NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress, which is part of the INDIA bloc, “has decided” to move a privilege motion against Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju in Rajya Sabha, for making derogatory remarks against opposition members, said TMC sources.With Rijiu attacking the opposition for moving a notice on Tuesday seeking removal of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar for…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi told Lok Sabha on Wednesday that Manipur was in the throes of a “humanitarian crisis” and demanded a statement from Union home minister Amit Shah in the Parliament.He slammed BJP for raising the George Soros issue in Parliament, contending that the governing party did it to “hide its failures…
India, France & UAE kick off air drill over Arabian Sea NEW DELHI: India, France and the UAE on Wednesday kicked off a major air combat exercise called “Desert Knight” over Arabian Sea, strengthening trilateral defence cooperation and enhancing military interoperability, amid the ongoing geopolitical churn. IAF deployed several fighters like Sukhoi-30MKIs and Jaguars, backed…
RAIPUR: Less than a week after warning BJP workers to quit party or die, Maoists killed a BJP worker, Kudiam Mado, in Bijapur on Wednesday, accusing him of working as a police informer. Last Wednesday, Maoists kidnapped and killed two local BJP workers, who were former sarpanchs. Thirteen BJP men and three from Congress have…
Omar Abdullah (PTI photo) JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said his government would restore the Darbar Move as the biannual administrative tradition, he asserted, “symbolises unity and inclusivity”, and ensures that governance remains accessible to both Jammu and Kashmir regions.The practice of moving the civil secretariat and other govt offices…
NEW DELHI: The Congress, already weakened by its losses in Haryana and Maharashtra, faces a tough start to 2025 with Arvind Kejriwal‘s Aam Aadmi Party ruling out any alliance with the grand old party for the Delhi assembly elections to be held early next year. On Wednesday, Kejriwal took to X to reiterate that Aam…
NEW DELHI: As the family of Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash’s wife denied any wrongdoing and harassment leading to his suicide, details of Nikita Singhania‘s police complaint against her husband have emerged.Subhash, 34, reportedly died by suicide on December 9, citing alleged harassment by his estranged wife and her family. In his suicide note, he said…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha witnessed a heated exchange on Wednesday as TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee made a personal remark against union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia‘s family and appearance leading to an uproar in the House.The confrontation during a discussion on amendments to the Disaster Management Act when Banerjee accused the central government of non-cooperation during…
NEW DELHI: The mother of the Bengaluru techie Atul Subhash, who died by suicide, fainted at the Patna airport on Wednesday while speaking to the reporters.In the video shared by news agency PTI, she was seen lying on the ground. She fainted while crying inconsolably after arriving at the Patna Airport as her husband spoke…
NEW DELHI: Making a strong pitch for ‘one nation, one election,’ former President and chairman of the committee Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said that the central government “will have to build consensus” for the implementation of ONOE.While voicing support for holding simultaneous elections to the state assemblies and the Lok Sabha in the country,…
