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Parliament staff has been warned against clicking pictures and making videos inside the Parliament House complex as such activities are prohibited under the security protocol. In a circular, the acting joint secretary (security) of Parliament House has observed that despite repeated instructions, some of the officials are not adhering to the protocol. “The Parliament Complex…

Karpoori Thakur served as Chief Minister of Bihar twice in the 1970s – From December 1970 to June 1971 and from December 1977 to April 1979. He had been a mentor to many current generation leaders of the state, including Nitish Kumar and his ally Lalu Prasad Yadav, the RJD president. During his short stint…

Supreme Court lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with its probe into corruption allegations against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra. He has been has been called for questioning on Thursday. Mahua Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha last month following an Ethics Committee report…

Rohit Sharma was on Tuesday named captain of the ICC ODI Team of the Year, which featured five other Indians including star batter Virat Kohli and the pace duo of Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj. The team mostly included the World Cup finalists — India (runner-up) and Australia (winner) — besides players from semi-finalists New…

Indian cricket team stalwart Virat Kohli was expected to visit Ayodhya for the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the Ram Temple on Monday. Kohli did get the invite for the same and was expected to attend the ceremony but only the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Ravindra Jadeja, and a few other cricketers were spotted….

Actors Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello got divorced in July last year. The Modern Family star, in a recent interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais, opened up on the reason behind her divorce from Joe. Sofia Vergara said during the interview, “Well, I’m newly divorced from my second husband [actor Joe Manganiello], who I was…

Security researchers have revealed that a massive database containing no less than 26 billion leaked records has been discovered on an unsecured page. Dubbed “Mother of all Breaches”, it is likely the biggest found till date, as per Forbes. The database contains sensitive information from several sites including Twitter, Dropbox and LinkedIn. The breach was…

The new Ram Lalla idol consecrated at the grand Ram temple on Monday will be known as “Balak Ram” as it depicts the deity as a five-year-old boy in a standing posture. “The idol of Lord Ram, whose consecration was done on January 22, has been named as ‘Balak Ram’. The reason for naming the…

Andhra Pradesh politician Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu has resigned as a Lok Sabha MP and from the ruling YSR Congress Party, handing Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy‘s outfit yet another setback before Assembly and Lok Sabha elections this year. Mr Devarayalu – elected from Narasaraopet in Palnadu district – quit over reports the party intends…

For decades, finance ministers have been photographed carrying a briefcase into Parliament for the presentation of the Union Budget. The year 2019 marked a big shift when Nirmala Sitharaman ditched this practice for a ‘bahi khata’. She then opted for a paperless format in 2021 by using a ‘Made in India’ tablet. The journey of…