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"While walking during 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' we heard people's voices while we also kept our voices. We talked to children, women, elderly during the yatra. People also talked about Agniveer scheme but youth of India told us about them being asked to leave after four years. Senior officers said that Agniveer Yojana came from RSS, Home ministry and not from Army, said Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha.

The first batch of earthquake relief material from India that left for Turkey, from Hindon Airbase in Ghaziabad earlier this morning, arrives in Adana. 


Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 noon over Opposition MPs' demand for a discussion on #Adani row and demand for a JPC, reports ANI

Supreme Court starts hearing the plea against the appointment of advocate Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri as an additional judge of the Madras High Court.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to hold rallies in poll-bound Tripura today. West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress' chief Mamata Banerjee to participate in road show. 

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has struck the central Turkey region, reported the news agency Reuters citing European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.  The quake was at a depth of 2 km, EMSC said

A team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel along with a specially trained dog squad and necessary equipment has departed from Hindon Airbase in Ghaziabad to carry out search and rescue operations in Turkey. India has sent the NDRF team to Turkey after earthquakes jolted Turkey and Syria on Monday.

Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria searched through the frigid night into Tuesday, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake killed more than 4,000 people and toppled thousands of buildings across a wide region.
 


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First Published: Feb 08 2023 | 1:45 AM IST