The Centre has tasked a 11-member expert committee with monitoring the health of the surviving cheetahs who are expected to remain in their enclosures and wait out the monsoon season.
Vaishnaw said India’s law has fewer government-related exemptions than the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is widely held to be the most stringent privacy law of anywhere in the world.
According to officials, the massive transport operations launched by the IAF in the immediate aftermath of the Galwan Valley clashes led to induction of multiple divisions of Army troops.
The law bolsters the Centre’s control over the administration of Delhi through the Lieutenant Governor, giving the latter “sole discretion” to act in matters that fall out of the ambit of the Delhi Legislative Assembly. It also hands over the reins of the bureaucracy to the L-G.
The NMCG, which functions under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, implements the Namami Gange Programme that was launched in 2014 to deal with pollution in the Ganga.
Lauding Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in the Lok Sabha that the offence of sedition is repealed, Prasad said, “The law has to evolve and progress with time. Sedition is a classic example of continuing colonial legacy.”
In a statement, AICC general secretary Randeep Surjewala referred to as many as 18 changes proposed by the Home Minister, who had claimed that mob lynching has been criminalised for the first time.
Around 700 police personnel will be stationed outside Red Fort and other areas in North Delhi on August 15. Further, over 10,000 personnel will be deployed on the ground to maintain law and order and regulate traffic across the city.
The elite guests include 400 sarpanches of more than 660 ‘vibrant villages’ along the China border in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh.
The main event was held along the Dal Lake in Srinagar. Hundreds of people walked over a kilometre from the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) to the Botanical Garden, raising slogans like “Jhanda hamara ooncha rahega (our flag will fly high)”
As per police, in June last year, Vivekanand Vaishya had allegedly assaulted forest guard Sanjeev Shukla and fired to intimidate him. He absconded soon after before surrendering at the local court in February this year.
The Rajya Sabha MP called on the government to take back the three bills it has brought to replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860, Criminal Procedure Act, 1898, and Indian Evidence Act, 1872, alleging that if such laws become a reality, they would "imperil the future" of the country.
PM Modi will unfurl the National Flag which will be followed by the 21-gun salute, the customary address at the Red Fort and conclude with the national anthem which will be sung by NCC cadets from across the country.
"She should be in Lok Sabha for sure. She has all the qualifications for it. She would be very good in Parliament and she deserves to be there. I hope that the Congress party accepts and plans better for her," he told PTI.
Preparations for the Independence Day celebrations are in full swing across the state with BSF, police and Assam Refiles personnel and students joining rehearsals for march past to be held on August 15.
"Our tribal brothers and sisters were the original owners of this country," Rahul Gandhi said while launching a power facility for a cancer centre in Wayanad.
Kerala CM Vijayan had sought the intervention of Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, saying the exorbitant prices would impact numerous Keralites who are eagerly planning to return home for Onam festivities.
In the 103rd episode of his radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi had highlighted the success of last year's 'Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan'.
Over the last month, landed prices of imported urea in India have shot up from $318-320 to $395-410 per tonne, after having dropped as low as $285-290 towards the end of June.
