Rift in Opposition widens, NCP skips opposition meeting called by Sonia Gandhi
August 11, 2017 18:17 ISTSharad Pawar's NCP was one of the 18 parties invited by Sonia Gandhi. However, no one from the party turned up to attend the meeting.
Sharad Pawar's NCP was one of the 18 parties invited by Sonia Gandhi. However, no one from the party turned up to attend the meeting.
Kumar’s remark comes in backdrop of Yadav expressing his displeasure over the Chief Minister’s decision to walk out of the Grand Alliance and join ranks with the BJP to form government in the state.
Urging members not to make long speeches while welcoming him in the Upper House in his new role, Venkaiah Naidu said “If you cooperate, I will operate better."
In the suicide note that was recovered from the spot, Pandey, a 2012-batch IAS officer, said he was fed up with his life and has lost his "belief in human existence"
“Mukesh Kumar Pandey’s death is a very heart-rending incident. He was an efficient administrator and a sensitive officer...May his soul rest in peace,” the chief minister said in his condolence message.
On August 5, M Venkaiah Naidu was elected as the new Vice-President of India by defeating opposition candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi with a huge margin. While Naidu received 516 votes, Gandhi could manage only 244 votes.
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He also rubbished the party statements questioning his appointment as AIADMK (Amma) Deputy General Secretary and that of party chief V K Sasikala.
After taking oath as the Vice President, Venkaiah Naidu will enter Rajya Sabha at 11am and run the proceedings of the House today as its new Chairman.
Kamal Haasan today said he was getting many queries on his Twitter handle on whether he would join the opposition DMK.
Hamid Ansari was today accorded a warm farewell by leaders from across the political spectrum, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he had done his best to uphold the Constitution.
Shankersinh Vaghela's son Mahendrasinh said 10 Congress MLAs will soon join the BJP but added that his father will not be among them.
AIADMK leaders close to Dhinkaran hit out at Palaniswami for questioning the authority of the Deputy General Secretary, terming it as a "betrayal" and warned him of a backlash.
A day before he is sworn in as Vice President, Venkaiah Naidu said that the government needs parliamentary approval to push legislations so it can implement the agenda for which it had received the people's mandate.
Abhishek Manu Singhvi alleged that the Whistle Blowers Protection Act and Prevention of Corruption Act had been weakened and the Right to Information Act has been eroded.
The government today said that it was not considering any merger of the UGC and the AICTE into a single higher education regulator at present.
The PM's reprimand comes on after the government saw itself on the backfoot in the Rajya Sabha where ruling NDA lacks majority as members were absent.
The DMK is today celebrating the 75th anniversary of its mouthpiece Murasoli and an event organised on the occasion was attended by Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth.
"The BJP, under the direction of the RSS, has begun an all-India campaign directed against the so-called violence of the CPI-M against the RSS-BJP workers," an editorial in the CPI-M journal People's Democracy said.
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