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Pune: Two men on a bike robbed two women travelling in a private van of their ornaments worth Rs1.5 lakh and one of them sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl, who was also in the vehicle that had halted in front of a tea stall on the outskirts of Swami Chincholi village near Bhigwan on Pune-Solapur highway around 4.15am on Monday.Superintendent of police (Pune Rural) Sandeep Singh Gill said, "A case of robbery, rape, abduction and criminal intimidation has been registered with the Daund police. ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: A day after RJD neta Tejashwi Yadav asserted that his bloc, if elected in Bihar, will throw the amended waqf Act in the dustbin, BJP Sunday launched an attack on the "INDI alliance", accusing it of disrespecting Parliament, misusing minority provisions to dilute SC/ST/OBC reservations, and defending religious laws over civil ones.BJP spokesman Sudhanshu Trivedi specifically targeted Yadav for his remarks, drawing parallels between RJD's stance and Sharia-leaning regimes, and accusing ...Read More >
Resignation is the only option before Justice Yashwant Varma to avoid impeachment by Parliament as the government pushes for bringing a motion to remove the Allahabad high court judge over alleged corruption. IMAGE: Justice Yashwant Varma. Photograph: ANI Photo/span> Officials aware of the procedure to appoint and remove Supreme Court and high court judges pointed out that while defending his case before lawmakers in any of the House, Justice Varma can announce that he is quitting and his verb ...Read More >
TN: HM Amit Shah says BJP-AIADMK alliance will form govt in 2026 Chennai: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday said that the BJP-AIADMK alliance will form the government in Tamil Nadu next year after winning the forthcoming Assembly elections. Addressing a public meeting in Madurai, Union Minister Shah declared, "The NDA government of the BJP-AIADMK alliance will be formed in Tamil Nadu in 2026. I may live in Delhi, but my ears are always tuned to Tamil Nadu." He laun ...Read More >
RAIPUR: The Vishnu Deo Sai cabinet embarked on a singular initiative -- Chintan Shivir 2.0 -- where all state ministers shared their experiences, lessons learnt, accounts from the field, as they got an opportunity for introspection on an attentive, thoughtful platform. Cited as no ordinary government meeting, the two-day extensive deliberations and exchange of better ideas held at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Raipur campus is exclusively designed for the ministers to reflect on thei ...Read More >
Chennai , June 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday said that the BJP-AIADMK alliance will form the government in Tamil Nadu next year after winning the forthcoming Assembly elections. Addressing a public meeting in Madurai, Union Minister Shah declared, "The NDA government of the BJP-AIADMK alliance will be formed in Tamil Nadu in 2026. I may live in Delhi, but my ears are always tuned to Tamil Nadu." He launched a scathing attack on the DMK governm ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) A "skittish" government announced the dates for the Monsoon Session of Parliament "hurriedly" amid demands for a Special Session on Operation Sindoor, Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien said, and compared the Centre's move with the country's first prime minister's abiding with a similar request after the 1962 war. In 1962, Jawaharlal Nehru called a session of Parliament on the demand of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a first-time Rajya Sabha MP at the time, he said. In an ar ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI) Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said every session of Parliament is "special" in remarks that came amid demands by the opposition to convene a special session to discuss Operation Sindoor. As the opposition questioned the haste in convening the session 47 days ahead of the actual commencement date, the minister said the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs has recommended to the president to convene the session from July 21 to August 12 ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over their remarks on President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of two Houses of Parliament, saying the remarks of are an insult to the "tribal brothers and sisters" of the country. Addressing a public meeting in Dwarka, the Prime Minister said the "royal family of the Congress does not like those who rise from the grassroots" and "repeatedly insults t ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the Congress on Friday, accusing its "shahi parivar" of insulting President Droupadi Murmu, who hails from a tribal background, and demanding an apology. In a direct response to Congress leaders' purported remarks on Murmu over her address to a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament on Friday, Modi, at a rally at Dwarka, said, "These Congress people think they are the masters of the country. The arrogance of ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): The budget session of Parliament will commence on January 31 and continue till April 4 with the union budget to be presented on February 1. President Droupadi Murmu will address the joint sitting of two houses of Parliament on January 31. Parliament will have an inter-session break from February 14 and the two Houses of Parliament will resume their sittings on March 10. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the union budget on February 1. The s ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: In the proposed bills on 'one nation one election', to be tabled in Lok Sabha Monday, the government has argued that there is an imperative need for holding simultaneous elections for various reasons as polls have become expensive and time-consuming. In the Constitution (129th) Amendment Bill, 2024, the government has stated that imposition of a Model Code of Conduct in several parts of the country that are poll-bound puts on hold entire development programmes and causes disruption o ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15 (VOICE) In a unique blend of sports and social awareness, political leaders from both Houses of Parliament gathered on the cricket ground at Delhi's Major Dhyan Chand Stadium on Sunday to promote the goal of a TB-free India by 2025. The 20-over cricket match, dubbed the "TB Mukt Bharat Awareness Cricket Match," aims to raise awareness about tuberculosis (TB) and highlight the importance of public health in India's journey towards becoming a 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047. Speaking t ...Read More >
The Congress - under heavy fire from the Bharatiya Janata Party over alleged links between ex party boss Sonia Gandhi and businessman George Soros - hit back Tuesday through Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who dismissed the Soros-Sonia Gandhi claims as "ridiculous" and an attempt to distract voters. Ms Gandhi Vadra also counter-accused the ruling party of "deliberately not running Parliament (which was, this afternoon, adjourned for the day after raucous protests from both sides)". "It is the most ridi ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's opposition MPs on Wednesday, December 11, greeted their BJP counterparts in Parliament premises with the tricolour in one hand and a red rose in the other, urging the ruling party to ensure that the Parliament functions properly. This is the latest in a series of demonstrations led by Congress over the issue regarding industry mogul Gautam Adani getting indicted by the US. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi also offered the tricolour in the form of a card to ...Read More >
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, along with INDIA bloc leaders launched a no-holds-barred attack on the chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday, holding him responsible for the repeated stalling and disruption of the House, apparently over his 'headmaster-type attitude' and treatment of 'Parliament like a school.' In a joint press conference held by Congress and its allies, Mallikarjun Kharge hurled serious accusations at V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar and said, 'The bigg ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a significant change to the Central Vista redevelopment project, the Union government has decided to integrate the upcoming Common Central Secretariat (CCS) buildings, North Block, and other important structures with the Delhi Metro network. The move replaces an earlier plan to connect these buildings via moving walkways, a proposal that has now been discarded. A senior official from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs confirmed on Tuesday that the revision was made to avoid ...Read More >
OCCRP had published news articles against Adani; BJP MP Sambit Patra calls Rahul 'traitor of highest order' After a hiatus of two days, the Winter Session of Parliament plunged into chaos again Thursday, this time due to the ruling BJP targeting Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the Congress, accusing them of being part of a plan to "derail" India's economy and "disrupt" its democracy. Senior BJP MP Nishikant Dubey raised the matter in the Lok Sabha, alleging that a "dangerous triangle ...Read More >
The Congress has firmly committed to the Places of Worship Act, 1991, stressing it must be implemented fully. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh highlighted the recent disputes, including claims on a mosque in Sambhal and Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti's shrine in Ajmer, as unfortunate consequences exacerbated by past statements from ex-CJI D Y Chandrachud.The Congress on Monday asserted that the Places of Worship Act, 1991, must be implemented in letter and spirit, and said that oral observations made by ...Read More >
The Congress accused the government of avoiding discussions in Parliament on issues like Adani's indictment and Sambhal violence. Protests by the opposition led to both Houses being adjourned on Monday. Congress demanded immediate talks on these matters, along with a two-day discussion on the Constitution's 75th anniversary. However, the Modi government has not scheduled these discussions yet.The Congress on Monday accused the treasury benches of "running away" from a discussion in Parliament on ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday accused the treasury benches of "running away" from a discussion in Parliament on issues such as the Adani indictment and Sambhal violence, and said the government simply did not want Parliament to function. Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Monday amid continued protests by the opposition, which demanded a discussion on the indictment of industrialist Gautam Adani in a US court on bribery charges and the Sambhal violence, in which at least five fiv ...Read More >
Live Parliament Winter Session 2024: Amit Shah to move Disaster Management (Amendment) Bill 2024 in Lok Sabha Both Houses of Parliament are scheduled to resume at 11 am today after they were adjourned on Thursday for the third day in a row. The Winter Session of Parliament began on November 25 and is expected to conclude on December 20. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned amid massive protests by the opposition on the Adani row and the Sambhal violence, among other issues, which the ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: BJP leader Amit Malviya on Tuesday accused Rahul Gandhi of being "so arrogant that he did not even greet the President" during the 75th Constitution Day event held in Parliament. This comes as the grand old party has often voiced its criticism against the saffron party for not inviting President Droupadi Murmu at the inauguration ceremony of the new Parliament building last year and Ram Temple consecration this year. "Rahul Gandhi is so arrogant that he did not even greet the Presid ...Read More >
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