Six-time Congress MP Bhatia dies at 100
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Six-time Congress MP Bhatia dies at 100. Image Source: IANS News
Chandigarh, May 15 : Six-time Congress MP and two-time Governor R.L. Bhatia passed away in Amritsar on Saturday, his family members said.
Former Minister of State for External Affairs, Bhatia was 100 years old. He represented the Amritsar parliamentary constituency six times from 1972, and was the Governor of Kerala from 2004 to 2008 and of Bihar from 2008 to 2009.
He was admitted to Fortis Hospital a day earlier after he complained of uneasiness.
Known for his impeccable image, Bhatia would have turned 101 on July 3.
MP Manish Tewari paid a visit to Bhatia at his residence in December last year to enquire about his well being along with Amritsar MP Gurjeet Aujla.
New Delhi, February 9
Congress MPs from Punjab will move Private Member’s Bill in the Lok Sabha to pressure the government for repeal of farm laws and urge other MPs to join them.
Eight MPs Preneet Kaur, Manish Tewari, Ravneet Bittu, JS Gill, Gurjeet Aujla, Amar Singh, Mohd Sadique and Santokh Choudhary collectively and individually submitted the Bills to the Lok Sabha secretariat today. They said they would request Speaker Om Birla to prioritise the legislations in the interest of farmers.
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On the run since Red Fort incident on January 26, actor-turned-activist Deep Sidhu was nabbed by the Delhi Police from Karnal. He was remanded in police custody for seven days. The prosecution claimed that Sidhu was seen entering the fort with supporters carrying swords and flags.
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Aditi Tandon
New Delhi, February 1
Going digital, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman read out the Budget from a tablet even as the Shiromani Akali Dal and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, former constituents of the ruling NDA, walked out of the Lok Sabha in solidarity with the agitating farmers.
Akali Dal’s Sukhbir Singh Badal and Harsimrat Kaur, RLP’s Hanuman Beniwal and AAP’s Bhagwant Mann flashed posters in the House demanding the repeal of the farm laws and stood in the aisle sloganeering in favour of the farmers.
Five minutes into the two-hour Budget presentation, attended by PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the rest of the BJP top brass, Badals and Beniwal walked out.
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3 SAD leaders Sukhbir Singh Badal, Harsimrat Kaur Badal and RLP MP Hanuman Beniwal hold placards as they stage a protest against the farm laws, during the Budget Session 2021-22, at Parliament House in New Delhi. PTI
Aditi Tandon
New Delhi, February 1
The Union Budget 2021-22 was presented on Monday on an iPad and amid a boycott by the Shiromani Akali Dal and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, the only political outfits to walk out of Lok Sabha in solidarity with the protesting farmers during the presentation by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Today was the first ever digital budget of independent India with the speech of the finance minister lasting two hours.
Budget presented on tablet; SAD, RLP and AAP boycott, Cong silent
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Rajnish Singh ( IANS) |
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Mon, Feb 1 2021 19:18 IST |
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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur leaves for the Parliament to announce the 2021-22 Union Budget, in New Delhi on Monday, 1st February 2021.(Photo: Qamar Sibtain/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Feb 1 : The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalemate was witnessed even during the Budget 2021 presentation in Parliament on Monday when Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the first ever digital annual expenditure of Independent India.
After sloganeering to repeal three contentious farm laws, the SAD along with the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) walked out of the Lok Sabha in solidarity with the protesting farmers when Sitharaman began her speech at 11 a.m. However, the major opposition p