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As both houses of Parliament saw a massive uproar on Thursday and Friday over Wednesday's security breach in the Lok Sabha -- resulting in the suspension of over a dozen MPs, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday asked why the opposition leaders were hell-bent on getting a statement from PM Modi or Home minister Amit Shah while the government is not responsible for the Lok Sabha security. "The security of the Lok Sabha is the responsibility of the Lok Sabha secretariat and not the government, why will the home minister answer on this," Nishikant Dubey said. Dig deeper
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Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday warned Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha for protesting and making a hand gesture while raising a point of order amid the chaos over the opposition’s demand to discuss the Wednesday's Lok Sabha security breach. The opposition MPs have demanded the suspension of the scheduled business of the day to discuss the "serious situation arising out of breach of security" in Parliament on December 13. But Dhankhar did not approve the notices and proceeded with the Zero Hour. Dig deeper
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In a momentous development, Mumbai Indians have appointed the returning Hardik Pandya as their captain for the IPL 2024 season, taking over the reins from Rohit Sharma after a 10-year stint as skipper. Hardik, who led Gujarat Titans to IPL crown in 2022, was traded back to Mumbai Indians after two years last month and is set to don the role of captain, succeeding the joint-most successful captain in history of the Indian Premier League. Dig deeper
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Agastya Nanda, who made his acting debut in the Netflix film The Archies earlier this month, is gearing up for his big-screen debut soon. As per a report by Pinkvilla, Agastya will play the leading man in filmmaker Sriram Raghavan’s Ekkis. Produced by Dinesh Vijan, Ekkis is the biopic of 1971 war hero, Arun Khetarpal and will also star Dharmendra in a key role, added the report. Agastya will reportedly start shooting for Ekkis in January 2024. Dig deeper
