) ! 1"0 &$*2$'," %'2$',", RNI Regn. No. MPENG/2004/13703, Regd. No. L-2/BPLON/41/2006-2008 "' %&() 0&-0-3 0-,12 %+,-.,/ 0"' 9 9 8. /0 . 7/8 /8 88 7/ ./0 . 8 8 8 0 8 9 8 / . / 8/ /3 / 9 8 :8 . ; : # $%& 34 5 $%& "$" * +,-" " . /0/ %%121%3 0"%1%$42 Q $ $ ! R !" rime Minister Narendra ! !"#$ PModi on Tuesday sought $%$""&"" the list of MPs who were absent &' in the Rajya Sabha on Monday "$''&' when voting for a statutory res- '$""$" olution moved by several ) s fighting intensifies in Opposition MPs was held, &$$% AAfghanistan, India on sources said. "$$*&$" Tuesday urged all its citizens The statutory resolution +,)&' there to return home. A spe- demanded that the Tribunals $'"$ cial flight from New Delhi was Reforms Bill be sent to the he Supreme Court on %%', also dispatched to Afghanistan select committee of the House. TTuesday imposed fines on "$"$$"" to evacuate the first batch of ! However, it got negated. eight political parties for failing "% Indians. There are about 1,500 Addressing the BJP parlia- to comply with the directions &&' to 2,000 Indians in continued. travel from project sites to mentary party meeting, the in relation to the disclosure of %$% Afghanistan. Moreover, Indian firms India. Prime Minister reportedly details of candidates with crim- $'"$ The advisory issued by the operating in Afghanistan were Also, Indian media travel- asked Parliamentary Affairs inal backgrounds on their offi- Indian consulate in Mazar-e- asked to immediately with- ling to Afghanistan to cover Minister Pralhad Joshi to sub- cial websites as well as in news- Sharif, besides appealing to draw Indian employees out of events through ground reports mit a list of MPs absent in the papers and on social media in each in the account created by Brajesh Singh and Manish were not submitted due to the Indian citizens to leave the project sites before air travel is were advised to establish con- Rajya Sabha where the the Bihar Assembly elections. the ECI as specified in this Kumar, who alleged that the oversight on part of the State country, also said a special discontinued. The advisory tact with the Indian Embassy Government faced an embar- The CPI(M) and the NCP judgment in paragraph 73(iii) court’s earlier directions passed Committee. flight is leaving from Mazar-e- said Indians working for for a personalised briefing, rassing situation on were fined 5 lakh each and the within a period of 8 weeks from on February 13, 2020, were not He submitted that the party Sharif to New Delhi. “Any Afghan or foreign companies including specific advice for the Monday. BJP, the Congress, the RJD, the the date of this judgment. complied with by political par- has attempted to comply with Indian nationals in and around in Afghanistan should request locale they are travelling Many MPs of the BJP were JD(U), the CPI and the LJP Insofar as respondent No. ties during the Bihar Assembly the directions of this court Mazar-e-Sharif are requested to their employer to facilitate to. absent at the time when impor- were fined 1 lakh each by the 8 and 9 are concerned, since elections. Senior advocate KV insofar as declaration of infor- leave for India in the special tant Bills were tabled in the Bench comprising Justices they have not at all complied Viswanathan served as Amicus mation regarding criminal flight scheduled to depart late House. While the Government Rohinton Nariman and BR with the directions issued by Curiae in the case. cases in newspapers and the today evening,” it said. managed with the numbers, the Gavai. The CPI(M) and the this court, we direct them to Senior Advocate PV website of the party is con- “Indian citizens desiring to issue was brought to the notice NCP were fined high due to the deposit an amount of 5 lakh Surendranath, appearing on cerned and that the aforemen- leave by special flight should ! " of the Prime Minister. total non-compliance of the each in the aforesaid account behalf of CPI(M), submitted tioned act of non-compliance immediately convey their full In one instance the apex court’s directions. within the aforesaid period,” that the election process for the should be viewed as an isolat- name, passport number, date of Washington: India has played news conference on Monday Opposition had asked for a “We direct the respondent the court ordered. State of Bihar was coordinated ed incident and its uncondi- expiry by WhatsApp at the fol- a constructive role in also said Defence Secretary division in the Upper House No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 11 to The SC delivered judgment by the State Committee of the tional apology be lowing numbers: 0785891303, Afghanistan in the past by pro- Lloyd Austin shares the concern when many BJP MPs were not deposit an amount of 1 lakh on contempt petitions filed by party and that Form C7 and C8 accepted. 0785891301,” the Consulate viding assistance in training and of the international communi- present. added. infrastructure improvements ty about the security situation In the first Parliamentary Indians in Afghanistan that helped maintain stability in Afghanistan which is clear- meet in the monsoon session, were also advised to make and good governance in the ly not going in the right direc- the Prime Minister had asked immediate travel arrangements country, the Pentagon has said. tion. India has been a major party MPs to ensure maximum # "# to return home before com- Pentagon Press Secretary stakeholder in the peace and participation in both the $% mercial air services are dis- John Kirby during his daily stability of Afghanistan. AP Houses. # $%%& The uproar by Opposition & members was over the conver- ' sion of a calling attention motion into a short-duration ( R discussion on the farm laws. Rajya Sabha chairman M he highly contagious Delta Venkaiah Naidu and Vice- Tvariant of Covid-19 is dom- Chairman Harivansh were not inating the world and India is he Rajya Sabha witnessed a present in the House and no exception, warned the Tmassive ruckus on Tuesday Bhubneshwar Kalita was the Government on Tuesday. It when Congress leader Pratap presiding officer. Sources said also pointed out though there and Delta Plus variants. Singh Bajwa and AAP leader Naidu has asked for footage of is stabilisation in the number of National Centre for Sanjay Singh jumped on the the Rajya Sabha chambers in a reported infections in the Disease Control director Dr SK Secretary General’s working bid to look into the ruckus. country, yet reproduction num- Singh said, “The variants of table raising slogans against Soon after the debate BJD’s ber that denotes the virus concern that we monitor are Prime Minister Narendra Modi Prasanna Acharya initiated the spread is more than 1 in five Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and the ruling BJP. At least 40 debate, Singh climbed onto States — Himachal Pradesh, and Delta Plus. There are two male and 10 female marshals the reporters’ table and Bajwa Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya variants under investigation had to be brought in the House hurled a folder in his Pradesh and Uttar — Kappa and B1617.3.” to control the situation. direction. Pradesh. Amid continuing fears that a third wave of infections could strike this month, the P Government said Delta Plus variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in 86 samples in R Q R India, including 34 in Maharashtra, as on August 9. !" During a Press briefing on the Covid situation in the ncouraged by the better country, the Union Health Eresults from a study on 18 Ministry furnished data that people who were mistakenly ongress former president showed the national ‘R’ value given Covid-19 jabs — CRahul Gandhi on Tuesday crossing the 1.0-mark last Covaxin and Covishield — the Council of Medical Research’s batted for restoration of full month; the last time it was over Drugs Controller General of observation a day ago that a “statehood” and holding “free this level was in March when it India (DCGI) has given its study on 18 people who were and fair” elections to restore was 1.32, and that was before approval to conduct a similar mistakenly given Covid-19 “honour and dignity” of the the second wave. but comparatively larger study jabs, Covaxin and Covishield, people of Jammu & Kashmir. New Covid-19 mutants on mixing the two jabs being have shown better results. Addressing a gathering of need to be tracked strictly as provided under the national On July 29, a Subject party workers after inaugurat- they have the capability to vaccination Expert Committee of the ing the party office in Srinagar, arise anywhere, said the Central programme. Central Drugs Standard Rahul said he and his party Government on Tuesday. It This study and its clinical Control Organisation would continue to fight against informed that the Government trials will be conducted by (CDSCO) had recommended Prime Minister Narendra bodies are carefully monitoring Christian Medical College, conducting the study by the Modi’s “ideology that divides Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta Vellore. This follows the Indian CMC, Vellore. India.” ' (% !!" " ./0 !!" " ./0 hief Minister Shivraj Singh he State Assembly on CChouhan has said flights TTuesday passed a bill pre- from Rewa to Bhopal and scribing the capital punishment Indore will start soon. Consent and life imprisonment in cases has been given on behalf of the related to deaths caused due to State Government to give the consumption of spurious liquor. amount of the tender received The bill amending the State from the Ministry of Civil Excise Act to enhance punish- Aviation for starting the flight. ment in spurious liquor cases Former minister Rajendra was presented by State Finance Shukla met Chief Minister and Excise Minister Jagdish Chouhan on Tuesday and Devda, and the legislation requested him to give 100% comes in the wake of death of V.G.F.