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The editorial, 'Saamna', said the need of the hour is that the centre stands firmly with states during this crisis. "The (Congress-led) UPA government had extended all assistance to the government of Gujarat (ruled by BJP). It is the job of the Centre.

The EU's so-called Dublin Regulation stipulates migrants must apply for asylum in the European country where they first arrive — more often than not Italy, Greece and Spain — and will be sent back to that nation if found in another member state.

Meanwhile, the Congress, a constituent of the MVA government in Maharashtra, held state-wide protests against the Centre's decision.

When asked if opposition MPs would be allowed to seek a clarification on the defence minister’s statement, Rajnath Singh said it would be up to the Chair to decide.

Several historians believe Urdu was born in the army camps of Delhi as a medium of communication that borrowed words from different languages so that soldiers from different parts of the country could talk.

Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, said the Question Hour is recognised as an essence of parliamentary democracy and executives are accountable and answerable during the Question Hour.

The government is setting up the Uttar Pradesh Special Security Force (UPSSF) which will be empowered to make ‘arrests’ and conduct ‘searches’ without any prior warrant.

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan's son, Chirag has in past expressed his ambition for the chief ministership of the state.

He was replying to queries on the police investigation into the drug menace among bigwigs of the state including film actors, children of politicians and realtors. The Chief Minister said no one would be spared.

Things seem tough now as Chowdhury is also leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, which means he needs to reach out to other parties in the opposition.

Yadav asserted that Kumar's Samata party could win just seven seats in the 1995 assembly elections and again he could bag a meagre two seats in 2014 Lok Sabha polls when JD(U) fought in alliance with the CPI.

A BJP MLA from Uttarakhand has written to the central leadership complaining about lack of development in his constituency due to bureaucratic indifference.

One Amrinder Singh, who claims to be an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) worker, has been arrested and is being questioned to ascertain as to who motivated him to circulate a post of a dead body to mislead the people of Punjab into believing that organs of dead Covi...

Pranab Mukherjee, who had tested positive for coronavirus and had been in coma after a brain surgery earlier this month, passed away on Monday evening at the Army's Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi.

It was alleged in the writ that since Prasad's party is a constituent of the coalition government headed by Hemant Soren, the RJD supremo is enjoying many amenities.

The minister had on Saturday said that a six-member committee headed by Dr Suhas Pednekar, vice chancellor of Mumbai University, has been formed to give recommendations about how to conduct examinations.