3rd day of protest against DDA’s demolition drive

New Delhi (ANI): Congress president and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has called a meeting of “like-minded” opposition parties on Monday.

The meeting will be held at Kharge’s office at Parliament before the start of the business of Rajya Sabha. The meeting is believed to be called to chalk out the strategy of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha on Monday. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday reiterated his party’s demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the businesses of the Adani Group in the wake of the report by US short-seller firm Hindenburg Research.

At a press conference, Kharge said, “Shouldn’t there be an inquiry into the Adani scam? Shouldn’t the matter be referred to the JPC? Should not there be a discussion on the money that public sector banks invested in Adani’s businesses? Public money is involved in it. Why does the government have a problem taking Adani’s name?”

Kharge alleged that PM Modi acted as an ‘agent’ for the Adani group of companies.

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The Congress national president added, “Modi-ji acted as Adani’s agent and got him tenders in Sri Lanka

“DOES GOVT HAVE HAND IN ADANI’S GROWTH”: CONG

Kochi (ANI): Amid the row over the HindenburgAdani issue Congress general secretary KC Venugopal on Sunday attacked the Centre and said people of the country need an answer whether the government has hand in Adani Group’s growth or not. “Rahul Gandhi raised the Adani issue in Lok Sabha, but instead of giving answers, Prime Minister abused Con gress, he did it to run away from this issue.” and Bangladesh. Everybody knows about this.”

Questioning the regulatory bodies of the country, Kharge said,

“The RBI, SEBI, ED, Corporate Affairs Ministry, Income Tax, and the CBI seem paralysed. Can they not see the corruption here? Is Adani invisible to them? With our institutions in inertia, it is our duty to question the government. The people sent us to the Parliament as their representatives and it is our responsibility to safeguard the public.”

“We tried to raise several issues in the Parliament. However, the Prime Minister evaded all questions and just gave an election speech, boasting about himself,” Kharge added.

Meanwhile, taking a serious note of the Opposition uproar on Friday over the demand for JPC probe into the Adani businesses in the wake of the report by US firm Hindenburg Research, Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar lost his cool and warned the protesting MPs that “every transgression from both sides would not go without his deep reflection”.

The outburst came amid a heated exchange of words between Union Minister Piyush Goyal and Kharge, who is also the Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House, after the Congress alleged that PM Modi has ‘links’ with industrialist Adani.

SC judge lays emphasis on use of AI in legal practice

New Delhi (PTI): Artificial intelligence (AI) should not be viewed as a threat, but as an opportunity to enhance quality of legal practice, Supreme Court judge Hima Kohli said, terming it is a “game-changer” that has the potential to revolutionise the way lawyers work. Justice Kohli, however, flagged ethical concerns about the “accountability, transparency and protection of rights of parties”, which may crop up with the use of AI in the legal field. She said it is undeniable that technology has played a significant role in keeping the wheels of justice moving even during COVID-19 pandemic.

New Delhi (ANI):

The protest by locals against the Demolition Drive by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is underway for the third consecutive day in the Mehrauli for the third consecutive day on Sunday. The agitated protestors could be heard sloganeering against the government and the DDA. It has also been claimed from the site that the rag- ing protestors threw red chilli powder on the security personnel at the protest site. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police said that suitable legal action will be taken against some women who allegedly threw red chilli powder on the police personnel. They also clarified that police did not conduct lathi charge on any individual there and no one was injured.

Delhi Police ropes in Truecaller to save people from impersonators, cyber frauds

New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police is all set to sign an agreement with caller ID verification platform Truecaller to help people identify verified numbers and protect themselves from cyber frauds and scams involving the impersonation of govt officials. In addition to educating Delhiites and holding a joint awareness campaign against cyber frauds, Truecaller will also display official numbers of the Delhi Police representatives on the app’s government directory services, police said.

“During the Covid pandemic, Truecaller helped us a lot as a lot of scams and frauds on the pretext of selling oxygen cylinders, concentrators, medicines and other essentials associated with treating the deadly virus were reported,” police said.

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CM CHANDY AIRLIFTED TO BENGALURU FOR FURTHER

Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader and former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was on Sunday airlifted to a private hospital in Bengaluru, party sources said. Chandy had been admitted to a private hospital in nearby Neyyattinkara for treatment after he was infected with pneumonia. The Congress veteran, who was taken out of the hospital in a wheelchair, thanked the doctors and staff of the hospital and said there was no basis for the concerns regarding the treatment given to him.

3 DIE IN BLAST AT FIRECRACKER GODOWN IN TN

Chennai: Three people died and seven people were injured in an explosion at a firecracker godown in Vaniyambadi, Tirupatthur district. Police said the explosion took place in the firecracker godown and investigation is on regarding the cause of the explosion. The police added that seven people were rescued.

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