Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to the Sir Ganga&nbsp;Ram Hospital in Delhi on Thursday. According to&nbsp;Dr D.S. Rana, the Chairman of the hospital, she has been admitted for routine tests and investigations. Her condition is currently stable, he added.&nbsp;
Earlier in the day, the Congress President had&nbsp;held a meeting with party's Rajya Sabha members and discussed the current political situation with them, sources said.The meeting was organised through video conference in which its top leaders, including former prime minister Manmohan Singh, participated.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi on Thursday. According to Dr D.S. Rana, the Chairman of the hospital, she has been admitted for routine tests and investigations. Her condition is currently stable, he added. Earlier in the day, the Congress President had held a meeting with party's Rajya Sabha members and discussed the current political situation with them, sources said.The meeting was organised through video conference in which its top leaders, including former prime minister Manmohan Singh, participated.

PTI, New Delhi: Those raising objections to the draft environment impact assessment (EIA) notification are the same people who took "big decisions without consultations" when they were in power, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Monday, hitting out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Gandhi had on Sunday tweeted that the draft EIA was a "disaster" and urged people to protest against it.
Speaking to the media after an event to celebrate World Elephant Day, Javadekar said, "Saw reaction of some leaders demanding protest against the EIA draft. How can they protest against the draft? It is not a final notification. It was kept for public consultation for 150 days because of COVID-19. Otherwise it is only 60 days as per rules." "We have received thousands of suggestions which we welcome. We will consider those suggestions. Then take a call and come out with final draft. So people jumping just on the draft is not fair practice. Those who want to now protest, during their regime took many of the big decisions without consultations. It is unnecessary and premature. I have mentioned it in my letter to (Congress leader and former Union minister) Jairam Ramesh," the minister told reporters.
"It (Gandhi's comment on EIA and demanding protests) is unnecessary and premature," Javadekar said.
Gandhi had on Sunday tweeted, "This EIA 2020 draft is a disaster. It seeks to silence the voice of communities who will be directly impacted by the environmental degradation it unleashes. I urge every Indian to rise up and protest against it." The Congress leader has also called for its withdrawal, saying it will lead to further environmental destruction and looting.
"EIA 2020 draft must be withdrawn to stop the loot of the nation and environmental destruction,&rdquo; Gandhi said.
The draft EIA notification has drawn flak from environmentalists, students, youth wings and NGOs across India who claimed it diluted the environmental clearance procedure.

PTI,&nbsp;Bengaluru:&nbsp;Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has recovered 'completely' from COVID-19 and was on Monday discharged from a private hospital here, the state government said.
The 77-year old leader was admitted to the Manipal Hospital on August 2 after he tested positive for coronavirus.
"After recovering from COVID-19 completely, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has been discharged from the Manipal Hospital," an official statement said here.

PTI, Srinagar:&nbsp;Shah Faesal, who resigned from the Indian Administrative Service and floated the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement&nbsp;last year, has resigned as its president, the party said on Monday.
Faesal had dropped a hint about stepping away from politics on Sunday as he edited his personal details on Twitter, removing the reference to his political affiliations.
He could not be contacted for comments.
The JKPM's executive committee held an online meeting on Monday to discuss the ongoing political developments in the state, the party said in a statement.
"In the meeting, request of Dr Shah Faesal to spare him from the organisational responsibilities was discussed. Dr Shah Faesal had informed state executive members that he is not in a position to continue with political activities and wants to be freed from the responsibilities of the organisation," the JKPM said.
"Keeping in view this request, it was decided to accept his request so that he can better continue with his life and contribute whichever way he chooses," the party said.
The JKPM statement said it has been unanimously decided to appoint vice president Feroze Peerzada as interim president till formal elections can be held for the post of president.
The committee also accepted the resignation of its chairman Javed Mustafa Mir, who is a former MLA, it said.
Faesal, who surprised everyone by resigning from the government service in January 2019, had floated his own political party two months later.
He was arrested in August last year, a week after the Centre revoked the special status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and divided it into union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh.
Faesal was booked under the stringent Public Safety Act later on and released in June.

As former President Pranab&nbsp;Mukerjee&nbsp;announced that he has tested&nbsp;Covid&nbsp;positive, leaders from across the political divide&nbsp;took to twitter to wish him a speedy recovery. Praying for his well being, Railway Minister, Piyush&nbsp;Goyal&nbsp;tweeted, that he was sure that the former Congressman will make a recovery soon.&nbsp;BJP&nbsp;leader and former Maharashtra&nbsp;CM, Devendra&nbsp;Fadnavis&nbsp;also wished speedy recovery for the 84-year-old veteran. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind&nbsp;Kejriwal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata&nbsp;Banerjee, Haryana&nbsp;CM&nbsp;Manohar&nbsp;Lal&nbsp;Khattar also extended their wishes.&nbsp;

PTI, New Delhi:&nbsp;Ahead of the crucial Rajasthan assembly session from August 14, rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday met party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra here, amidst indications of a possible breakthrough.
Top Congress sources said the meeting took place a little after noon at Rahul Gandhi's residence and a "positive outcome" was expected.
Sources also confirmed to PTI that Pilot has been in touch with the top Congress leadership and a formula for his return was being worked out.
Pilot and 18 other MLAs have rebelled against the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan, leading to Pilot's sacking as deputy chief minister and state party chief.

New Delhi, PTI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday stepped up his attack on the Centre over the draft environment impact assessment (EIA), saying it must be withdrawn to stop "environmental destruction".
Gandhi alleged that the aim of EIA 2020 draft was clear -- "loot of the nation".
"The EIA is another dreadful example of what the BJP government has been doing for its select suit-boot 'friends' who loot the resources of the country," Gandhi alleged.
"EIA 2020 draft must be withdrawn to stop #LootOfTheNation and environmental destruction," he tweeted.
The draft EIA notification, which involves procedure of issuing environmental clearances to various projects, was issued by the Environment Ministry in March and public suggestions were invited.
The Environment ministry had earlier said it would not extend the deadline for people to give suggestions and opinions beyond June 30, but later gave time till August 12.
On Sunday, Gandhi had urged people to protest the new EIA 2020 draft, saying it was "dangerous" and, if notified, the long term consequences would be "catastrophic".
In a Facebook post using the hashtag 'WithdrawEIA2020', Gandhi had slammed the government over the EIA, 2020, draft, saying it was not only "disgraceful", but "dangerous".
"Not only does it have the potential to reverse many of the hard fought gains that have been won over the years in the battle to protect our environment, it could potentially unleash widespread environmental destruction and mayhem across India," he had said.

A silver lining on India's Covid cloud. Country's Covid-19 recoveries have crossed 15 lakh-mark, with a recovery rate of almost 70 percent, the government stated on Monday. The country reported the highest ever single-day cases of Covid-19 recoveries in the last 24 hours. According to the govt data, 54,859 people recovered from the deadly contagion on Sunday. Total Covid-19 recoveries across the country now exceed the number of active cases by more than 9 lakh, the health ministry said on Monday. There are 6.3 lakh active Covid cases in the country now.

A month after the rebellion by Sachin Pilot, is a truce in the works between the former Dy CM of Rajasthan and the Congress. The Hindustan Times has reported that Pilot has now reached out to the Congress leadership and has sought an appointment with Rahul Gandhi. The report quoting party sources also said that Pilot has been in talks with senior leaders Ahmed Patel and KC Venugopal. It is still not clear if Rahul Gandhi has agreed to meet the rebel leader. The report, however, stated that Pilot denied any new developments and declined to elaborate.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to accept the "regret" offered by senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan and said it will go ahead with the contempt of court proceedings. The case relates to Bhushan's interview to Tehelka magazine in 2009 in which he alleged that half of past 16 chief justices of India were corrupt. Refusing to accept the &lsquo;regret&rsquo; offered by Bhushan in a written statement to the top court, a three-judge bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra posted the matter for hearing on August 17.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee has tested for coronavirus. Mukherjee tweeted on Monday that on a visit to the hospital for a separate procedure, he tested positive for Covid-19. The former President has requested the people who came in contact with him in the last week to self isolate and get tested for Covid-19.&nbsp;

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the first ever undersea optical fibre cable project for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It will provide high speed broadband connections in the union territory at par with services in the mainland. The Prime Minister had laid the foundation for 2,312-kilometer Chennai - Andaman and Nicobar Islands connecting submarine optical fibre cable project on December 30, 2018. "From Chennai to Port Blair, Port Blair to Little Andaman and Port Blair to Swaraj Dweep, this service has started in large part of Andaman Nicobar from today," Modi said after inaugurating the project.

The Congress MLAs in Rajasthan have demanded that the 19 rebels, including sacked deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, should not be accommodated in the party. The demand is contrary to the wishes of CM Ashok Gehlot, who reportedly told MLAs that in democracy compromises are made at times. At the Congress MLAs meet in Jaisalmer on Sunday, The MLAS unanimously demanded that those who have betrayed the party shouldn&rsquo;t be allowed to return, the Hindustan Times reported. General secretary Avinash Pande reportedly told the MLAs that the high command is seized of the matter and he would not bat for the rebel legislators&rsquo; return to the party fold.

India's novel coronavirus tally crossed the 22-lakh mark on Monday with 62,064 new cases, while the death toll climbed to 44,386 with 1,007 more fatalities, the Health Ministry said.
The recoveries surged to 15,35,743 with a record 54,859 more people recuperating in the past 24 hours, taking the recovery rate to 69.33 per cent. The case fatality rate has dropped to about 2 per cent, the ministry said.
There are 6,34,945 active cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The total coronavirus cases now stands at 22,15,074, including 44,386 deaths, according to the ministry data.
This is the fourth consecutive day that the Covid-19 cases have increased by more than 60,000.
As many as 4,77,023 samples were tested on Sunday, taking the total to 2,45,83,558, according to the Indian Council of Medical Research.

Actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother have reached the Enforcement Directorate's office in Mumbai after the agency summoned them again for questioning in the Sushant Singh Rajput case. The agency had earlier grilled Rhea for over 8 hours on Friday in the money laundering case that the agency has filed. Her brother Showik Chakraborty was grilled by the ED for 18 hours on Saturday. Rhea has been accused by Sushant's family of cheating and mentally harassing him. The family has alleged that she transferred ₹15 crore from Sushant's account.

The number of deaths in Friday's landslide in Kerala's Idukki landslide has rise to 43. 17 more bodies, including that of a six-month-old baby, were recovered from the landslide site on Sunday. Two units of National Disaster Response Force have been engaged in the rescue operations in Idukki's Rajamala. The massive landslide was triggered by days of heavy rain and flooding. About 80 tea estate workers lived in the area that was cut off due to rains and landslide.

In the biggest ever drug seizure in Maharashtra in recent years, 191 kg of heroin worth ₹1,000 crore was seized from Nhava Sheva port in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. The joint operation by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and the customs department has busted a major international drug cartel. Two people have been arrested so far. The consignment had arrived from Afghanistan and the declared cargo was of Mulethi, a traditional herb. Packets of heroin were concealed inside the pipes in the cargo, officials said. The seized heroin is of high quality with a market value of around ₹5 crore for each kg.

Kolkata, PTI: The Centre has again urged the West Bengal government to allow entry of 2,680 Indians stranded in neighbouring Bangladesh since the announcement of the lockdown across India in March, a senior official said on Sunday.
The central government had made a similar request a few weeks back to let the people enter through two of the six land borders with Bangladesh, he said.
"Our Mission in Dhaka has once again reported that 2,399 people are seeking to return to West Bengal from Bangladesh through the Petrapole-Benapole integrated checkpost and further 281 citizens are seeking to do so through the Phulbari-Banglabandha land border," Additional Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, Vikram Doraiswami said in a letter to Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha.
The people stranded in Bangladesh "are living in extreme distress, including sheltering in school verandah or public parks", it said.
Most of them are either unskilled or semi-skilled labourers who had gone to the neighbouring country to see their relatives, the official said.
The state government is considering the request of the Centre and working out the modalities, he said.
"The central government must ensure that health screening of the stranded people is carried out before they board the trains," the official added.
The ministry, meanwhile, has also written to the Railways to consider the option of running special trains to bring the people back from Bangladesh.

Indore, PTI: A case was registered against Madhya Pradesh Congress working president and MLA Jitu Patwari for allegedly posting a doctored image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Patwari posted an image of the PM from the Ayodhya bhoomi pujan event that showed the prime minister wearing a mask and holding a bowl.
A BJP leader filed a complaint with the police claiming that the post hurt the dignity of the PM as well as religious sentiments of Hindus.
Accompanying the image was a tweet in Hindi which said, "The country's economy, business and income, declining economic status of farmers, jobs and unemployment, decline of economy, labourers and their struggle. These are not subjects of television debate. Because, (we) will walk with the bowl."
Chhatripura police station in charge Pawan Singhal said Mr Patwari was booked under sections 188 (disobedience to order duly issued by public servant) and 464 (making false electronic record) of IPC on the complaint of city BJP president Gaurav Randive.
Mr Singhal said, at first glance, it seems the image uploaded on Mr Patwari's Twitter handle was a "tampered" one, adding that section 188 of IPC was invoked as the district administration had already banned provocative social media posts.
Indore Lok Sabha MP Shankar Lalwani and local leaders expressed displeasure on Mr Patwari's tweet and gave a memorandum and complaint to Deputy Inspector General of Police Harinarayanachari Mishra.
They said Mr Patwari had "not only hurt the dignity of the Prime Minister, but also religious sentiments of Hindus".
While Mr Patwari, MLA from Rau and higher education minister in the previous Kamal Nath government, deleted the image later, it didn't stop BJP leaders from ridiculing him for spelling errors in his Hindi tweet.

The pilots of the aircraft that crashed while landing in Kerala's Calicut International Airport on Friday, were alerted about the bad weather in the area. They were also told about the tailwinds, which, however, were "within permissible limits", NDTV has reported quoting the Director General of Civil Aviation, Arun Kumar. The flight, trying to land on the tabletop runways, had touched down a km down the runway at full speed and toppled over into a gorge before breaking into two. Both the pilots and 18 passengers died in the crash.

London, PTI: A pair of gold-plated spectacles believed to have been worn by Mahatma Gandhi and presented as a gift in the 1930s have emerged on the UK auction circuit. The glasses are estimated to fetch between 10,000 pounds and 15,000 pounds.
East Bristol Auctions in Hanham, south-west England, said on Sunday that they were pleasantly surprised to find that the spectacles, dropped through their letterbox in an envelope, may have such a rich history behind it.
&ldquo;It's a huge find of great historical importance. The vendor had presumed them to be interesting, but of no value and did tell me to dispose of them 'if they're not worth anything',&rdquo; said auctioneer Andy Stowe of East Bristol Auctions.
&ldquo;I think he nearly fell off his chair when we presented our valuation. It's a really great auction story &ndash; and one that we all dream of,&rdquo; he said.
The glasses, which have already attracted an online bid for 6,000 pounds, are said to have been in the family of the unnamed elderly gentleman vendor in England, who was told by his father that they were a gift to his uncle when he was working for British Petroleum in South Africa between 1910 and 1930.
&ldquo;The vendor's uncle definitely worked for British Petroleum in South Africa, and I believe Gandhi didn't wear glasses until the late 1910s early 1920s,&rdquo; says Stowe in reference to the provenance of the glasses, which are likely to be one of Gandhi&rsquo;s earliest pairs during his time in South Africa.
&ldquo;The story that appears with the lot is exactly what the vendor told us, and exactly what was told to him by his father some 50 years ago,&rdquo; explains Stowe.
The lot, titled &ldquo;Pair of Mahatma Gandhi&rsquo;s Personal Spectacles&rdquo;, forms part of the auctioneers&rsquo; Military, History and Classic Cars online sale and will go under the hammer on August 21. It has already attracted much interest, including from India.

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