EMERGENCY 3 Months 10 STATES

Moni Sharma

Hatay/Turkey: Two fresh earthquakes of 5.6 and 5.7 magnitude hit Turkey on Tuesday, a day after 3 deadly quakes - also felt in Syria, Lebanon and Israelrocked the country, having killed over 5,000 lives, 20,534 had been injured.

Rescuers here braved freezing darkness as they dug for survivors buried by a string of earthquakes.

President Erdogan has declared a 3-month State of emergency in 10 provinces.

I am monitoring the situation.

54,000 tents and 102,000 beds have been sent to earthquake-hit regions so far.

Nearly 54,000 personnel are participating in rescue operations throughout the impacted areas of the earthquakes. 70 countries have offered help.

—Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prez of Turkey

It is a huge responsibility on behalf of the MPs to talk about the budget to their constituency and tell people what is in the budget for them and how this budget comes in at a time in the world is going through a major economic crisis.

—Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

Parliament Budget Session

Govt is favouring Adani: Rahul; BJP hits back

New Delhi (FIB): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked PM Modi accusing him of helping of helping Gautam Adani expand his business. While replying to Prez Murmu’s address in LS, Rahul said, “From TN, Kerala to HP we have been listening one name everywhere ‘Adani’. Across entire country, it’s just ‘Adani’, ‘Adani’...people used to ask me that Adani enters any business and never fails.” Meanwhile, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said, “We condemn the baseless allegations levelled by Rahul Gandhi.”

COMMITTEE FORMED

TO DRAFT NEW NAT’L COOP POLICY: SHAH

Giving a reply to a written question, HM Amit Shah on Tuesday said that a National level committee was constituted on September 2 under the chairmanship of Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu to formulate the New National Cooperation Policy.

Balasaheb Thorat resigns as Congress legislature party chief; not aware: Patole

First India Bureau

Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat on Tuesday resigned as the state legislature party head, a day after his letter to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge over friction with state unit chief Nana Patole came out, party sources said.

NO TALKS HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH HIM: SUSHILKUMAR SHINDE ON THORAT’S RESIGNATION

2 FRESH QUAKES TURKEY 5.6 & 5.7 Magn.

Kahramanmaras

FOURTH 5.6 Magnitude 12:05 pm (IST)

FIFTH

5.7 Magnitude 13:34 pm (IST)