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New Delhi, February 10 The Lok Sabha was adjourned until noon on Tuesday amid slogans raised by opposition members who wanted to raise certain issues.As soon as the House began the Question Hour, opposition members started raising slogans, urging the chair to allow them to speak.Iqra...

New Delhi, February 10 The Congress on Tuesday recalled how in 1954, then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had sought more time for the opposition benches during the debate on a resolution to remove the then Speaker, and said that the Parliament that Nehru built through listening, speaking, and...

Dehradun, February 10 The transfer of nearly 20 acres of land located near the Indian Military Academy (IMA) here, allegedly for constructing an Islamic educational institution, has come under scrutiny.The land was reportedly allotted around two decades ago by the then Congress government...

Bengaluru, February 10 Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar will travel to New Delhi to meet party leaders on Tuesday."I will be meeting the party leaders who have invited me to Delhi. During the visit, I will also meet Union Water Resources Minister C R Patil and legal counsel," he...

Chandigarh, Feb 9 The AAP held a protest here on Monday against alleged remarks by Partap Singh Bajwa against Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh, with the opposition leader terming the ruling party's agitation as "theatrics" and questioning their priorities.The Chandigarh Police used a water...

Dehradun, February 9 The transfer of nearly 20 acres of land located near the Indian Military Academy (IMA) here, allegedly for constructing an Islamic educational institution, has come under scrutiny.The land was purportedly allotted around two decades ago by the then Congress government...

New Delhi, Feb 9 The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Monday amid a standoff between the government and the opposition over Rahul Gandhi's demand that he be allowed to speak before the discussion on the Union Budget begins.When the House met at 2 pm after two adjournments, Sandhya Ray...

Mumbai, February 9 The Congress has won power in two Zilla Parishads in Maharashtra and is expected to be part of the ruling coalition in two others, according to the party's state chief, Harshwardhan Sapkal, on Monday.Voting counts for the elections to 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat...

Lucknow, February 9 The Congress on Monday described Governor Anandiben Patel's address to a joint session of both houses of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature as "a bundle of lies and false promises" made by the Yogi Adityanath government.The fact that the Governor only read a few excerpts from...

New Delhi, Feb 9 – The opposition is considering moving a resolution to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from office for preventing Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders from speaking in the House on the motion of thanks to the President's address, as well as for suspending eight MPs.At...

Ahmedabad, February 9 The planned staging of a Gujarati play themed around Mahatma Gandhi's assassin, Nathuram Godse, was cancelled in Ahmedabad on Monday amid protests by activists from the Youth Congress and NSUI, who alleged that the play was an attempt to "glorify" Godse.The play, titled...

Guwahati, Feb 9 Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday demanded a "transparent explanation" from Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi over his visit to Rawalpindi district of Pakistan, asserting that his visa explicitly permitted travel only to Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.Sarma, in a post on...

Chandrapur, February 9 There was no clarity on alliances on Monday, the day before the mayoral and deputy mayoral elections, following a fractured result in the Chandrapur municipal corporation elections. In the January 15 elections, the Congress emerged as the largest party with 27 seats...

New Delhi, Feb 9 The opposition parties were seeking to participate in the Budget discussion instead of disrupting proceedings, with the government making it clear that Rahul Gandhi would not be allowed to speak without others being given the opportunity.As the deadlock in the Lok Sabha...

Latur, Feb 9 The Mahayuti is set to retain power in the Latur Zilla Parishad, despite the main constituent BJP seeing a drop in seats. Meanwhile, the opposition Congress has improved its performance and emerged as the largest party, an official said. Counting of votes for elections to 12 Zilla...

New Delhi, February 9 – The opposition is considering moving a resolution to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from office for preventing Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders from speaking in the House on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address, as well as for the suspension of...

Mumbai, February 9 Newly elected Congress corporators in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said on Monday that they would demand a white paper on the civic body's bank deposits, which had been under the control of an administrator for the last four years.Congress group leader in the BMC...

New Delhi, February 9 The BJP on Monday condemned the conduct of Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha, accusing him of "systematically disrupting" parliamentary proceedings and "deliberately" undermining constitutional institutions.BJP MP and the party's chief spokesperson...

Chandigarh, February 9 Police in Chandigarh used a water cannon on AAP workers on Monday who were attempting to breach barricades and march towards the residence of Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa to protest his alleged objectionable remarks against Cabinet Minister Harbhajan Singh.Later...

New Delhi, Feb 9 Members of Parliament from the Congress party in the Lok Sabha wrote to Speaker Om Birla on Monday, claiming that under pressure from the ruling party to defend the "absence" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he made serious allegations against them.They urged the Speaker to...