The Congress on Saturday asked the Central and the Gujarat governments to explain suppression of the Covid deaths in the state to the extent of over 10 times the official deaths of 4,218 declared in 71 days between March 1 and May 10, 2021.
“I won’t let a former president or anybody else unravel the democracy,” says the Wyoming Republican, who is waging a lonely fight in a party devoted to Trump and, some fear, potentially motivating him to run again in 2024.
NEW DELHI: search committee to finalise the new CBI director is likely to meet on May 24. The members of the panel, which comprises the prime minister, the Chief Justice of India and the leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, have been notified of the meeting.
The CBI top post fell vacant on February 3 and the agency’s additional director was named as the officiating director. As the Centre could not convene the meeting of the panel in the next few weeks, Congress leader in the committee Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury left for West Bengal elections, which concluded on May 2. The Supreme Court too has been hearing the issue. The members have been briefed about a long list of names, it is learnt.
Ex-Aide to Congressman Claims He Was Fired for Voicing Virus Concerns
A former adviser to Representative Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Republican, contends in a federal lawsuit that the congressman flouted safety guidelines, contributing to an outbreak in his office.
The office of Representative Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Republican, has denied accusations by a former adviser that the congressman flouted safety measures.Credit.House Television, via Associated Press
May 13, 2021, 9:34 p.m. ET
A former aide to Representative Doug Lamborn, Republican of Colorado, filed a lawsuit on Thursday claiming that he was fired after complaining about his boss’s disregard for safety measures meant to protect congressional staff members from the coronavirus, which he said resulted in an outbreak in Mr. Lamborn’s office.