Opposition’s Decision Forces Rare Election For LS Speaker Post

Opposition’s Decision Forces Rare Election For LS Speaker Post

Om Birla Vs K Suresh To Be Picked Today New Delhi: he ruling BJP-led NDA on Tuesday maintained its streak of continuity in its third term by fielding previous Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for the crucial parliamentary position again, but its bid for a consensus was thwarted by the opposition which forced an election […]

Coveted Post Saw Polls On 3 Previous Occasions

Coveted Post Saw Polls On 3 Previous Occasions

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker’s post is being contested by two candidates, the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) Om Birla, who was the Speaker in the 17th Lok Sabha, and eight-term MP from the Congress, K. Suresh. This is, however, not the first instance that the Speaker’s post has seen a poll, with at least three […]

Rahul Gandhi appointed leader of Opposition

Rahul Gandhi appointed leader of Opposition

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will occupy the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a letter about the decision has been sent to Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab by the Congress party. The decision on Rahul Gandhi’s appointment as the Leader of Opposition was announced soon after a meeting of the […]

Why no consensus on Speaker’s post: Govt says Opp wanted to dictate terms

Why no consensus on Speaker’s post: Govt says Opp wanted to dictate terms

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 […]

Entire edu system handed over to ‘mafia’, ‘corrupt’ by Modi govt: Priyanka Gandhi

Entire edu system handed over to ‘mafia’, ‘corrupt’ by Modi govt: Priyanka Gandhi

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 […]

Poll Body kicks off updation of Electoral Rolls for J&K, 3 States

Poll Body kicks off updation of Electoral Rolls for J&K, 3 States

New Delhi: After successful completion of General Election to the 18th Lok Sabha, the Election Commission of India has initiated the preparations for forthcoming State Assembly Elections in the States of Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand with updation of the electoral rolls in these states w.r.t. July 1, 2024 as the qualifying date. The term of […]

Court To Hear Er Rashid’s Interim Bail Plea Today

Court To Hear Er Rashid’s Interim Bail Plea Today

New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to hear on Saturday further arguments on an application filed by Engineer Rashid, arrested in a 2016 Jammu and Kashmir terror funding case, seeking interim bail to take oath as an MP. Contesting as an independent candidate, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated former Chief […]