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MK Stalin will make Udhayanidhi the deputy CM

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin may soon promote his son and state Youth Welfare and Sports Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin to the post of Deputy Chief Minister. Sources said that Udhayanidhi will be made Deputy Chief Minister before Chief Minister Stalin leaves for the US visit on August 22. Stalin was appointed Deputy Chief Minister in 2009 when Stalin’s father M. Karunanidhi was the Chief Minister. After this, Stalin emerged as a big leader in Tamil Nadu politics.

Many roads are closed due to continuous heavy rains in Western Ghats

Due to continuous heavy rainfall in the Western Ghats, three major roads have been closed for heavy vehicle traffic in view of the threat of landslides at many places. An official gave this information. He said that traffic has been affected due to the closure of many roads. A spokesperson of the district administration said that due to landslides, National Highway 66 going to Goa, National Highway 75 going to Bengaluru via Shirdi and State Highway 88 passing through Sampaje have been closed for heavy vehicles. Now the only route left to go from Mangaluru to Bengaluru is Charmadi Ghat, which passes through Beltangady, Ujire, Kotigehara, Mudigere, Belur and Hassan.

Two BJP MPs will join Trinamool Congress on July 21: Kunal Ghosh claims

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh claimed that two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs have expressed their desire to join the Trinamool Congress during the Shaheed Diwas celebrations to be held on July 21. Ghosh told reporters that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will take the final decision after considering all aspects. Ghosh claimed, 12 BJP MPs have been elected in the recently held Lok Sabha elections and two of them are in touch with us. They have contacted us and expressed their desire to join the Trinamool Congress. They want to work under Mamata Banerjee’s leadership and may join the party during the July 21 program. He said that the identity of these MPs cannot be revealed at this time.

The government will introduce six new bills in the monsoon session of Parliament

Six new Bills, including a Bill to amend the Disaster Management Act, will be introduced during the Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning next week. Apart from the Finance Bill, the government has also listed the Indian Aircraft Bill 2024 to replace the Aircraft Act 1934 to provide enabling provisions for ease of doing business in the civil aviation sector. The list of Bills was published in the Parliament Bulletin issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Thursday evening. The Monsoon Session will begin on July 22 and continue till August 12. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget on July 23. Other Bills listed for introduction and passage during the session include the Boiler Bill, Coffee (Promotion and Development) Bill and the Rubber (Promotion and Development) Bill, replacing a pre-independence law. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla also constituted the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) to set the parliamentary agenda.

Indians, Nepalis among over 300 people who reached Meghalaya from violence-hit Bangladesh

Over 300 people stranded in Bangladesh due to student protests, including Indians, Nepalese and Bhutanese nationals, most of them students, have reached Meghalaya. The government of Assam, another northeastern state, said it was in constant touch with the Ministry of External Affairs to ensure the safety of Indians living in the neighbouring country. At least 18 more people were killed and over 2,500 injured on Thursday as violence broke out in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere during a student protest demanding reform in the reservation system for government jobs in Bangladesh. With this, the death toll has risen to 25 since the protests began.

Train accident: Special train carrying 600 passengers of Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express leaves

A special train carrying 600 passengers of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express, which derailed in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, left for Assam, an official statement said.
On Thursday, eight coaches of the train derailed near Gonda, killing two passengers and injuring 34 others, officials said. A statement issued by the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) said rescue operations at the derailment site have been completed. “A special train carrying 600 passengers of the derailed Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express left Mankapur for Dibrugarh at 8.50 pm. Earlier, they were brought to Mankapur by bus and were given tea and water,” it said.