NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha saw a verbal spat between Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and leader of opposition (LoP) Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday when the latter sought to raise an “emergent issue” (disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat) during the discussion on Appropriation Bill, but it was turned down by the Chair. When Kharge and Congress members asked…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday gave the first official confirmation of Sheikh Hasina‘s presence in India and gave details of the circumstances under which the former Bangladesh prime minister was allowed to come at short notice after she resigned on Monday following massive protests and violence.“On August 4, attack on police…
NEW DELHI: Veteran actress and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan, just a few days after getting annoyed in Rajya Sabha for being addressed as ‘Jaya Amitabh Bachchan‘, on Friday introduced herself with the same.As chairman Jagdeep Dhankar called out Jawhar Sircar to speak, someone interrupted saying “on a lighter note” and Jaya Bachchan inquired if…
NEW DELHI: Days after three UPSC aspirants drowned after rainwater accumulated on the road flooded the library at Rau’s IAS coaching centre in central Delhi’s Old Rajender Nagar, Anand Kumar, the renowned founder of Super 30, expressed his concerns about the current state of coaching institutes. Kumar pointed out that students have now become ‘clients’…
NEW DELH: More than 2,16,000 Indians renounced their citizenship in 2023, as reported by the government to the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Kirti Vardhan Singh, Minister of State for External Affairs, provided this information in a written response regarding the number of Indian citizens who have given up their citizenship over the past five years….
NEW DELHI: Bollywood veteran and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Monday got annoyed at the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman as he called her to speak by saying ‘Jaya Amitabh Bachchan. In no time after deputy chairman’s address, she raised a strong objection to “being identified with her husband’s name”.“Sir, sirf Jaya Bachchan bolte to…
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The Marathwada region, which earlier had two central ministers, now has none.BJP functionary Bhagwat Karad has failed to find space in the council of ministers of the new NDA govt led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Karad, an OBC politician, was nominated to the Rajya Sabha and later offered the ministerial berth in July…
KANPUR: Strange it may sound but in the 2024 general elections, at least seven MPs from a single district, Etawah, have made it to the 18thLok Sabha. If we include two members of the Rajya Sabha as well, Etawah will perhaps emerge as the only district in the country which has sent nine of its…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has been elected as All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson, according to the party.The party has also elected Sudip Bandyopadhyay to serve as the leader of the party in the Lok Sabha, with Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar assuming the role of Deputy leader. Kalyan Banerjee has…
NEW DELHI: Swati Maliwal, a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Delhi, has accused Arvind Kejriwal‘s personal secretary, Bibhav Kumar, of assaulting her inside the Delhi chief minister’s house earlier this week. In the FIR registered against Bibhav Kumar on the basis of the Rajya Sabha MP’s statement on Thursday, the Delhi Police…
