Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, the newly-elected MP from Srinagar, on Wednesday urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to ensure the sanctity of the House by restraining members from making disparaging remarks like dubbing a Muslim parliamentarian a “terrorist” or rushing legislations like the abrogation of Article 370. In his two-minute inaugural address after Birla was […]
NEW DELHI: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that highway agencies should not charge tolls if roads are not in good condition. Gadkari was speaking at a global workshop on satellite-based tolling, set to be implemented over 5,000 km this financial year. “If you don’t provide good quality service, you should not charge toll…We are […]
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday registered a case and conducted raids on the various properties allegedly owned by a deputy superintendent of police (DySP) in J&K and Himachal Pradesh in connection with disproportionate assets (DA) case, officials said. The ACB is investigating allegations of acquisition of disproportionate assets, including two […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Om Birla on his re-election as Lok Sabha Speaker, expressing confidence that he will guide parliamentarians and play a big role in the House fulfilling people’s expectations. Modi and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju were joined by the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in escorting Birla, […]
NEW DELHI: Congratulating Om Birla for being elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha for a second term, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and other opposition MPs on Wednesday hoped they would be allowed to raise the voice of people in the House and incidents like the suspension of MPs will not be repeated. While the […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for his condemnation of the Emergency in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and said it was a wonderful gesture to stand in silence in honour of all those who suffered during those days. Birla read out a resolution condemning the Emergency in the […]
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution urging the Centre to take up caste-based census soon. The resolution piloted by Chief Minister M K Stalin said the central government should immediately commence the census work, which is due from 2021, along with caste-based population census this time. “This House considers that […]
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita on Wednesday alleged the whole system was trying to ensure that her husband does not come out of jail and stressed that all this is akin to “dictatorship” and “emergency”. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said that when there was a possibility of Kejriwal getting bail […]
NEW DELHI: Bids for spectrum — the first under the Modi 3.0 government — kicked off on a muted note with operators tabling offers of just Rs7,457.44 crore against the base price of Rs96,238 crore in the five rounds of bidding during the day. The government has put over 10,500 Mhz of spectrum on the […]
TEHRAN: Iranian Interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has met with Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Walid bin Abdulkarim Al Khereiji In Tehran to discuss bilateral relations and means to enhance ties. During the meeting, which was held on the sidelines of the 19th Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) ministerial meeting on Tuesday, Bagheri Kani emphasized that […]