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Stand up India should be renamed Sit Down India, Shut down India and Shut Up India
Shashi Tharoor in Parliament: The President’s address mentioned Skill India, Digital India and Start-up India, but not Stand up India, since you are busy banning stand-up comedians. There was no admission that the government’s scheme should really be renamed ‘Sit Down india, Shut down India and Shut Up India’
Situation outside Jamia Millia University turned tense on Tuesday as another group of people were spotted proceeding towards the university and chanting slogans of desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maro s****n ko (shoot traitors of the country).
As many as 62 police personnel and 127 others were injured during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Jamia Millia Islamia, the government told Lok Sabha Tuesday. Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy also said that as reported by the Delhi Police, they entered the university campus chasing a “violent congregation of students/mob, to nab/disperse the offenders, control the situation and to protect the government property as well as saving the lives of innocent students residing in the area.”
AAP chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has challenged the BJP to announce its chief ministerial candidate by 1 pm on Wednesday and said he is ready for a public debate with that candidate.
Samir Dwivedi, son of senior Congress leader Janardan Dwivedi to join BJP shortly.
12:05 PM | By using Gandhi surname one doesn’t become a Gandhi. Rajiv-ji and Rahul-ji should have used their father’s name and not Gandhi name: Parvesh Verma, BJP leader
11:55 AM | Jamia Violence: Hearing on the plea seeking a judicial inquiry on the alleged excesses committed by the police inside the University campus, begins before the Chief Justice’s Bench at Delhi HC. In the previous hearing, the court had denied interim protection to students.
Delhi HC has asked the state to file a counter-affidavit in compliance with the last order. SG Tushar Mehta has accepted the notice on behalf of the state. The next date of hearing is April 29.
11:45 AM | MoS Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha: Till now, the government has not taken any decision to prepare National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) at the national level.
10:26 AM | BJP Parliamentary party meeting underway at the Parliament
