Ready to support NDA’s Speaker but need Deputy Speaker’s post: Rahul

Ready to support NDA’s Speaker but need Deputy Speaker’s post: Rahul

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 […]

Om Birla files nomination for Speaker’s post, INDIA bloc fields K Suresh

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 […]

Modi’s dig at Cong on Emergency; says no right to profess love for Constitution

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 […]

NEET issue to be raised in Parliament, say opposition MPs

NEET issue to be raised in Parliament, say opposition MPs

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 […]

BJP to launch prog against 1975 Emergency to ‘expose authoritarianism’ of Congress

BJP to launch prog against 1975 Emergency to ‘expose authoritarianism’ of Congress

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 […]

BJP chief, Union minister JP Nadda named Leader of House in Rajya Sabha

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 […]