‘Collector sahib padhenge’: MP minister as she struggles with R-day speech
Imarti Devi, the Madhya Pradesh women and child development minister, had to seek help from the Gwalior’s district collector to finish her Republic Day speech.
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
UPDATED ON JAN 26, 2019 05:37 PM IST
Reading out from a written speech at the 70th Republic Day function in Gwalior turned out to be an awkward moment for Madhya Pradesh women and child development minister Imarti Devi, who struggled with the script and fumbled before she passed the baton to the district collector Bharat Yadav, who finished the speech.
A video of the event, put out by news agency ANI, showed her struggling with the speech. Later, ANI quoted her as saying, “I was sick for the past two days, you can ask the doctor. But it is okay. The collector read it (the speech) properly.”
Elected from Dabra assembly constituency, Congress leader Imarti Devi is a third-time MLA in the Madhya Pradesh assembly. Imarti Devi has risen through ranks in the Madhya Pradesh Congress having been a part of the Youth Congress in the late 1990s. Imarti Devi was first elected to the Madhya Pradesh assembly in 2008.
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By Sobhapati Samom | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Imphal
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 02:12 PM IST
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Plea in SC seeks a transgender welfare board to address social welfare issues
PTI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 02:10 PM IST
The petition filed by a Mumbai-based organisation said that transgenders should be treated with the same dignity and respect as others, claiming they have suffered discrimination for ages and are deprived of social and cultural participation.
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By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 02:07 PM IST
The glitches were mainly because of the huge number of people trying to log in on the website, the minister explained and said that there were already five lakh registrations on Tuesday before 9am. On Monday, 34 lakh registrations were done.
Cong’s new campaign style: Dance, push-ups and deep sea diving
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 01:53 PM IST
On Monday, Assam and Kanyakumari, two corners of the country, saw a similar political portrait: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Kanyakumari and his sister party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Assam, breaking into a dance with the locals
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By Srinivasa Rao Apparasu | Edited by Abhinav Sahay, Hyderabad
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 01:14 PM IST
- On receiving information from the locals, the police rushed to the spot to take up rescue operations.
12,286 fresh Covid-19 cases recorded in India, infection tally crosses 11.12 mn
Written by Prashasti Singh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 01:17 PM IST
While the death toll increased to 157,248 with 91 new fatalities, the active caseload was recorded at 1,68,358 which accounts for 1.51 per cent of the total infections, the data stated.
PM Modi inaugurates 'Maritime India Summit 2021'
ANI
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 12:54 PM IST
Prime Minister also launched e-book of maritime vision 2030, which is aiming to make the Indian maritime industry at par with the top global benchmark in the next 10 years.
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By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 01:24 PM IST
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the first shot of Covaxin, several ministers on Tuesday got themselves inoculated.
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By Ramesh Babu | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 12:46 PM IST
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By HT Correspondent | Edited by Smriti Sinha
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 12:30 PM IST
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By Deeksha Bhardwaj
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Union health minister Harsh Vardhan gets his first Covid vaccine shot in Delhi
Written by Prashasti Singh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 12:47 PM IST
India began its second phase of Covid-19 vaccination for those above 60 years of age, and people between 45 and 59 years of age with specific comorbidities.
Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha channels merged to create new platform, Sansad TV
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 11:44 AM IST
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Bombay HC grants bail to former BARC CEO Partho Dasgupta, accused in TRP scam
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Shivani, New Delhi
UPDATED ON MAR 02, 2021 12:06 PM IST
The bail was granted on a personal bond of ₹2lakh and two solvent sureties of the same amount.