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New Delhi, April 7 A Trinamool Congress delegation will meet the Election Commission on Wednesday amid the ongoing controversies surrounding the SIR exercise in West Bengal.Party leaders will also raise the issue of the alleged links between several middle-level officials appointed following...

New Delhi, April 7 A Trinamool Congress delegation will meet the Election Commission on Wednesday and raise the issue of people being "deprived of their right to vote" due to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, the party said here and slammed the deletion of around 27 lakh...

New Delhi, April 7 Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Tuesday criticised the rejection of notices from the opposition to move a motion in Parliament for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, saying that the decision was made without any investigation, and therefore, there were no...

New Delhi, April 6 Lok Sabha 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...

New Delhi, April 5. Imagine the forests of Bastar in 2013. There were no roads, no mobile phone signals, no banks, and no schools of any kind. A parallel government, complete with its own courts, tax collectors, and executioners, ruled these jungles through absolute terror. Tribal families...

Jammu, April 4 The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Saturday held a short-duration discussion on the privileges and protocol of its members, with the speaker sharply questioning the government over delays in correcting the "order of precedence" and directing it to take corrective...

Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) President Nitish Kumar has resigned from his membership of the State Legislative Council, in compliance with constitutional provisions, following his recent election to the Rajya Sabha. JD(U) MLC Sanjay Gandhi submitted Nitish Kumar's resignation...

New Delhi, March 28 The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday called for a clear definition of Articles 29 and 30 of the Constitution governing minority educational institutions and demanded a national population management policy to address the issue of "demographic imbalance".Addressing a...

Guwahati, March 26 – Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia said on Thursday that the state unit of the ruling party “completely rejects” the existing National Register of Citizens (NRC), asserting that the party favours a fresh and error-free exercise to address long-standing concerns over illegal...

Panaji, March 18 MLAs from the Congress, AAP, and the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) in Goa met Governor P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Wednesday to protest the shortened budget session and demanded that the assembly be reconvened.The budget session was shortened on Monday following the...

Freedom of religion and belief is a fundamental human right. It protects human dignity, allowing individuals to practice their faith without fear and enabling diverse communities to coexist peacefully. This principle is particularly significant, and often contested, in South Asia, a region with...

On Thursday, MP Saleng A. Sangma met C. H. Vijayashankar to discuss the recent law and order situation in the Garo Hills region and to explore ways to restore peace and normalcy in the area.Speaking to the media after the meeting at Raj Bhavan, Sangma said that the discussion with the Governor...

New Delhi, March 12 – Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, on Thursday spoke for the first time in the House after the no-confidence motion against him was rejected, expressing gratitude to members of the House for participating in the debate and sharing their views. He emphasised that the functioning...

New Delhi, March 11 BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad criticised the Opposition during Wednesday's debate on the no-confidence resolution against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, cautioning that such a parliamentary mechanism should not be misused for political or personal motives.Participating in the...

New Delhi, March 11 Former law minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday that the resolution to remove the Speaker of the Lok Sabha should not be used as a tool to "satisfy the ego" of a leader.Participating in the debate in the Lok Sabha on an opposition resolution...

New Delhi, March 10 The Lok Sabha on Tuesday took up an opposition resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla from office for his alleged bias towards the ruling party, amid a heated debate on who will preside over the House while the motion is being taken up.Congress legislator...

Patna, February 27 – The issue of enacting stricter laws against religious conversion was raised in the Bihar Legislative Assembly on the final day of the Budget Session, as several members of the ruling party brought the matter to the attention of the House through a calling attention motion...

Jamshedpur (Jharkhand), February 18 A tribal organization has called for a three-day shutdown starting February 21 in the Kolhan region of Jharkhand to protest the upcoming civic elections in areas governed by the Fifth Schedule, alleging that it violates constitutional provisions.The Kolhan...