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  • Congress to release anti-‘Agnipath’ stir, asks govt to replenish 62 lakh vacancies 

    Through PTI

    AHMEDABAD: The Congress has made up our minds to organise protests throughout the entire 182 Meeting segments in Gujarat and the remainder of the rustic on Monday for the rollback of the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme for recruitment in defense force, birthday party chief Alka Lamba mentioned on Sunday.

    The opposite calls for of the birthday party integrated filling up “62 lakh posts mendacity vacant within the Central and state governments” and the withdrawal of instances towards the protesting youths, she mentioned.

    “The Congress will grasp protests in Gandhian taste on June 27 throughout the entire villages, districts, and Meeting constituencies within the nation towards the ‘Agnipath’ scheme. Protests can also be organised throughout 182 Meeting constituencies in Gujarat,” Lamba mentioned.

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    Relating to the “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” slogan, Congress mentioned neither the jawan nor the farmers are glad within the nation.

    “As many as 62 lakh posts within the Central and state governments are mendacity vacant. Those will have to be stuffed up right away. Out of those 62 lakh posts, 2,55,000 posts are for the Indian Military,” she mentioned.

    Lamba alleged the BJP-led Centre has slashed the budgetary provisions for the Military via 4 in step with cent in comparison to the erstwhile Congress govt.

    “If the federal government claims that it has no cash for salaries and pensions, then why handiest the defense force are made to undergo the reduce?” she requested.

    Lamba alleged that the federal government used to be intimidating non-violent protesters however Congress stands with them.

    “The Congress birthday party will proceed to battle within the passion of nationwide safety, the rustic and the early life,” she mentioned.

    Lamba mentioned the High Minister will have to shun his ego and communicate to the youths as a substitute of final silent at the factor.

  • Maharashtra disaster: MVA executive will remaining two to a few days, says Union minister Danve

    Through PTI

    JALNA: Union minister Raosaheb Danve on Sunday mentioned the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra, racked by means of the riot in primary constituent Shiv Sena, will remaining “two to a few days”.

    Talking on the inaugural serve as of an agriculture division construction right here within the presence of state NCP minister Rajesh Tope, the BJP chief mentioned the MVA must whole the remainder construction works on the earliest as “we (BJP) will probably be in opposition just for two to a few days”.

    “Time is operating out. This executive will remaining for 2 to a few days. The BJP has not anything to do with this riot. Shiv Sena rebels have resentment in opposition to Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray as construction price range have been diverted by means of NCP and Congress,” the Union Minister of State for Railway, Coal and Mines mentioned.

    Queried on the opportunity of the Eknath Shinde-led crew merging with the BJP, Danve, himself a former state unit leader, mentioned there used to be no such proposal and if one comes then the senior management would take a choice.

    He additionally mentioned there used to be no probability of President’s Rule being imposed within the state.

  • ‘Will CM, executive be by no means held responsible even though….’ Congress on 2002 Gujarat riots verdict

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday requested if a major minister or a state executive will ever be held responsible even though the state is thrown right into a circle of pre-meditated violence and riots, an afternoon after the Preferrred Courtroom upheld an SIT blank chit to then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi within the 2002 riots case.

    The celebration stated the Preferrred Courtroom verdicts will have to now not be politicised however requested if it is just the collector or law enforcement officials who’re chargeable for any insurrection of their jurisdictions and now not their political masters. “Will Leader Minister, Cupboard & State Government be by no means held responsible, even though the State is thrown right into a circle of pre-meditated violence and riots?” requested Congress basic secretary Randeep Surjewala.

    His remarks thru a chain of tweets got here an afternoon after the Preferrred Courtroom Friday upheld the Particular Investigation Workforce’s blank chit to Modi and 63 others within the 2002 communal riots within the state. “Is accountability simplest of the Collector and deputy commissioner of Police and now not of political government? What then is the Constitutional and ethical accountability of Leader minister and the state executive?” Surjewala requested.

    The legislation in “New India” -:

    Failure to prevent or inactivity to behave towards the ones committing violence isn’t actionable floor towards State Government.
    To behave upon Intelligence inputs is immaterial.
    1/n https://t.co/XYeHUZl4aI

    — Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) June 25, 2022

    The legislation on this “New India” is, he stated, “Failure to prevent or inactivity to behave towards the ones committing violence isn’t actionable floor towards State Govt. To behave upon Intelligence inputs is immaterial. Was once Preferrred Courtroom proper then in pronouncing – ‘As Rome burnt, Nero fiddled’ or is it at the moment? Is failure or inactivity not actionable in legislation? Let the country suppose.”

    Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi stated, “The selections of the Preferrred Courtroom will have to by no means be politicised.” He stated that the Preferrred Courtroom upheld the SIT’s blank chit, in line with which there was once no conspiracy and the violence was once a herbal response.

    “One will have to now not disregard many convicts of homicide in Gujarat riots, on whom the guilt was once proved. The Preferrred Courtroom denies conspiracy or observation by way of the High Minister within the absence of sure law enforcement officials. It will have to merely be revered as an order of the Preferrred Courtroom,” he stated.

    The Preferrred Courtroom on Friday upheld the SIT’s blank chit to the then Gujarat leader minister Narendra Modi and 63 others within the 2002 communal riots within the state, pronouncing there is not any tittle of subject material to turn the violence after the Godhra educate carnage was once pre-planned” owing to the legal conspiracy allegedly hatched on the “best stage” within the state.

    Staring at that inactivity or failure of a few officers of 1 phase of the management can’t be the root to readily infer a pre-planned legal conspiracy by way of the government or to time period it as a state-sponsored crime towards the minority neighborhood, the court docket disregarded a plea by way of slain Congress chief Ehsan Jafri’s spouse Zakia, terming it as “devoid of deserves”.

    Bringing the curtains down at the bid to reopen the probe into the 2002 riots, a bench headed by way of Justice A M Khanwilkar additionally spoke of the devious stratagem to stay the pot boiling, clearly, for ulterior design, and stated disgruntled officials of the Gujarat executive wish to be within the dock and proceeded with in response to legislation for making a sensation by way of making false revelations.

    Alleging a bigger conspiracy in the back of the mass violence towards Muslims, Zakia had challenged the Gujarat Top Courtroom’s October 5, 2017 order rejecting her petition towards the discovering of the Preferrred Courtroom-appointed Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT).

  • ‘Largest cowardly assault on democracy’: Events slam Congress on Emergency’s forty seventh anniversary

    The Emergency, declared on these days in 1975 by means of former top minister Indira Gandhi, suspended basic rights of electorate and taken press censorship.

  • US Space passes gun-safety regulation, sends to Joe Biden

    The USA Space of Representatives on Friday handed vital gun-safety regulation for the primary time in 3 a long time, sending it to President Joe Biden, who is anticipated to signal it into legislation.

    The Space voted 234-193 for the invoice, the day after a Ideal Court docket ruling extensively expanded gun rights. No Democrats have been antagonistic, whilst 14 Republicans subsidized the measure. It used to be supported by way of primary legislation enforcement teams and its passage used to be an extraordinary defeat for U.S. gun producers and the Nationwide Rifle Affiliation.
    Space motion adopted a past due Thursday Senate vote of 65-33 to go the invoice, with 15 Republicans, together with Senate
    Minority Chief Mitch McConnell in desire.

    Gun keep watch over has lengthy been a divisive factor in the USA with a couple of makes an attempt to position new controls on gun gross sales failing time after time till Friday.

    Passage of what some Democrats characterised as a modest, first-step invoice adopted mass murders closing month at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York and an fundamental faculty in Uvalde, Texas.

    “The regulation…contains a number of robust steps to avoid wasting lives, now not best from horrific mass shootings but in addition from the day-to-day bloodbath of gun crime, suicide and tragic injuries,” Space Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated all through debate.

    Noting that weapons have develop into the main “killer of kids in The united states,” Pelosi stated Congress should now cross additional
    and legislate extra adjustments to gun-sale background tests and restrictions on “high-capacity armament.”

    The invoice does take some steps on background tests by way of permitting get entry to, for the primary time, to data on vital crimes dedicated by way of juveniles. It additionally cracks down on gun gross sales to clients convicted of home violence. And it supplies new federal investment to states that administer “crimson flag” regulations meant to take away weapons from
    other people deemed bad to themselves and others.

    The Brady gun keep watch over team described the “Bipartisan More secure Communities Act” as “the most powerful gun violence prevention legislation within the closing 30 years,” and cited the “100 other people killed with weapons on a daily basis” in The united states. A lot of the ones deaths are the results of suicide.

    “Nowadays they (Democrats) are coming after law-abiding Americans’ 2nd Modification liberties,” stated Consultant Jim Jordan, the senior Republican at the Space Judiciary Committee. He used to be relating to the constitutional proper to “stay and undergo hands” that conservatives argue must be extensively safe.

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    On Thursday, the Ideal Court docket, with its 6-3 conservative majority, struck down New York state’s limits on sporting hid handguns out of doors the house. The court docket discovered that the legislation, enacted in 1913, used to be unconstitutional.

    That ruling and the gun-safety regulation handed on Friday illustrate a deep divide over firearms in the USA, weeks after the Uvalde and Buffalo shootings that killed greater than 30 other people, together with 19 small children at an fundamental faculty.

    The Nationwide Rifle Affiliation, the country’s maximum tough gun foyer, declared the court docket ruling “a huge win” for American gun house owners.

    On Friday it attacked the invoice handed by way of Congress, calling it a “mindless” gun keep watch over measure that “will best infringe at the rights of the law-abiding.”

    The regulation handed by way of Congress is noticed as modest in scope for a rustic with the best possible gun possession in line with capita on the earth and the best possible choice of mass shootings yearly amongst rich international locations.

    In 2020, the velocity of gun deaths in the USA surged 35% to the best possible level since 1994, with particularly fatal ranges for younger Black males, the U.S. Facilities for Illness Regulate and Prevention stated in a document revealed Would possibly 10.

  • Congress appoints Vineet Punia as secretary in-charge of inside communications

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday made new appointments in its communications wing, making Vineet Punia AICC secretary in-charge of inside communications and Vaibhav Walia secretary within the division.

    Congress president Sonia Gandhi has authorized appointments within the new Communications Division naming Punia, Secretary AICC, Incharge of Interior Communications; Vaibhav Walia, Secretary within the Communications Division hooked up to Basic Secretary Incharge of Communications; and Amitabh Dubey, Incharge of Analysis and Tracking within the Communications Division, in keeping with a birthday celebration commentary.

    Whilst Walia used to be the social media head of the Early life Congress for a few years and labored actively in different polls, Punia has been serving as a secretary within the AICC communications division. The birthday celebration has rechristened its communications division and appointed Jairam Ramesh as its basic secretary in-charge.

    The birthday celebration has additionally appointed Pawan Khera as chairman of the media and exposure within the communications division. The Congress on Monday appointed Supriya Shrinate as chairperson of the social media and virtual platforms in its communications division.

    She changed Rohan Gupta, who has been appointed because the birthday celebration spokesperson. The Congress right through the Udaipur ‘Chintan Shivir’ had determined to improve its communications wing to lend a hand fortify its hook up with other folks.

    The communications division can have the social media and virtual platforms underneath its ambit, in addition to verbal exchange wings of the birthday celebration throughout all states to verify higher coordination.

  • Amid Maharashtra political disaster, MVA releases price range value crores for advancement works in state

    Via PTI

    MUMBAI: Even because the Shiv Sena-led MVA dispensation is recently dealing with a survival disaster because of a rebel through Sena minister Eknath Shinde, the departments – most commonly managed through ruling allies NCP and Congress – have issued executive orders for the discharge of price range for quite a lot of development-related works value hundreds of crores within the final 4 days.

    Between June 20 and 23, the departments issued as many as 182 executive resolutions (GRs), whilst on June 17, they handed 107 such GRs.

    Those orders can also be noticed at the executive’s reputable web page.

    Technically, those are referred to as executive resolutions or GRs, that are necessarily an approval order sanctioning the discharge of price range for development-related works.

    From Tuesday, Maharashtra’s ruling alliance – the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) – began fighting its worst disaster since getting into lifestyles in 2019 after senior Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde rebelled in opposition to the celebration and herded some MLAs to BJP-ruled Assam.

    The disaster, which erupted hours after the Legislative Council polls hung on June 20, which noticed the opposition BJP managing to get its 5th candidate elected.

    Shinde had long gone incommunicado following the consequences.

    He and a bunch of revolt MLAs first stayed in Gujarat, however later moved to Assam.

    He’s recently tenting in a Guwahati resort in conjunction with 37 revolt MLAs of the Sena and 9 independents.

    Even if Shinde’s rebel become public on June 21 morning, his rising discomfort have been sensed through Sena’s allies – NCP and Congress.

    NCP leader Sharad Pawar had even claimed that he had sounded Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray concerning the conceivable revolt from Shinde and a few MLAs, assets stated.

    So because the ruling companions had sensed what was once coming, the departments managed through those events went on a spree to factor the GRs, they stated.

    The water provide and sanitation division, headed through Shiv Sena’s Gulabrao Patil, issued over 84 GRs on a unmarried day on June 17.

    Lots of the orders have been touching on sanction of price range, administrative approvals and for salaries of workforce operating on quite a lot of water provide schemes within the state.

    Patil was once a number of the final Sena legislators, who joined fingers with Shinde through achieving in Guwahati.

    June 17 was once a Friday – the final operating day of the week – and MLC elections happened on Monday.

    Between June 20 and 23, the least choice of GRs – 28 – have been issued on Monday.

    On the next day, 66 GRs have been issued.

    Previously two days – on June 22 and 23, the federal government issued 44 and 43 orders respectively.

    As in step with the knowledge, since Monday, the departments managed through NCP and Congress went on a spree as over 70 in step with cent of the 182 orders have been issued throughout this era.

    The departments similar to social justice, water assets, ability advancement, housing advancement, finance and residential, being headed through the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, have issued most GRs.

    Some GRs have been issued through the Congress-controlled departments similar to tribal advancement, earnings, PWD, faculty schooling, OBC and fisheries.

    The soil and conservation division, treated through unbiased MLA and minister Shankarrao Gadakh, handed just about 20 orders.

    Right through the final 4 days, most effective a few GRs from the departments managed through the Shiv Sena have been issued.

    The GRs have been issued through the industries division, the Marathi language was once treated through the outgoing minister Subhash Desai and in addition tourism division helmed through Aaditya Thackeray, son of CM Uddhav Thackeray.

    However except for those 3, no different departments treated through the Sena factor any GR.

    There are couple of GRs issued through the state-tribal advancement division managed through Congress – that are cumulatively value over Rs 1,000 crore.

    The finance division managed through state Deputy Leader Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar issued a GR expanding the native space advancement price range to a complete of Rs 319 crore.

  • No BJP function in Maharashtra political disaster, claims state unit leader Chandrakant Patil

    Through PTI

    MUMBAI: Amid allegations of BJP’s involvement in Shiv Sena minister Eknath Shinde’s rise up in opposition to his celebration that has posed a query mark over the survival of the MVA govt, BJP’s Maharashtra unit leader Chandrakant Patil on Friday asserted that his celebration didn’t play any function within the ongoing political disaster within the state.

    He, on the other hand, admitted that Chief of Opposition within the Meeting Devendra Fadnavis visited Delhi on Thursday “for some paintings”, with out divulging any main points.

    Patil’s remarks come an afternoon after NCP leader Sharad Pawar asserted that the BJP has performed a job within the disaster that has befallen the Uddhav Thackeray-led govt.

    By the way, insurrection Sena chief Eknath Shinde, whilst addressing the MLAs in his camp in Guwahati, mentioned in a veiled connection with the BJP {that a} “nationwide celebration” has supported his rise up and confident all lend a hand to the rebels.

    Speaking to newshounds in Kolhapur, his fatherland, Patil mentioned, “The BJP has not anything to do with the present interior bickering in Shiv Sena or within the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) (comprising Sena, NCP and Congress). I had a lunch with Devendra Fadnavis in Mumbai on Thursday afternoon, after which he left for New Delhi for some paintings.”

    “Throughout our dialogue, Fadnavis instructed me that some issues are happening. However had it (any construction) been the rest essential, he would have certainly taken me into self assurance,” he mentioned.

    Patil mentioned the BJP is recently busy in arrangements for the 2024 elections.

    Shinde is right now tenting with 37 insurrection MLAs of the Sena and 9 independents in a Guwahati resort.

    On Sharad Pawar’s commentary about BJP taking part in a job in the back of Shinde’s rise up, Patil mentioned, “I think Pawar and Sena’s Sanjay Raut workout their proper to freedom of speech excessively. It’s not that i am even observing day-to-day information so no longer acutely aware of what precisely going down in Sena.”

    When requested about studies that Mumbai-based BJP functionary Mohit Kamboj used to be in Guwahati with insurrection Sena leaders, Patil mentioned, “He has buddies in each and every political celebration. He would possibly have long gone to lend a hand any person. I do not know about his whereabouts.”

  • Senate Passes Bipartisan Gun Protection Invoice A Month After Uvalde Capturing

    WASHINGTON ― The Senate authorized a bipartisan invoice on Thursday aimed toward curtailing gun violence, taking motion a month after the horrific mass taking pictures at an basic college in Uvalde, Texas, amped up power on a reaction in Congress.

    Fifteen Republicans joined all Democrats in give a boost to of the measure. The Space is predicted to go the invoice on Friday and ship it to President Joe Biden’s table for his signature.

    The law, titled the Bipartisan More secure Communities Act, contains modest curbs on acquiring firearms in addition to investment to strengthen psychological well being care and college safety. It’s the manufactured from bipartisan compromise after weeks of negotiations led by way of Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas).

    The measure complements background tests for other people beneath 21, incentivizes states to undertake “pink flag” regulations, which assist take away weapons from the palms of people that were deemed a risk to themselves or others, and prohibits romantic companions convicted of home violence who aren’t married to their sufferer from getting firearms.

    It does now not come with broader restrictions sought by way of gun regulate advocates, then again, akin to bans on attack guns, elevating the minimal age to buy semi-automatic rifles to 21, mandating protected garage laws at house, or requiring background tests on web gross sales and at gun displays.

    Nonetheless, it’s essentially the most important federal gun law in many years. Democrats and gun regulate advocacy teams welcomed it as an indication of growth after years of congressional gridlock on coping with gun violence.

    “This may change into essentially the most important piece of anti-gun-violence law Congress has handed in 3 many years,” Murphy mentioned forward of the vote. “This invoice additionally has the risk to end up to the weary American public that democracy isn’t so damaged, that it is in a position to upward thrust to the instant.”

    Cornyn, who used to be met with a refrain of boos at his state celebration conference ultimate Friday, stated that Republicans needed to move out of doors their convenience zone. However he mentioned the “possible we need to save lives is value any type of concession we would possibly have needed to make all through negotiations.”

    “I don’t imagine in doing not anything within the face of what we’ve observed in Uvalde and different communities. Doing not anything is an abdication of our duty,” he mentioned.

  • Kangana’s Enthusiasts Dig Previous Video of Her In the hunt for Downfall of Maharashtra CM | Watch

    Kangana Ranaut’s Previous Video Is going Viral Amid Politcal Unrest: Actor Kangana Ranaut ceaselessly grabs consideration for her outspoken and unrepentant feedback, whether or not they’re directed at her B-The city contemporaries or political issues. She had criticized Maharashtra CM when BMC had demolished her Mumbai administrative center in September 2020 at the grounds of alleged unlawful development. In the course of the political unrest in Maharashtra, previous movies of Kangana went viral in a while after CM Uddhav Thackeray returned to his circle of relatives’s house on Wednesday. Within the video, the Bollywood queen will also be heard pronouncing, “Uddhav Thackeray, what do you suppose? That you’ve got taken revenge in opposition to me by means of demolishing my space in cahoots with movie mafias? Nowadays my space has been demolished, the following day your satisfaction will likely be decimated. That is all about time. Take into accout.”Additionally Learn – Shiv Sena Calls Key Meet The next day, Seeks Disqualification of Insurrection MLAs Amid Disaster | Best Trends

    Take a look at Kangana Ranaut’s viral video:

    #UddhavThackarey
    Best #KanganaRanaut has the facility to expect ? %.twitter.com/IaatY1Dpgr

    — Biraja Prasad Rath (@iambiraja) June 22, 2022

    Additionally Learn – No Approach We Will Pass Again, Says Eknath Shinde As Shiv Sena Provides Olive Department To Insurrection MLAs

    Some other previous Kangana Ranaut video that includes her provocative remarks is lately doing the rounds. Within the video, she stated, “Historical past stands witness to the truth that whoever humiliates a lady meets his or her downfall quickly. Ravana insulted Sita, the Kauravas insulted Draupadi. I’m nowhere just about the ones girls however I’m additionally a lady and I secure my integrity. I didn’t harm someone… I really consider that on every occasion you disrespect a lady, your destruction is assured.” Additionally Learn – Access Denied To CM’s Area For two.5 Years, Shinde’s Doorways Have been At all times Open: Insurrection MLA Writes To Uddhav

    Take a look at Kangana Ranaut’s viral video:

    Kangana Ranaut’s previous video after her space had demolished.?️#Karma #Kangana#KanganaRanaut#Maharashtra %.twitter.com/xiUuZ7nvk9

    — Sheeba Choudhry (@SheebaChoudhry) June 22, 2022

    The Congress chief Abhishek Singhvi joined the dialog and stated Kangana too may have disrespected many ladies as she additionally confronted ‘Karma’ in her most up-to-date movie Dhaakad, which flopped on the field administrative center, as those previous movies of Kangana Ranaut went viral at a time when the Maharashtra executive is threatened by means of an inner cut up.

    Abhishek Singhvi mocks Kangana Ranaut on Twitter:

    Kangana Ranaut calls this Karma for insulting a lady. I consider she used to be at the receiving finish of it too as a result of the choice of girls she has insulted. Simply take a look at Dhaakad.

    — Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) June 23, 2022

    For the unversed, Uddhav Thackeray left the CM’s mansion on Wednesday and went to his circle of relatives’s house, Matoshree, so as to quell a riot amongst his personal celebration contributors. After rise up celebration MLAs asserted strengthen from 46 MLAs on Wednesday, the political disaster going through the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) executive in Maharashtra grew worse.

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