As the ruling NDA coalition and the Opposition’s INDIA bloc fielded their candidates for the election of Lok Sabha Speaker, the former has blamed the “old mentality” of the Congress for not building consensus. The NDA coalition has named Kota MP and former Speaker Om Birla as its candidate for the Speaker’s post, while the […]
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the entire Opposition will support the ruling coalition’s pick for the Lok Sabha Speaker if they are given Deputy Speaker’s post in return. Gandhi said that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh contacted Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and the latter apprised him of his decision to […]
NEW DELHI: Former Lok Sabha Speaker and BJP MP from Kota, Om Birla on Tuesday filed his nomination for the post of Speaker. The Opposition’s INDIA bloc fielded its eight-term MP K Suresh for the post. Mr Birla, who served as the Speaker in the previous term, is likely to become the Speaker again as […]
NEW DELHI: Marking the 49th anniversary of the imposition of Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the dark days showed how the Congress subverted basic freedoms and trampled over the Constitution. Taking a dig at the opposition, he said those who imposed the Emergency have no right to profess their love for the […]
Raise slogans as education minister takes oath NEW DELHI: Amid a row over alleged irregularities in competitive exams, opposition MPs said on the first day of the 18th Lok Sabha that the government will have to answer on the controversy in Parliament. Several newly-elected members who took oath in the Lok Sabha on Monday said […]
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Monday said it will launch a nationwide programme on the 1975 Emergency to “expose” the Congress’ “authoritarianism” and its disregard for the Constitution. BJP president JP Nadda will address the main event, titled “Dark Days of Democracy”, at its headquarters on Tuesday, the party’s chief spokesperson Anil Baluni said in […]
NEW DELHI: Jagat Prakash Nadda, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president and Union minister, has been appointed the leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha. Nadda takes over from Union minister Piyush Goyal, who recently won the Lok Sabha elections and was sworn in as a member of that House on Monday. Nadda […]
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday attacked the Narendra Modi government over the alleged irregularities in national competitive exams, including the NEET-UG, alleging that it has handed over the entire education system to the “mafia” and the “corrupt”. Her reaction came a day after the Union education ministry set up a panel […]
GUWAHATI: The flood situation in Assam continued to remain grim on Sunday with over 1.17 lakh people still reeling under the deluge across 10 districts of the state, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The flood waters have inundated 968 villages in 27 revenue circles in these districts, he said in a post on X. […]
NEW DELHI: Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Sunday said the Haryana government has closed all gates of Hathnikund Barrage that is used to release water for Delhi, and added that she will continue her indefinite hunger strike over it. Atishi’s indefinite hunger strike to demand water for Delhi, which is under the grip of a […]