilted ex’, former ToI columnist, lawyer: Who is Jai Anant Dehadrai?

Earlier this week, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accused Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra of accepting gifts and cash in lieu of asking questions in Parliament, and requested Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla to suspend her. Dubey said the allegations were passed on by one Jai Anant Dehadrai, who had undertaken…

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Ethics Committee calls BJP MP Dubey, advocate Dehadrai for statement in complaint against Moitra

The Lok Sabha’s Ethics Committee asked BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai to appear before it for “oral evidence”

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