Opinion | 12 New MPs To Watch Out For - By Derek O'Brien
NDTV
Of the 543 MPs in Lok Sabha, 280 are spanking new - into their first few months as Members of Parliament. Add to that the 166 MPs who have been in Rajya Sabha for less than a year. That's 446 MPs (of the total 770 MPs) who could fondly be described as 'newbies' in Parliament. A warm welcome to each one of them. Wish I could have written a paragraph about each new parliamentarian. Since that can't happen, let me introduce you to 12 new Opposition MPs to watch out for. I am sure each one of you reading this column can make your own lists of 12 new MPs. Here's part one with six MPs.
1. Alfred Kanngam Arthur, INC, Manipur (51)
"If the Prime Minister cannot bring peace in a small state like mine, what will he manage in such a big country as ours".
The BJP, Vishnu Deo Sai said, has shown huge respect to Ambedkar, no matter who headed the government -- Atal Bihari Vajpayee or Narendra Modi.
Shyam Benegal, who burst on the scene with his first film "Ankur" in 1974, was a chronicler of India's times and politics.
A second-cousin brother of the late legend, actor-film-maker Guru Dutt, Shyam Benegal was 90 and breathed his last at a private hospital in Mumbai. He is survived by his wife Nira and their daughter Pia.
The union government has scrapped the 'no-detention policy' for classes 5 and 8 in schools governed by it allowing them to fail students who do not clear the year-end exams, according to officials.
"Adani Defence Systems & Technologies Ltd (ADSTL) has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 85.8 per cent shareholding in Air Works India (Engineering) Private Ltd," a company statement said.
Several domestic carriers, between October and November, received hundreds of "hoax" messages or calls on their official communication channels including on social media.
Former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's BJD has made it clear that they are not against Electronic Voting Machines, questioning instead the integrity of the election process.
Lavi Pal alias Rahul Saini was arrested after an encounter in which he was injured on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday.
Seven Indians were injured in the deadly car-ramming attack in the eastern German city of Magdeburg.
The man, identified as Zakir, gesticulated to a biker to help him, even as the truck kept accelerating, showed the 36-second clip.
All the accused were arrested in November and December after reviewing data from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C), said Priyanshu Dewan, ACP (cyber).