The Lok Sabha on Wednesday began with an uproar over the Unnao survivor car crash case echoing the house with the Opposition demanding Home Minister Amit Shah's statement. Later in the day, important bills were passed in both Houses of the Parliament.
Triple Talaq bill has been passed in Rajya Sabha. Now is the time for political reactions. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah are engaged in a Twitter war.
Congress MP Sanjay Singh, who hails from Amethi royal family has resigned from the party as well as the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. He is all set to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday. Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu has accepted the resignation of Sanjay Singh as member of Rajya Sabha.
The triple talaq bill criminalising instant divorce in the Muslim community was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, with the government mustering numbers for its smooth sailing in the Upper House where it still lacks majority support. The contentious bill was passed with 99 members voting in favour and 84 against it. It was passed by the Lok Sabha last week.
The old guard is firmly behind Priyanka Gandhi's elevation despite a section of young leaders backing Rahul Gandhi's plan. Even as Rahul opposes a family member at the helm, her Sonbhadra show has won her many admirers both in the party and outside. The cabal around Sonia Gandhi is insistent that they have a winner on their hands after Priyanka's intervention in UP. This remains unacceptable to Rahul.
Srinivas was earlier the national vice president of the IYC. He succeeds Keshav Chand Yadav, who was given the charge on May 11, 2018.
The Congress may have lost the political battle in Karnataka, but disqualification of rebel Congress-JD(S) MLAs by former Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar may have put political careers of these MLAs are in serious trouble. This decision is sure to help Congress-led alliances in Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan to retain their hold on power. Read on to know how.
Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan, facing flak for his indecent remarks against BJP MP Rama Devi, made an apology in the Lok Sabha just as the Parliament began proceedings at 11 am.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa won the trust vote in the assembly on Monday, proving his government's majority. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had issued a whip to all its 105 legislators to attend the assembly on Monday from 11 a.m.
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddiyurappa looks comfortable as his government gets ready to prove majority in Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Although it looks certain that he will win the trust vote, he will surely not be complacent given how Karnataka political crisis has panned out so far.
Terrorism-hit Jammu & Kashmir is showing signs of a fresh political battle over Article 35-A. Former J&K Chief Minister and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah has said that his party will resist attempts to dilute "unique identity" of the state. His reaction has come hours after People's Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti expressed similar sentiments
Bharat Ratna Pranab Mukherjee: Former President Pranab Mukherjee will be awarded Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour of India on August 8. The award would also be given posthumously to social activist Nanaji Deshmukh and singer Bhupen Hazarika.
Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday came in defence of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, whose sexist remark against Lok Sabha deputy speaker Rama Devi Rama Devi inside Parliament irked widespread criticism. "When brother, sister meet they kiss, is it equal to sex? Mother kisses son, son kisses mother, is it sex?" Jitan Ram Manjhi told ANI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah will be present at the training classes or 'abhyas varga' to be held in New Delhi. BJP working president JP Nadda will be in attendance as well. All BJP Members of Parliament have been asked to attend Abhyas Varga starting August 3.
Just a day ahead of Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's confidence motion, Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar on Sunday disqualified 14 more rebel MLAs. Of the lawmakers who faced the action, 11 are from the Congress and three from JDS. Earlier on Thursday, Karnataka Assembly speaker KR Ramesh Kumar had disqualified 3 rebel Congress MLAs under the anti-defection law.
Lok Sabha witnessed uproar on Friday over Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan's sexist remark against BJP legislator Rama Devi. Slamming Khan, Union Minister Smriti Irani during the Zero Hour, warned him and said that he can't misbehave with a woman and get away, regardless of a party she belongs to, cannot be insulted.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader BS Yediyurappa on Friday took the oath as the new chief minister of Karnataka. The swearing-in ceremony commenced at 6.30 pm on Friday -- and after weeks of an overly-stretched political drama.
The Kumaraswamy government was reduced to a minority in the critical trial of strength in the assembly on July 23, when the confidence motion moved by him was defeated with 99 voting in favour of it and 105 against, ending a three-week long high-voltage political drama.
Karnataka may have a spell of President's rule till its Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar decides on the resignations of the 15 rebel legislators of the Congress and JD-S, as the BJP is not in a hurry to stake claim to form a government amid uncertainty, a party official said on Thursday.
Mumbai unit chief of the Nationalist Congress Party and former Maharashtra minister Sachin Ahir joined the Shiv Sena in Mumbai today. He was welcomed in the party by Uddhav Thackeray and Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray. Ahir had represented the Shivdi Assembly seat in Mumbai from 1999 to 2009 and was later elected from Worli, after delimitation of constituencies.
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