Budget session:Narendra Modi to chair an all-party meeting on January 30
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an all-party meeting on January 30 during which the government will put forth its legislative agenda for the Budget session of Parliament, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday. He said the meeting will be held virtually and an invitation has been extended to floor leaders […]
Remarks by Rahul Gandhi in Press Conference
NEW DELHI: Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at the Narendra Modi government (Centre) over the farmers’ agitation, saying that the “image” of India built by the Congress is being “destroyed” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Commenting on the farmers’ protests at several borders of the national capital for the last 54 days […]
Extremely disappointed with negotiation between government and farmers: Supreme Court
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday said it is extremely disappointed with the way negotiations are going on between the Centre (Narendra Modi or government of India ) and the farmers on the new farm laws, against which several farmer organisations are staging protest at Delhi borders. “What is going on? States are rebelling against […]
Supreme Court allows Central Vista revamp project,including new Parliament building by 2:1 majority
NEW DELHI: In a major relief for the Narendra Modi government, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court cleared the redevelopment plan for Central Vista with a 2:1 majority on Tuesday, although with riders. The bench held that there were “no infirmities in clearances given, change in land use and the environmental clearances”. However, it […]
IT dept quizzes Robert Vadra for 9 hrs in Benami properties case
NEW DELHI: Income Tax (I-T) department officials on Monday questioned Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra for over nine hours in connection with the probe into the ‘benami’ properties case. However, Vadra described his questioning as “vendetta politics” and said that the government is trying to divert attention from the ongoing farmers’ protest. A […]
Shivraj Singh Chouhan expands his cabinet, 2 Jyotiraditya Scindia loyalists return as ministers
BHOPAL: The Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Madhya Pradesh cabinet was expanded on Sunday with the induction of two loyalists of BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, whose exit from the Congress in March last year led to the fall of the 15-month-old Kamal Nath-led Congress dispensation in the state. Governor Anandiben Patel administered the oath of office to […]
BJP starts assembly election exercise in Assam
NEW DELHI :The Congress on Friday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is busy in giving clarifications on television on the three farm laws against which thousands of farmers are protesting for the last one month on the borders of the national capital, braving chilly winter conditions. In a statement, Congress spokesperson […]
Government willing to talk to all on farm issues: Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday squarely blamed those with political agenda for the deadlock in the Narendra Modi government’s (Centre’s) talks with protesting farmers and asserted that his government is willing to hold dialogues with all, including those staunchly opposed to it, as long as talks are based on farm issues, facts […]
GHMC polls: TRS emerges as single largest party, but BJP makes electoral inroads with a ‘saffron strike’
HYDERABAD: Backed by a high-octane campaign involving its top guns, the BJP on Friday made significant electoral inroads here in the fiercely contested GHMC polls, almost giving a scare to the ruling TRS, which just managed to retain control of the civic body it won four years ago. BJP’s resurgent performance prompted the state leadership […]
Modi government drunk on power, not listening to crores of farmers: Congress
NEW DELHI: Even as a stalemate between protesting farmers and the Narendra Modi government (Centre) on their protest venue in Delhi continued, the opposition Congress on Sunday attacked the government for “being drunk on power and not listening to the voice of farmers”. “The government is drunk on power… Union Agriculture Minister and Home Minister […]
Instead of celebrating liberation, bring in Covid-19 package: Goa Opposition
PANAJI: Instead of requesting Rs. 100 crore from the central government for celebration of Goa’s sixty years of liberation from Portuguese rule, the Goa government should instead utilise the money to design an economic revival package to help people who have suffered on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, leader of opposition Digambar Kamat said on […]
Manmohan Singh to head Congress panels on economy, security and foreign affairs
NEW DELHI: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has constituted three key committees of the party to formulate its strategy on issues related to economy, national security and foreign affairs — all headed by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Economic Affairs Committee will have P Chidambaram, Digvijaya Singh, Mallikarjun Kharge as members and Jairam Ramesh as […]
Goa BJP, Congress continue tussle over coal handling, transportation
NEW DELHI: The ongoing political tussle in Goa between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress seems far from over. A day after Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant charged the previous Congress government led by ex-Chief Minister Digambar Kamat of increasing the coal handling limit of Goa’s Mormugao Port Trust by 5 […]
BJP gives BSP safe passage in Rajya Sabha polls
NEW DELHI: With the announcement of only eight candidates for the upcoming biennial elections to the Raya Sabha, the BJP has left the field open for the unopposed election of the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ramji Gautam. A candidate needs 36 votes to win the election and the BJP with an effective strength of 305, […]
LJP may play spoilsport for JD-U in Bihar Assembly Polls
By Manoj Pathak PATNA: The entry of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) as an independent contestant in the Bihar Assembly elections may spoil the party for the ruling Janata Dal-United, an ally of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. The JD-U, which was the ‘big brother’ for the NDA in the past, is now faced with the […]
If GST has failed, revert to the old tax system: Uddhav Thackeray
By QUAID NAJMI MUMBAI:In a significant statement, Shiv Sena President and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said that if the system of GST has failed, then the Centre should honestly admit it and revert to the old system of taxation in the country. Addressing the party’s annual Dassehra Rally online with only 50 […]