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Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 8 (ANI): The war of words between the Congress and BJP over allegations levelled against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife further escalated on Tuesday with the leaders of two parties continuing to target each other. Assam Police carried searches at the Delhi residence of Congress leader Pawan Khera after Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma filed an FIR against him. Khera had made the allegations at a press conference relating to "passports" of ...Read More >
An all-party consensus marked the passage of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in Parliament in 2023. The Act reserves 33% of seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for women. A special sitting of Parliament is due this month to fast-track its implementation. But the candidates' lists of major political parties in the four states and one Union territory going to the polls this month tell a different story: None of the main parties in the fray -- the BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congr ...Read More >
Porvorim (Goa) [India], April 7 (ANI): The Goa Legislative Assembly will host the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), India Region, Zone-VII (West Zone) Conference from April 8-10, 2026, at the Goa Marriott Resort, Miramar. The conference is expected to bring together senior parliamentary leaders from across western India for discussions on key governance and development priorities. Also Read | Delhi Airport Issues Advisory After Recent Dog Attacks, Urges Flyers To Avoid Feeding. Th ...Read More >
Porvorim (Goa) [India], April 7 (ANI): The Goa Legislative Assembly will host the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), India Region, Zone-VII (West Zone) Conference from April 8-10, 2026, at the Goa Marriott Resort, Miramar. The conference is expected to bring together senior parliamentary leaders from across western India for discussions on key governance and development priorities. The three-day conference aims to strengthen inter-parliamentary cooperation and promote meaningful dia ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over his alleged remarks against Congress president and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, calling the language used "abusive, shameful and unacceptable." In a post on X, Gandhi strongly condemned the remarks, asserting that Kharge is a "senior, widely respected Dalit leader and mass representative" whose stature and expe ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the use of "derogatory language" against party chief Mallikarjun Kharge by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is an insult to the entire SC/ST community, and the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the matter "is not his helplessness, but his consent". "If the prime minister sees an attack on the dignity of crores of Dalits in the country and does not speak up - he is not only shirking his responsibility, but is al ...Read More >
Kolkata, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) about the unnecessary police harassment faced by its local party leaders and workers at one of the crucial Assembly constituencies in West Bengal. Trinamool Congress' National Working Committee member and Rajya Sabha member, Derek O'Brien, had written a letter to the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal, seeking protection of party leaders and workers ag ...Read More >
Patna, Apr 7 (PTI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant on Tuesday said people will never forget the work done by his father over the past two decades and urged them to continue their support for him and the party. His remarks come amid speculation over the next chief minister, with Nitish Kumar set to move to the Rajya Sabha. While no official announcement has been made by the JD(U), some party workers have been pitching Nishant Kumar as a potential successor. Speaking to reporter ...Read More >
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar asserted that the Congress-led United Democratic Front is the sole solution for unemployment and price rise in Kerala and Puducherry. He urged South Indian states to unite to protect the Constitution. Shivakumar expressed confidence in the INDIA Bloc forming the government in Kerala, promising to protect the state and its history. Orkkatteri: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has stated that only Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF ...Read More >
Rajya Sabha Chairman CP Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla rejected the Opposition's notice seeking chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar's removal, arguing that the allegations lack the necessary proof of misbehaviour. A detailed order on the rejection circulated among lawmakers pointed out that some charges involve matters under judicial review. "While these allegations are relevant for political debate, they do not prima facie meet the high constitutional bar for removal ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 7 (PTI) Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said that invective should have no place in political discourse and everyone should treat each other with respect, despite disagreements over principles and policies. Tharoor was responding to queries from reporters, at a press conference here, regarding Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's recent remark terming Gujaratis as "illiterate". He said that he has deplored in the past about the "quality of the political dis ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Tuesday hit out at the rejection of notices from the opposition to move a motion in Parliament for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, saying it was decided that there are no facts in the allegations without an investigation. Sibal, who is a senior advocate, said if constitutional authorities take such decisions, then the polarised politics in the country will continue. Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan and Lok Sab ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) Women professionals from various fields across the country, on Tuesday, welcomed the Women's Reservation Bill that proposes 33 per cent reservation for women leaders in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies. Notably, after the Parliament's Budget Session reconvenes on April 16, the primary agenda will be to discuss and debate proposed amendments to the Women's Reservation Act, 2023 (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam), officially known as the Constitution (One Hundred ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], April 7 (ANI): Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) national president Upendra Kushwaha on Tuesday backed Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's rejection of the opposition's notice seeking the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, terming the move "irrelevant" and lacking any factual basis. Speaking to reporters, Kushwaha said, "People from the opposition keep raising irrelevant issues; they try to turn matters that have no substance into controversies. Whatever these people ...Read More >
Patna: Bihar politics is at a juncture where the countdown is on and everyone is waiting for a change at the helm. Chief minister Nitish Kumar has already resigned as an MLC (Member of Legislative Council) and will take oath as a Rajya Sabha member on April 10. He is expected to resign from his chief ministerial position soon after, paving the way for the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in the state, despite the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) being in power here since 2005 ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) As Rajya Sabha Chairman, C.P. Radhakrishnan, rejected the Opposition's impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, BJP and Shiv Sena on Tuesday termed the rejection a 'strong response' to those allegedly misusing constitutional provisions for political gains. However, the Opposition said that the "democratic process had been ignored." BJP leader Rohan Gupta said that the move sends a clear message that constitutional processes cannot ...Read More >
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 7 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate the First Conference of Zone VII of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) India Region at Panaji, Goa, on April 9, a press release said. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh, Maharashtra Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde, Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar and Gujarat Legislative Assembly Speaker Shankarbhai Chaudhary will also address the conf ...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 >
Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra has written to Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal, seeking immediate central intervention to prevent the scrapping of the proposed Bhubaneswar Metro Rail project and facilitate its revival under national policy frameworks. In the letter dated April 6, Patra described the project -- originally envisioned during the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government as a "critical mass transit backbone" for the Bhubaneswar-Cu ...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 >
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 >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said "serious and positive discussions" were underway on the implementation of two key ideological issues of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and the 'One Nation, One Election' (ONOE) or simultaneous voting for Parliament and state assemblies. Addressing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on the occasion of the party's 47th foundation day, the PM said, "Our mission is still ongoing. Serious discussions are taking place ...Read More >
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Monday declared that he will not take part in deputy chief minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar's campaign for the Baramati assembly by-elections. During a media interaction in New Delhi, the veteran leader said there was no need for him to campaign as his party has not fielded a candidate for the bypolls. He added that he took the decision as the head of the Pawar family and not as the NCP (SP) chief. The bypolls for the Ba ...Read More >
The filing of nomination papers for the upcoming State Assembly elections for constituencies in Cuddalore, Villupuram and Kallakurichi districts concluded on Monday. The Election Commission had set April 6 as the last date for filing the papers for contesting the polls. The constituencies in the three districts in north Tamil Nadu witnessed a flurry of activities with the candidates, accompanied by party workers, and alliance party members, taking out roadshows as a show of strength while proce ...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 >
JAMMU: On Sept 13, 2025, a 23-year-old Jammu man, who had travelled to Russia a little over a month ago with dreams to land a job, made a WhatsApp call to his family, informing them that he was being sent to the frontlines in the Russia-Ukraine war, and pleading for help. That was the last time Sachin Khajuria's family heard from him.Believed to have been killed in Sept last year, Sachin was cremated amid an outpouring of grief in his village, Pahariwalla in Akhnoor, on Sunday, after his mortal ...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 >
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 >
Pune, Apr 6 (PTI) NCP leader Parth Pawar on Monday said the Congress would "suffer" for fielding a candidate against his mother and Deputy CM Sunetra Pawar in the Baramati assembly bypoll, drawing a rare public rebuke from NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and a sharp reaction from the grand old party. The Pawar senior questioned the "political maturity" of his grandnephew while upholding the Congress's "right" to contest an election as an independent political party. The Congress was unsparing in wo ...Read More >
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