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Din in Odisha assembly over deletion of 'secular', 'socialist' from Preamble

The Odisha assembly on Tuesday witnessed ruckus after the opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Congress targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of allegedly omitting the words \"secular\" and \"socialist\" from the copy of the Constitution displayed in the assembly complex.

Shinde steps down; no clarity yet on who will be the next Maha CM

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde resigned on Tuesday in a constitutional obligation, paving the way for appointing a new government amid intense negotiations within the Mahayuti alliance on the next chief minister.

India suggests funding proposal for plastic phase-out

India has circulated a proposal for the financial arrangement to implement a global legally binding instrument on phasing out plastic pollution, currently being negotiated in South Korea's Busan where the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5) is being held.

6 vacant RS seats to go to polls on Dec 20: EC

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced that bypolls to six vacancies in Rajya Sabha across four states will be held on December 20, and the votes will be counted on the same day.

Independence will be jeopardised if parties place creed above nation

Vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed concern over \"declining\" standard of discipline in Parliamentary discourse and said disturbance as a strategy threatens democratic institutions.

Rahul: PM, RSS thwarting path of SCs, STs, OBCs

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were strengthening the \"wall\" obstructing the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs, while his party chief Mallikarjun Kharge challenged the PM on the caste census, a key demand of the Opposition party.

Judiciary, executive and legislature are 'related actors': CJI

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday took on the criticism sometimes levelled against the judiciary of being unelected and yet enjoying significant power by saying that the Constitution insulates it against \"ebbs and flows\" of the electoral process and allows it to decide cases free from external pressures and in public interest.

BIRLA CALLS FOR DIGNIFIED AND CONSTRUCTIVE DEBATES IN PARL

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday urged members of Parliament to follow the tradition of constructive and dignified debates set by the Constituent Assembly while deliberating upon the Constitution that was adopted 75 years ago.

Manipur tense again as man goes missing in army camp

Tension gripped parts of the Imphal West district in ethnic strife-torn Manipur on Tuesday after a 56-year-old man belonging to the Meitei community remained missing for over 24 hours from the 57 Mountain Division Leimakhong Army camp, officers said.

5 KILLED AS LORRY PLOUGHS THROUGH TENT IN THRISSUR

Five people, including two children, were killed and six others sustained injuries early on Tuesday after a truck driven by an inebriated man ploughed into the roadside tent they were sleeping in, in Thrissur district of Kerala, police said.

Conversion for benefits is fraud on Constitution: SC

If the purpose of conversion is largely to derive the benefits of reservation and not actual belief... the same cannot be permitted

Serial killer who struck on trains caught in Guj

A serial killer who allegedly murdered multiple passengers on trains across different states, including a disabled tabla player and a college student whom he reportedly raped, was arrested in Gujarat's Valsad district, police officials from two states said on Tuesday.

6 officials face action for embezzling MCD funds

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday took punitive action against six senior officials of the education department for embezzlement of funds meant for the welfare of SC/ST students.

NOIDA SEEKS PROBE AGAINST LOGIX PROJECT

The Noida authority on Tuesday said that it has decided to write to the economic offence wing in Delhi to launch an investigation against Logix Blossom Zest realty project that allegedly failed to clear its financial dues and also didn't deliver apartments to homebuyers.

3 KILLED IN FIRE AT FURNITURE FACTORY IN GREATER NOIDA

Three men were charred to death after a fire broke out at a sofa factory in Greater Noida's Beta 2 locality on Tuesday, said officials, adding that an initial probe indicated gas leakage in an LPG cylinder while cooking led to the blaze.

HC pulls up govt for not probing defects in flyover

The Delhi high court on Tuesday reprimanded the Delhi government for its failure to order a probe into the defective construction of a flyover near Nathu Colony Chowk, saying that it is clear that someone is \"trying to push corruption under the carpet\".

Burdened by patient load, MRIs at AIIMS have years-long wait

For the parents of five-year-old Akriti, coming to one of India's premier hospitals - the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi - all the way from Samastipur in Bihar, was a desperate resort in their attempt to give their daughter a \"normal\" life.

North Delhi: Body found in abandoned building

Police have recovered the decomposed body of a 22-year-old man who had been missing since November 13 from inside an abandoned railway quarters in north Delhi's Sarai Rohilla, officers said on Tuesday, adding that a murder case was lodged in this connection.

Man, 64, found murdered in Panchsheel Park house: Cops

A 64-year-old retired businessman was found murdered with several stab wounds in his Panchsheel Park residence in south Delhi on Monday morning, police said.

6 ARRESTED FOR ROBBING GROCERY STORE, WANTED TO USE LOOT MONEY TO GO ON HOLIDAY

Six people have been held for robbing a Dwarka-based grocer at gunpoint, officers said, adding that the accused committed the crime to bankroll a proposed vacation to Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir.

2 minors nabbed for beating man to death

Delhi Police has apprehended two juveniles for allegedly murdering a 37-year-old man near the railway lines near Okhla, officers said.

Month since 4-yr-old's death, public gym equipment overhaul pending

More than a month after a four-year-old boy died when exercise equipment in an open-air gym collapsed on him in a municipality-run park in Moti Nagar, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has yet to initiate the annual maintenance of such equipment across the city.

Yamuna water taxi plan still in works, NGT told

DELHI GOVT TELLS GREEN COURT THAT IT IS YET TO RECEIVE AN AFFIDAVIT AND AN INDEMNITY BOND FROM CENTRAL AGENCY IWAI

NGT NOTICE TO OVERSIGHT PANEL, SEEKS STATUS OF RIDGE

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a notice to the Oversight Committee seeking a report on the protected area in Delhi's Ridge and the status of removal of encroachments from there.

3-year-old girl drowns while playing in a vacant waterlogged plot near Rohini: Cops

POLICE SAID THE COLONY WHERE THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE IS UNAUTHORISED AND LACKS A DRAINAGE SYSTEM

BJP, AAP lock horns over slum outreach

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with an eye on the upcoming Delhi assembly elections, on Tuesday started its \"Ratri Pravas Samvaad\" (night stay dialogue) programme with the residents of slum cluster residents across the city to learn the issues plaguing them, party functionaries said.

Police checks, posters, awareness among youth: LG launches anti-drugs campaign

Lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena on Tuesday announced a month-long antidrug campaign starting December 1 with the aim of making the Capital drug-free within the next three years, officials from the LG secretariat said.

NGT NOTICE TO OVERSIGHT PANEL, SEEKS STATUS OF RIDGE

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued a notice to the Oversight Committee seeking a report on the protected area in Delhi's Ridge and the status of removal of encroachments from there.

Yamuna water taxi plan still in works, NGT told

DELHI GOVT TELLS GREEN COURT THAT IT IS YET TO RECEIVE AN AFFIDAVIT AND AN INDEMNITY BOND FROM CENTRAL AGENCY IWAI

Winds rescue city: Air in lower end of 'very poor'

Delhi's air quality was in the \"very poor\" category for a third straight day on Tuesday, but strong surface-level winds helped disperse pollutants, pushing the Capital's air to the verge of the \"poor\" zone by late in the night.