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Plea questions Mamata Banerjee’s Supreme Court appearance
An application before the Supreme Court of India has challenged the personal appearance and oral submissions made by Mamata Banerjee during hearings on the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, arguing that a serving chief minister stepping into the role of an advocate is constitutionally improper and legally untenable....
Dubey’s charge sparks Lok Sabha uproar
A sharp political clash erupted after Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian Nishikant Dubey accused Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi of being an “urban Naxalite” and alleged that Opposition members were preparing to engineer an unprecedented disruption aimed at Prime Minister Narendra Modi inside the Lok Sabha. The remarks, delivered on...
Opposition targets Speaker over floor access dispute
Opposition parties are preparing to move a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, escalating a confrontation over the conduct of proceedings after claims that the Leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, was denied an opportunity to speak during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the...
PMO bars Lok Sabha questions on relief funds
New Delhi: Parliamentary questions and related proceedings on the PM CARES Fund, the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund and the National Defence Fund have been ruled out under the rules of the Lok Sabha, after the Prime Minister’s Office communicated its position to the Secretariat of the Lower House....
Adani power dues dispute sharpens Bangladesh election stakes
Bangladesh’s power sector has been thrust into political and economic focus after the Adani Group sent a formal letter to the Bangladesh Power Development Board demanding settlement of outstanding payments linked to electricity supplied from its coal-fired power plant in Jharkhand. The communication, delivered as campaigning intensifies ahead of...
Farm groups plan nationwide protests over trade deal
Farmers’ organisations have announced a series of protests across the country next week, criticising the proposed interim trade agreement framework between New Delhi and Washington and accusing the government of exposing agriculture to undue foreign corporate influence. A joint statement issued on Saturday by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha, its...
Bhagwat flags Bangladesh Hindu concerns
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat said Hindus facing pressure in Bangladesh would find global backing if they chose to collectively assert their rights, delivering a pointed message that drew attention to minority anxieties in the neighbouring country and the wider regional implications. Speaking at a public gathering on...
School poster row in Sambhal triggers probe
A dispute has flared in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district after a poster, alleged to carry a verse from the Quran, was found affixed to the outer wall of a government-run school, prompting protests by Hindu organisations and a formal inquiry by the district administration. Officials said the matter came...
Mahayuti names Ritu Tawde for Mumbai mayor
BJP corporator Ritu Tawde has been named the Mahayuti alliance’s candidate for the post of Mumbai Mayor, signalling a swift move by the ruling coalition to consolidate control over the country’s most powerful civic body after its emphatic performance in the municipal polls. The announcement was made by Mumbai...
Sonia Gandhi challenges criminal revision plea
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has formally opposed a criminal revision petition filed against her before the Rouse Avenue Court, asserting that the plea rests on incorrect, misleading and speculative assertions and amounts to a misuse of the judicial process. In a written reply submitted through counsel, Gandhi described the...
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...
Trump lifts extra India tariff under trade pact
Washington moved to roll back an additional 25 per cent tariff on goods from India on Friday, formalising a trade understanding announced earlier this week and tying the relief to New Delhi’s commitment to halt purchases of Russian oil and expand energy and defence cooperation with the United States....
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...
India–US trade talks ring-fence farm and food staples
Government officials have moved to allay anxieties around the contours of the proposed India–United States trade arrangement, stating that agriculture and mass-consumption food items are excluded from negotiations. The clarification comes amid speculation over market access, tariff concessions and regulatory alignment, with farm groups and consumer advocates seeking assurances...
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...
