NEW DELHI: BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad Tuesday came out strongly on Rahul Gandhi‘s tirade against the BJP during his US trip and accused the Congress leader of habitually defaming India on foreign soil. The BJP leader in particular pounced on Rahul Gandhi’s statement that he intended to “scrap reservation at the right moment” and said…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday strongly criticized Rahul Gandhi‘s comments about Sikhs during his visit to the United States, and accused the Congress leader of promoting a dangerous narrative while abroad.Addressing a press conference, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the Modi government has gone out of its way to…
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi wasted no time in targeting the BJP as he began his US tour. Speaking at a diaspora event in Herndon, Virginia, he criticized Prime Minister Modi and the BJP for spreading fear across India, only for it to “vanish within seconds” after the elections….
KOLKATA: A cautious Trinamool Congress on Sunday tried to rein in discordant voices within the party and said resignation was Jawhar Sircar‘s personal prerogative, to which it had nothing to add.But the party also agreed with Sircar’s “anxieties” and observations”, saying while “course correction” was the need of the hour, foot soldiers would fight the…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to embark on a visit to the United States from September 8-10, marking his first international trip since becoming the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha. During this visit, he will engage with the Indian diaspora, students, academicians, and lawmakers in Dallas, Texas and Washington…
NEW DELHI: Senior BJP Lok Sabha member Jagdambika Pal was on Tuesday named chairperson of the joint committee of Parliament (JPC), which will examine the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill.A Lok Sabha notification said Speaker Om Birla appointed Pal as the head of the 31-member committee.Amid protests by the opposition in Lok Sabha on its provisions,…
NEW DELHI: Jagdambika Pal, a senior BJP Lok Sabha member, has been appointed the chairperson of the joint committee of Parliament that will examine the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill, according to a Lok Sabha notification issued on Tuesday. The official notification said Speaker Om Birla named Pal the head of the 31-member committee. The government…
NEW DELHI: The Parliament was adjourned sine die on Friday, one sitting ahead of the scheduled end of the session, with the two Houses passing several key pieces of legislation, including the Finance Bill, 2024, and the Appropriation Bill, 2024 — both crucial for the Union Budget.The session gained significance after the introduction of the…
NEW DELHI: A photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has gone viral on social media. The two leaders attended a meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla after the conclusion of the second session of the 18th Lok Sabha.The photo shared by the Lok Sabha…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme court dismissed a plea against the election of Amritpal Singh, a jailed radical Sikh preacher, as an MP from Punjab’s Khadoor Sahib. The petitioner argued that Singh, who allegedly does not owe allegiance to the Constitution of India, should not qualify for membership of Parliament under Article 84 of the Constitution….
