In the midst of the BJP’s push for “One Nation, One Poll”, the Election Commission on Tuesday appeared to rule out simultaneous polls to assemblies and the Lok Sabha given the present logistics and constitutional provisions. Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat said, however, the commission would continue to deliver its[Read More…]
Tag: Lok Sabha
Somnath Chatterjee’s family rejects CPI-M request to drape body with red flag
KOLKATA: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s family on Monday turned down the request of the CPI-M leadership to drape the expelled member’s body in the red flag and allow him to be taken to the party’s West Bengal state headquarters here for people to pay their last respects. “The[Read More…]
Opposition unity failed idea, NDA will break records in 2019: PM Modi
Debunking opposition plans for a grand alliance as “political adventurism” and a “failed idea”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed confidence that the BJP-led NDA will get more seats than ever and break all records in the 2019 Lok Sabha battle. He ruled out cracks in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), saying the coalition[Read More…]
Where did Rs 1,30,000 crore figure come in Rafale deal?
Rafale Deal has been in controversy for quite some time now. During no-confidence motion against NDA in Lok Sabha on July 20, 2018, the Congress had raised their suspicion. Rahul Gandhi in his speech had claimed that the government’s refusal from revealing the price of the fighter jet with an[Read More…]
Parliament clears 20 bills in Monsoon session
The Monsoon session of Parliament saw 20 bills being passed by the two Houses, out of which 22 were introduced in the Lok Sabha and one in the Rajya Sabha, according to an official release. The 20 bills passed by the two Houses includes four bills related to Goods and Services Tax[Read More…]
Why Mamata Banerjee has made Amit Shah jittery
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee has somehow left her other Opposition peers far behind in taking cudgels with the Centre’s ruling party, or the BJP and the NDA led by it. So much so that she has rubbed the BJP the wrong way by reaching[Read More…]
75% out-of-school children from SC, ST, minority groups
New Delhi: Of over 60 lakh children aged 6-13 who were reckoned as ‘out of school’ in 2014, more than 75 per cent belonged SC, ST and other minority groups, the Lok Sabha was told on Monday. Quoting a 2014 survey done by International Market Research Bureau (IMRB), Minister of[Read More…]
Don’t politicise NRC, it is not right: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the first complete draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) that was published on the day, is not the final list, and urged the opposition not to politicise it. Whatever work is going on in the NRC, is happening[Read More…]
Bill to amend Homoeopathy Central Council Act tabled
New Delhi: A bill that provides for supersession of the Central Council of Homeopathy and constituting a Board of Governors was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday and was taken up for discussion. The Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2018 was introduced by Ayush Minister Shripad Yesso Naik and[Read More…]
Post truth politics is the biggest achievement of Modi government
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries declared ‘post-truth’ the word of the year in response to a rise in its usage in relation to political developments in the US for the presidential election and in the UK on Brexit. It is defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts[Read More…]
Rajasthan: Man beaten to death on suspicion of cow smuggling
A 28 year old Haryana resident was allegedly beaten to death by the mob in Ramgarh, Rajasthan, on suspicion of cow smuggling. According to reports, the man, identified as Akbar Khan, accompanied by another man, was taking two cows to their village in Haryana through a forest area near Lalawandi[Read More…]
I am happy, Rahul Gandhi copied my wink: Actor Priya Varrier
Amid the many memes and jokes over Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s wink and hug to Prime Minister Modi during the no-confidence motion debate on Friday, July 20, came the reaction of actor Priya Prakash Varrier who claims Rahul Gandhi had “copied” the wink, which is her signature move. Varrier was[Read More…]
Sonia Gandhi terms Modi speech as old rhetoric, Rahul says it was weak
New Delhi: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech during no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha as an old rhetoric and Congress President Rahul Gandhi said it was weak. The Congress party termed his speech as dramebaazi (theatrics). The Modi government on Friday passed the no-confidence motion moved[Read More…]
No-confidence motion: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi, then hugs him
Political battle lines drew deeper in the Lok Sabha monsoon session as Congress chief Rahul Gandhi slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi government over a list of issues amid the no-confidence motion debate on Friday, July 20. While the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government was expected to have a[Read More…]
Tejashwi Yadav to bring no-confidence motion against Nitish govt
The keenly-watched debate over the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government is underway in the Lok Sabha. Amid the many debates running since morning over no-confidence motion, came the jaw-dropping remark from Bihar. RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav, indicating his move of contemplation over no-confidence motion against the NDA government in Bihar. “We are[Read More…]
AIADMK may not support no-confidence motion
The AIADMK with 37 members in the Lok Sabha on Thursday indicated that it might not support the opposition’s no-confidence motion against the BJP-led NDA government. AIADMK Joint Coordinator and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami told reporters in Salem that the no-confidence motion was moved by the Telugu Desam[Read More…]
Mob Lynching: Rajnath for social media checks, opposition walks out
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for the first time admitted in the Lok Sabha on Thursday that fake news on social media has resulted in many mob lynching incidents in the country, saying the government has asked service providers to put a check on rumour mongering on social[Read More…]
Know about no-confidence motion?
After four years of chairing the ruling seat of the government, Narendra Modi faced the first no-confidence motion from the opposition, approved by the Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan. On Wednesday, the first day of the monsoon session, the Congress and TDP gave notice of the motion of no confidence,[Read More…]
Mamata tells party MPs to stay in Delhi for no-confidence motion, whip issued
Kolkata: With Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee instructing all Lok Sabha members of her party to stay put in Delhi and support Friday’s no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government, the party on Wednesday issued a whip to all its MPS to be present in the House during the discussions.[Read More…]
IRCTC to set up new kitchens, upgrade existing ones: Lok Sabha told
In order to upgrade the quality of food served on trains, the IRCTC is to set up new kitchens and upgrade existing ones, parliament was told on Wednesday. “The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) has been mandated to carry out the unbundling by creating a distinction primarily[Read More…]
Assam: BJP MP’s daughter among 19 summoned in cash-for-jobs scam
Guwahati: The daughter of BJP’s Lok Sabha MP R.P. Sharma is among 19 government officials issued summons on Sunday by the Assam Police in the multi-crore cash-for-jobs scam. The Dibrugarh police, which is probing the case, has asked these officials to appear at the Special Branch Headquarters in Kahilipara area[Read More…]
AAP appoints 5 Lok Sabha in-charges for Delhi
New Delhi: Delhi’s ruling AAP on Friday announced a list of five in-charges for five of the city’s seven parliamentary constituencies to strengthen the party. The Aam Aadmi Party has selected Pankaj Gupta for Chandni Chowk, Dilip Kumar Pandey for North East Delhi, Raghav Chadhha for South Delhi, Atishi Marlena[Read More…]
Kumaraswamy takes oath as non-BJP opposition puts up unity show
Bengaluru: H.D. Kumaraswamy was on Wednesday sworn in as the 25th Chief Minister of Karnataka at the head of a JD-S-Congress coalition government here in a ceremony that brought together leaders of anti-BJP parties on a single platform exactly a year ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The event[Read More…]
Ex-Congress minister Gavit joins BJP, gets Palghar Lok Sabha nomination
Mumbai: “Come what may, we will win,” said Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis after former Congress minister Rajendra Gavit was announced as the BJP candidate for the Palghar Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday. A former minister and legislator from Palghar Assembly constituency, Gavit quit the Congress and formally joined the[Read More…]
Congress to make plenary ‘worker-centric’, likely to spell out stance on alliances
New Delhi: The Congress is expected to state its position on alliances for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and unveil a vision document at its plenary beginning here on Friday with party chief Rahul Gandhi keen on making the three-day event “worker-centric and not leader-centric”. The plenary, being held after eight[Read More…]