Politics

Besides a list of wilful defaulters in public sector banks, O'Brien shared a list of top 33 defaulters.

Gandhi had earlier shared his thoughts on why China chose to be aggressive now and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "indiscretions" have weakened the country and left it vulnerable.

Poonia said he will vote in favour of the Congress government if there is a floor test in the assembly, adding any attempt to topple it will not succeed.

A press note was also issued by the camp of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot claiming that the audio clips are of conversations between the BJP's Shekhawat and Pilot loyalist Bhanwarlal Sharma.

According to his family, Malla was abducted while he was going to a friend's house for attending a marriage ceremony.

Jha, who has been critical of the way the Congress handled issues regarding rebel party leader Sachin Pilot, said he remains a Gandhi-Nehruvian idealist which is a vanishing breed within the Congress.

Gehlot and the other ministers arrived at his residence from a hotel where they were holed up amid the power tussle between Gehlot and Pilot.

A call was made by Parliament to all the 15-plus MPs and other officers about the case and they were advised to go for self-quarantine.

The meeting attended by 102 MLAs, meant to be a show of strength for Gehlot, continued for two hours. The Rajasthan Congress Legislature Party (CLP) today passed a resolution supporting the Gehlot-led government.

Pilot is in Delhi, and MLAs supporting him have resolved that they cannot work under Gehlot's chief ministership after the letter was served to "publicly discredit" the PCC chief, said sources.

Thackeray visited Kalyan in the district to review the measures taken by the civic body to check the spread of the virus.

Accusing the University Grants Commission (UGC) of creating confusion, Gandhi said it is unfair to conduct examinations during the COVID-19 pandemic and the UGC should listen to the voice of students.

State BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said Banerjee and her ministers had been violating the rules over the past three months, which, in a way, contributed to the spike in cases.

Referring to the RSS, Vivekananda Foundation, India Foundation and Overseas Friends of BJP as "blue-eyed, sanctified holy cows", the Congress said such entities are not asked questions about the 9th Schedule exemptions.

On Monday, Nadda had attacked the Congress leader for 'not attending a single meeting' of the Parliament's standing committee on defence and accused him of trying to 'demoralise' the nation.

Earlier in the day UPCC Chief Ajay Kumar Lallu had alleged that Vikas Dubey, who is behind the cold-blooded murder of eight UP cops, had links with UP government ministers and those sitting in power.