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…
Patna: The NDA government in Bihar has cancelled 350 contracts worth Rs 826 crore, which were awarded during the previous RJD-led ‘Mahagathbandhan’ dispensation in the state for supplying drinking water in rural areas, a minister said on Tuesday. The decision to cancel the contracts was taken after an inquiry by the Public Health Engineering Department…
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: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the opposition will support the government on the Lok Sabha Speaker’s choice if they give the deputy speaker’s post to the opposition bloc. He also said that Defence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh was yet to get back to them on the opposition’s demand…
New Delhi: On the 49th anniversary of Emergency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that its dark days are a reminder of how the Congress subverted basic freedoms and trampled over the Constitution which every Indian respects greatly. Hitting out at the main opposition party, he said in posts on X that those who…
