With the three new criminal laws coming into effect, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram slammed the Centre and said it was another case of “bulldozing” existing laws and replacing them with three new bills without adequate discussion and debate With the three new criminal laws coming into effect, a...
The Leader of Opposition is the strongest democratic tool for every Indian, Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday and asserted that he will raise the voice of the people of India in Parliament. In a post on Instagram, Gandhi who recently became the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, a...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in a bid to strengthen opposition unity, has proposed the name of Faizabad MP and Samajwadi Party leader Awadhesh Prasad for the post of Deputy Speaker of Parliament, sources have told CNN-News18. Banerjee raised the request to the Congress and SP via TMC...
Despite Kejriwal’s significant role in the INDIA bloc, having held several meetings with senior Congress leaders and other prominent politicians, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is yet to see any solidarity movement on the streets of Delhi or on the floor of Parliament demanding his release or his arrest by...
The power tussle in Karnataka has taken a fresh turn with a Vokkaliga seer asking Siddaramaiah to step aside and let his deputy, DK Shivakumar, be the chief minister of the southern state. Just a few weeks after the Lok Sabha election, top Vokkaliga seer Chandrashekar Swamiji, while sharing...
The Privileges Committee of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday held 12 opposition MPs, including the AAP’s Sanjay Singh, guilty of misconduct for disrupting House proceedings last August and cautioned them to desist from such behaviour in future. In the report tabled in the Upper House of Parliament on Thursday,...
From support on the resolution on Emergency to the loss in Speaker’s election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) questioned the Opposition unity on the third day of the 18th Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Amit Malviya, BJP leader, wrote on X: “Opposition unity is a myth…Several parties in the I.N.D.I...
Nationalist Congress Party leader Amol Mitkari has sparked speculation regarding the possibility of the Mahayuti members contesting the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls independently if each constituent insists on demanding 100 seats, drawing the ire of BJP. Speaking at an event on Tuesday evening, Mitkari emphasised the impracticality of accommodating...
Congress on Wednesday re-appointment Sam Pitroda as the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress with immediate effect. Pitroda resigned in May this year after he came under the scanner over his statements in which he advocated implementing inheritance tax law in India and referring to how people in South...
Kolkata, Jun 26: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Wednesday asserted the recent Lok Sabha poll results point to the fact that India is not a ‘Hindu Rashtra’. Sen, who arrived in Kolkata from the US in the evening, also expressed displeasure over the “continuation” of putting people behind bars...
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the excise policy scam case. The arrest was made following an order from Special Judge Amitabh Rawat at Rouse Avenue, allowing the CBI to formalise its action in the...
Staying the order granting bail to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the trial court’s order “reflects perversity” and held that the lower court did not “appropriately appreciate” the material placed before...
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi sparked a controversy by chanting ‘Jai Palestine’ slogan as he concluded his oath as an MP on the second day of the 18th Lok Sabha session in Parliament on Tuesday. His words triggered the BJP’s ire, with Union minister Shobha Karandlaje registering a formal complaint...
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee lashed out at municipality chiefs over their “poor performance and service” in the first review meeting on Monday. Banerjee started the meeting stating that she will sound bitter because for her common people are important. She said,...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing “strong reservation” over the Centre excluding the state government from discussions with Bangladesh regarding Teesta water sharing and the Farakka Treaty. Banerjee also urged the PM to not hold any such discussion with the...
Union minister Piyush Goyal recently won the Lok Sabha elections, and took oath as an MP of the Lower House Union minister and BJP president JP Nadda has been named the Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha. He will be replacing Union minister Piyush Goyal, official sources...
Mohan Charan Majhi was referring to an attack in October 2021 when two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants threw bombs at his vehicle while he was returning home Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday claimed that the previous Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government led by Naveen Patnaik conspired to...
Bhubaneswar BJD president Naveen Patnaik held a meeting with his party’s nine Rajya Sabha MPs on Monday and asked them to emerge as a ”vibrant and strong” opposition in the Upper House of Parliament during its upcoming session that would begin on June 27. At the meeting, Patnaik also...