Morning briefing: What's next for expelled TMC MP; KCR's health update after hip surgery, all latest news
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Mahua Moitra of the Trinamool Congress was expelled on Friday from the Lok Sabha after the House adopted the report of its ethics committee that found her guilty of accepting gifts and illegal gratification from businessman Darshan Hiranandani to further his interest. The committee report found Moitra guilty of "unethical conduct" and contempt of the House by sharing her Lok Sabha credentials – user ID and password of Lok Sabha Member's Portal, with unauthorised persons which had an irrepressible impact on national security, Joshi said. Dig deeper

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Former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) on Friday successfully underwent a Total left hip replacement surgery following a fall and a fracture on Thursday, Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad said. A team of senior orthopaedic surgeons and other medical professionals at the Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad performed the surgery. Rao "has undergone the planned operation of left Total Hip Replacement," the hospital said in a health bulletin Friday night. He has "tolerated the surgery well and was stable haemodynamically throughout the procedure," it added. Dig deeper
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That’s all we have at this hour in our morning briefing. Catch you in the afternoon.
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