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Dhaka unrest flares ahead of polls
Thousands of protesters attempted to breach the official residence of Bangladesh’s chief adviser on Friday afternoon, triggering pitched clashes with security forces in Dhaka and marking a sharp escalation in political unrest less than a week before national elections scheduled for February 12. Police said crowds converged on the...
Himachal Pradesh challenges HC curb on FIR withdrawals
Himachal Pradesh’s Congress-led government has approached the Supreme Court of India seeking clarity on the scope of a high court ruling that declined permission to withdraw, in full, criminal cases registered against elected representatives for offences described by the state as non-serious. The move escalates a legal contest over...
Modi rebukes Rahul Gandhi over ‘traitor’ slur
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Rahul Gandhi over the latter’s use of the word “traitor” to describe Union Minister of State for Railways Ravneet Singh Bittu, framing the remark as an affront to the Sikh community and a sign of what he called...
Tharoor defends opposition leader’s right to speak
A dispute over parliamentary speech rules sharpened on Thursday after Congress MP Shashi Tharoor publicly backed the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, arguing that he should be permitted to speak on the 2020 military standoff with China. Tharoor said blocking the intervention had widened...
Top court throws out Jan Suraaj Bihar poll plea
Supreme Court on Friday rejected a petition filed by Prashant Kishor–led Jan Suraaj challenging the outcome of the Bihar Assembly election held in November last year, bringing an end to the fledgling party’s first major legal challenge after a bruising electoral debut. The court declined to interfere with the...
Parth Pawar eyes senior Pawar’s Rajya Sabha berth
Talks within the Nationalist Congress Party have sharpened around Parth Pawar’s parliamentary ambitions, with party insiders indicating that the son of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is keen on a Rajya Sabha seat presently held by Sharad Pawar, while showing little interest in stepping into the Upper House through...
Row over “abodh” remark deepens parliamentary fault lines
A sharp exchange in Parliament has widened into a broader political confrontation after Union Minister JP Nadda used the term “abodh” to describe Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, drawing an immediate and forceful response from the Congress and sharpening debates over tone, accountability and dissent inside the House. The...
Dispute erupts over PM’s silence in House debate
A sharp procedural dispute has broken out in the Lok Sabha after Congress MP K. C. Venugopal wrote to Speaker Om Birla alleging that the conclusion of the Motion of Thanks debate on February 5 breached established parliamentary practice by ending without a reply from the Prime Minister. The...
Kharge accuses Centre of stifling Parliament
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led government, accusing it of hollowing out parliamentary democracy by curbing debate, sidestepping accountability and weakening the federal balance embedded in the Constitution. Speaking amid an acrimonious session, Kharge alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had repeatedly...
Siddaramaiah accuses Centre of stifling Opposition voices
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has alleged that the Union government is undermining democratic norms by repeatedly attempting to silence Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi in Parliament, particularly when questions touch on national security and developments along the Indo-Sino border. The charge, made on Wednesday, adds fresh intensity to an already...
Row over Supreme Court order fuels political sparring in Bengal
Political friction intensified in West Bengal after opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s name did not appear in a Supreme Court order uploaded online, hours after the court heard her petition challenging the legality of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in the state....
Mamata appears before Supreme Court as SIR hearing unfolds
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appeared at the Supreme Court of India on Wednesday as the apex bench took up multiple petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls being carried out in her state ahead of the forthcoming 2026 Legislative Assembly election. Banerjee, who holds a...
Goyal rebukes Rahul Gandhi over US trade deal criticism
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday mounted a pointed defence of the India–United States trade agreement, accusing opposition leader Rahul Gandhi of sowing doubt about an accord the government says will unlock gains for exporters, manufacturers and consumers. The remarks sharpened a political divide around trade policy...
Assam opposition leader warns Congress support erosion
All India United Democratic Front MLA and General Secretary Rafiqul Islam has cautioned that the Congress party faces a pressing political challenge in Assam after findings of the India Today–CVoter Mood of the Nation survey showed a stark divide in voter preference along communal lines that could narrow the...
Congress questions messaging after Modi Trump call claim
A sharp exchange over diplomatic messaging unfolded on Tuesday after a claim of a trade deal following a phone call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Donald Trump emerged first from the United States side, prompting criticism from Congress leader Jairam Ramesh about the government’s handling of communication on...
Rajya Sabha uproar over Epstein reference during address debate
Tempers flared in the Rajya Sabha on Monday afternoon after Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh sought a clarification from the ruling party over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name being mentioned in the Epstein files during the debate on the President’s address, prompting sharp condemnation from the treasury benches...
Trump envoy’s quiet signal precedes US–India trade pact
Washington’s announcement of a US–India trade agreement arrived with familiar flourish on Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform, packed with capital letters and eye-catching figures. Yet the clearest signal that a deal was imminent did not come from the former president’s social media account. It came hours earlier in New...
Banerjee warns of eroding parliamentary rights amid row
Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Monday questioned the manner in which Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s remarks in Parliament were handled, arguing that established procedures exist to address such matters and warning that the rights of elected members are being steadily curtailed. Speaking to reporters outside the House, Banerjee...
