NEW DELHI: Deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh on Friday ruled that the House, not the chairman, will decide whether a private member bill sought to be moved by its member will be allowed to be introduced or not, reports Swati Mathur. The ruling follows a confrontation between the treasury benches and opposition parties in…Continue Reading
Nominated member in Rajya Sabha Rakesh Sinha NEW DELHI: In a discussion over the Population Regulation Bill, 2019 in the Rajya Sabha on Friday, BJP member Vikas Mahatme sought the removal of penal clauses from the private member bill while maintaining the legislation will lead to an increase in female foeticide. Many opposition members also…Continue Reading
Now that was a close call. Skating duos from Team USA and Team Russia nearly collided during warmups for the ice rhythm dance competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing this week. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donahue of the United States and Nikita Katsalapov and Victoria Sinitsina of the Russian Olympic Committee narrowly avoided…Continue Reading
Beijing’s National Stadium was engulfed in color as the 2022 Winter Olympics officially kicked off on Friday.See some of the most extraordinary images so far:FRANCOIS-XAVIER MARIT via Getty Imagesvia Associated PressLintao Zhang via Getty Imagesvia Associated PressRichard Heathcote via Getty Imagesvia Associated PressMatthias Hangst via Getty Imagesvia Associated PressANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT via Getty ImagesJulian Finney via…Continue Reading
DENVER (AP) — A man who allegedly kidnapped an employee at the Colorado ranch owned by former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg at first asked her where the billionaire’s daughters were and later went on rants about Bloomberg, saying he wanted to “make an international scene” with him or his daughters, according to court…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — That bleak jobs report the White House had been bracing for never arrived Friday. Instead, President Joe Biden got the pleasant surprise that the U.S. economy had powered through the omicron wave of the coronavirus and posted 467,000 new jobs in January — along with strong revisions to job gains in the…Continue Reading
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Coronavirus deaths in California have topped 80,000 and another 3,000 people are projected to die by month’s end even as infections, hospitalizations and intensive care cases are falling almost as fast as they climbed during the rapid-fire omicron wave of the pandemic.The toll reached 80,688 on Friday, according to data collected…Continue Reading
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska House leaders on Friday backed away from a proposal to strip committee assignments from a lawmaker who has acknowledged being a member of the far-right organization Oath Keepers. For now, they plan to hold at least one hearing on the group.House Majority Leader Chris Tuck said members had been prepared…Continue Reading
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers on both sides of the aisle started the first week back at the Capitol highlighting ways to retain and recruit more police officers statewide.Leaders of both the Democratic House and GOP-controlled Senate have put forth public safety packages featuring a wide range of proposals. The efforts come amid increased concern…Continue Reading
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