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PATNA: BJP MP Ravi Kishan on Tuesday welcomed the move to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, saying that this will allow more women MPs to bring forward issues of their constituencies. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that Parliament will convene a special session on April 16 to take up the Women's Reservation Bill. Ravi Kishan told ANI, "The Prime Minister's idea has infused all women with a new energy. Now there will be 33 per cent women's representa ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a significant move for Andhra Pradesh, the long-pending plan to establish Amaravati as the state's capital received a major push after President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2026. With this, Amaravati has now been accorded statutory status as the sole and permanent capital of the state. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu confirmed the development, declaring on X, "The capital of Andhra Pradesh is Amaravati." Expressing grat ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the Modi government of perpetuating a system of exclusion through its policies and asked why 'Bahujan' entrepreneurs are being excluded from the country's largest public contracts. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said he asked the government in Parliament that out of the Rs 16,500 crore worth of public works contracts awarded last year, how many were secured by businesses owned by Dalits, Adivasis, and Backward Cla ...Read More >
Congress leader K C Venugopal criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accusing the UDF of spreading misinformation on FCRA amendments, calling the remarks "problematic" and "humiliating" to a community. Congress leader K C Venugopal has expressed disappointment over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement accusing the UDF of "spreading lies" about the FCRA amendments for "political gain". Venugopal, the MP from Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency, said that the PM's statement made in Kerala ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Keralam) [India], April 7 (ANI): Congress MP and General Secretary (Organisation), KC Venugopal, on Tuesday slammed the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Keralam, alleging that a farmer died by suicide in the Vaikom office of the Communist Party of India (CPI). Addressing a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram, Venugopal asked Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to respond to the incident. Slamming the LDF, he claimed that the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) will come ...Read More >
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 7 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2026, on Tuesday was published in the Gazette after receiving the President's assent, making Amaravati the sole capital of Andhra Pradesh. Sharing the Gazette publication on X, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced, "The capital of Andhra Pradesh is Amaravati." Also Read | EPFO 3.0 PF Rules Explained: What's the Maximum Amount You Can Withdraw via ATM and UPI?. https://x.com/ncbn/statu ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: The BJD on Monday suspended former Bhadrak MP Manjulata Mandal and her husband, former Dhamnagar MLA Muktikanta Mandal for anti-party activities. Sources in the BJD said both the leaders were hobnobbing with the BJP which went against the interest of the party in Bhadrak district. Both the leaders are likely to join the BJP soon. Manjulata was elected from the Bhadrak Lok Sabha seat in 2019 parliamentary election on a BJD ticket by defeating Avimanyu Sethi of the BJP. However, she ...Read More >
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], April 7 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2026, on Tuesday was published in the Gazette after receiving the President's assent, making Amaravati the sole capital of Andhra Pradesh. Sharing the Gazette publication on X, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced, "The capital of Andhra Pradesh is Amaravati." CM N Chandrababu Naidu welcomed the recognition of Amaravati as the state's sole capital, expressing gratitude towards Presiden ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 7 (ANI): BJP MP Ravi Kishan on Tuesday welcomed the move to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, saying that this will allow more women MPs to bring forward issues of their constituencies. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that Parliament will convene a special session on April 16 to take up the Women's Reservation Bill. Also Read | Air India CEO Campbell Wilson Resigns Ahead of Term End in 2027 Amid Challenging Phase for Airl ...Read More >
Silchar, April 7: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday attacked the BJP, especially Union Home Minister Amit Shah, for regularly raising the infiltration issue but not deporting the illegal entrants in large numbers despite being in the government for more than 10 years. Addressing an election rally at Borkhola in Cachar district, he also alleged that the BJP has misused the delimitation exercise in Assam in its bid to win elections. "When Amit Shah comes here, he only talks about B ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 7 (ANI): BJP MP Ravi Kishan on Tuesday welcomed the move to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, 2023, saying that this will allow more women MPs to bring forward issues of their constituencies. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju announced that Parliament will convene a special session on April 16 to take up the Women's Reservation Bill. Ravi Kishan told ANI, "The Prime Minister's idea has infused all women with a new energy. Now there will be ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will wrap up his whirlwind campaign for the April 9 bypolls to Davanagere South and Bagalkot Assembly constituencies by holding a Congress leaders meeting in Bagalkot on Tuesday morning. The Davanagere South and Bagalkot seats fell vacant following the demise of Congress leaders Shamanur Shivashankarappa and HY Meti, respectively. The public campaigning for the bypolls will come to an end at 5 pm on Tuesday. During his high-voltage campaign, the ...Read More >
The opposition had submitted notices against the CEC. Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected separate notices from the opposition to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post. The opposition had submitted notices to the Lok Sabha speaker and the Rajya Sabha chairman against the CEC, alleging "partisan and discriminatory conduct in office", "deliberate obstruction of investigation of electoral fraud" and "mas ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Voice of the People Party (VPP) in Meghalaya has urged the Centre to adopt a "balanced approach" to the proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), warning that some provisions could affect property rights and disrupt welfare services. In a representation submitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the party expressed "deep concern" over clauses that may allow the government to take over or control assets of organisations whose FCRA registration is canc ...Read More >
Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday slammed the Congress's attitude towards alliance partners in Maharashtra, saying it should keep them together if it wants to return to power at the Centre. An editorial in the party's mouthpiece, Saamana, called the Congress's stance of maintaining distance from the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners on certain issues narrow-minded. It took exception to Maharashtra Congress chief Harshvardhan Sapkal expressing reservations about the Nationalist Congress Party - Sh ...Read More >
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected separate notices moved by the Opposition seeking removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The notices, submitted on March 12, 2026, were signed by 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha members, alleging partisan conduct, obstruction of electoral fraud investigations and disenfranchisement. In separate orders, both presiding officers declined to admit the motions under Article 324(5) ...Read More >
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday, April 6, rejected the impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, with no reasons cited for the rejection, drawing sharp condemnation from the Opposition, which accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "mocking Parliament." The rejections came through virtually identical bulletins issued by both Houses, stating that "after due consideration of the notice of Motion and a ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With just a day left for campaigning, Kerala heads into the 2025 assembly polls amid a charged atmosphere of claims and counterclaims by the principal political fronts. Over the past 22 days, candidates of the CPM led LDF, Congress-led UDF and BJP-led NDA have braved the summer heat to reach voters, offering promises that range from social welfare expansion to vision of a "Viksita Keralam". On April 9, a majority of the 2.71 crore registered voters will line up at polling s ...Read More >
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, winding up his election campaign in Assam on Monday, launched a blistering attack on the Gandhi family and Congress, accusing them of corruption, dynastic politics, and siding with Pakistan.Addressing rallies in Barpeta, Hojai, and Dibrugarh -- just a day before the silence period begins at 5pm Tuesday -- Modi said, "The first family of Congress is the most corrupt in the country, indulging in scams of huge proportions and currently out on bail. Congress c ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday said that the Modi government has done a U-turn on the Women's Reservation Bill to "divert attention from the grave economic crisis" and influence voters in five poll-bound states and said the government has woken up 30 months after Congress had demanded its immediate implementation. In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Assam in which he urged Congress not to do politics over ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla have rejected the impeachment motion notice submitted by opposition members seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The notice of motion for impeachment of Gyanesh Kumar was signed by 130 Lok Sabha members and 63 members of the Rajya Sabha. Also Read | Breach of Discipline During PM Modi Rally: Kerala Police Begins Probe Into Officials' 'Fight' During Prime Min ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Former Haryana Governor and Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said that nobody believed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would one day form the government at the Centre, when just 2 MPs from BJP had won in the 1984 Lok Sabha elections, but all of them were proven wrong, as presently the saffron party has established its government in 19 states across the country. Speaking at the 47th BJP's foundation Day (Sthapna Diwas) celebrated at the party's headquarters in Nampally on Monda ...Read More >
Chennai, Apr 6 (UNI) With the election campaigning in the union Territory of Puducherry reaching its business end, top Congres honchos Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Pruyanka arrived here on Monday and headed to Puducherry for campaigning in the April nine Assembly polls. They were received at the airport by senior TNCC leaders and after a brief reception they left for Puducherry in an aircraft to campaign for candidates of the Congress-led INDI Alliance. Meanwhile, BJP ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday said that the Modi government has done a U-turn on the Women's Reservation Bill to "divert attention from the grave economic crisis" and influence voters in five poll-bound states and said the government has woken up 30 months after Congress had demanded its immediate implementation. In a post on X, Jairam Ramesh referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Assam in which he urged Congress not to do politics over ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected the opposition's impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.It was the first time a notice seeking the removal of the Election Commission chief was issued with the signature of 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha members.The 10-page impeachment motion accused Gyanesh Kumar of seven counts. The charges ranged from partisan conduct of the CEC to mass disenfranchisement of voters in different states. This ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla have rejected the impeachment motion notice submitted by opposition members seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The notice of motion for impeachment of Gyanesh Kumar was signed by 130 Lok Sabha members and 63 members of the Rajya Sabha. The notice of motion in Lok Sabha - filed on March 12, 2026, under Article 324(5) of the Constitution of India, read with ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) TMC MP Derek O'Brien on Monday accused the BJP of mocking Parliament after the Rajya Sabha chairman and the Lok Sabha speaker rejected separate opposition notices to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post. In a post on X, O'Brien also said no reason was given for the rejection of the notices. The opposition had in March submitted the notices to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan against ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday rejected the impeachment motion notice submitted by opposition members seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar. The motion, filed on March 12, 2026, under Article 324(5) of the Constitution of India, read with Article 124(4), Section 11(2) of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023, and the Judges (Inquir ...Read More >
CHENNAI: In a far cry from the bonhomie shared between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister MK Stalin during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the two leaders had ample chances to cross paths, shake hands, or exchange a hug this Monday, but appeared to avoid it, feeding the rumour mills. In the first instance, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi arrived in Chennai from Delhi on Monday morning on a special aircraft, a key transit halt en route to Puducherry and Kerala, which go ...Read More >
Kozhikode (Keralam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday criticised the Keralam government and the Centre, alleging that there was no development in the state for the past 10 years. She said that the public has understood that there is a collusion between the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Speaking to reporters here, Gandhi said, "There will be a change in power here. The public has understood that there is a collusion between t ...Read More >
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