New Delhi: Three-time MP Om Birla of the BJP has returned as the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha after defeating the Congress’ eight-time MP from Kerala’s Mavelikara Kodikunnil Suresh in the election to the post on Wednesday. The contest — a first in 48 years — came after the Opposition accused the ruling National…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will occupy the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and a letter about the decision has been sent to Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab. The decision on Rahul Gandhi’s appointment as the Leader of Opposition was made after a meeting of the floor leaders of the INDIA…
New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda reminded the Congress on Tuesday of the “dark days of Emergency” as he slammed the opposition for fielding K Suresh against the NDA’s Om Birla in the election for Lok Sabha speaker. Addressing an event at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi on the 49th anniversary of the Emergency,…
New Delhi: India and Russia are looking at the possibility of a brief visit to Moscow by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in early July to hold wide-ranging talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, diplomatic sources said on Tuesday. If the visit takes place, it will be Modi’s first trip to Russia in nearly five years….
New Delhi: Leaders of the INDIA bloc will meet here Tuesday night to evolve a strategy for the Lok Sabha Speaker’s election even as the Congress said the ball is in the government’s court to bring about a consensus on the issue by offering the Opposition the deputy Speaker’s post according to convention. TMC MP…
Chennai: On the 49th anniversary of Emergency, Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on Tuesday termed the infamous era as a ‘black chapter’ in the nation’s history and urged people to resolve to safeguard the nation’s dignity and democracy. In a post on X, Ravi said on 25 June 1975, Indian democracy was trampled “under…
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday granted bail to 17 accused PFI members in the 2022 murder case of RSS leader Srinivasan in Palakkad district of Kerala, who were also facing trial for allegedly instigating communal violence in the state as well as various parts of the country. A bench of Justices A K Jayasankaran…
New Delhi: Kota MP Om Birla on Tuesday filed nomination for the post of the Lok Sabha Speaker as an NDA consensus candidate, a position he held in the previous House. JD(U) leader and Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh told reporters here that Birla’s name was decided unanimously by all NDA parties…
New Delhi: The Congress-led Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance (I.N.D.I.A.) bloc on Tuesday has decided to field its candidate for the Speaker’s post after the government and the Opposition could not reach consensus on the issue, signalling more possible confrontations in the 18th Lok Sabha. Congress leader K Suresh would take on the ruling Bharatiya…
New Delhi: Accusing the ruling National Democratic Alliance of not following the convention of giving Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker’s position to the opposition, the INDIA bloc on Tuesday fielded Congress leader K Suresh as its candidate for the Speaker’s position against Om Birla. Congress leader K C Venugopal and DMK’s T R Baalu walked out…
