NEW DELHI: Highlighting a series of statements made by INDIA bloc members, BJP on Monday said they were echoing the voice of Pakistan and asked people to be wary of such “traitors” as their remarks were against the interests of the nation.At a press conference, BJP spokesperson and Rajya Sabha MP Sudhanshu Trivedi cited a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that former Congress president Sonia Gandhi opted for the Rajya Sabha route to enter Parliament, accusing her of lacking the courage to contest Lok Sabha polls. He further alleged that the state of her party is so dire that even members of its “dynasty” are not supporting Congress candidates in…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of candidates on Saturday, naming 195 contenders across the country. Among the notable mentions was the surprising selection of Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a three-time Rajya Sabha member, as the BJP‘s candidate for the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala.The Thiruvananthapuram battleground has intensified with Chandrasekhar’s…
NEW DELHI: Union communications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday introduced the Telecommunications Bill, 2023 in the Lok Sabha. The bill seeks to replace the 138-year-old Indian Telegraph Act that governs the telecom sector. The Cabinet had cleared the bill in August.Here’s what the bill proposes:* The draft Telecommunications Bill has been introduced to create a…
BHOPAL: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said that he had proposed to state Congress chief Kamal Nath to give four seats to Samajwadi Party (SP) in the ensuing Madhya Pradesh assembly elections, but he doesn’t know what happened after that.Speaking informally with reporters at his office, he said that Nath had sent three state…
KOLKATA: CRPF troopers will replace officers of Kolkata Police in the office and residential sections of the Raj Bhavan, with the Union home ministry clearing the move following a complaint that the state cops were conducting surveillance on Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose’s activities.The shuffle is the latest turn in an ongoing tussle between the…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the women’s reservation bill with near-unanimous backing, setting it on course to be cleared by the Rajya Sabha possibly by Thursday evening.It was the first time that the women’s quota bill, the Constitution (128th Amendment) Bill in Parliament’s terminology, had been put to vote in the Lok…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday accused TMC member Derek O’Brien of doing “theatrics” in the House to gain publicity during a heated debate on the Delhi services bill. Dhankhar’s outburst came after the TMC member refused to confine his speech to the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill,…
NEW DELHI: In a major blow to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi, the Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill, 2023, empowering the Centre to make rules for Delhi government officers and employees, including appointment, transfers and terms. The Bill was passed with 131…
