Politics

The Republican Party of India leader's remarks came in the wake of the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena inching towards sealing a deal on forming an alliance government in the state.

However, Prajapati said the disqualification wasn’t ordered by him and came to into force automatically when the court awarded a two-year jail term to Lodhi.

Talking to reporters, Raut reiterated that his party will get the Maharashtra CM's post when the three-party alliance with Congress and NCP assumes power.

Paswan, whose ministry on Saturday released results of sample testing that claimed water in Delhi is not fit for drinking, said the chief minister should apologise for casting aspersions on the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) that conducted the tests.

Senior BJP functinaries also tried to pacify Ashok Poojary, a rebel BJP leader and JD(S) candidate from Gokak, but he refused to take back his papers.

Despite the severity of the crisis in most parts of northern India, only 115 of the total 534 MPs attended the session.

There is no clarity on when and where the video was shot, though many believe it could have been taken a little after December, 2015, when the former minister, Laxmikant Sharma, was released on bail.

Rajya Sabha chairman, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, had adjourned the Upper House at 11 am after the opposition parties raised the issue of police’s alleged assault on Jawaharlal Nehru University students on Monday as they protested against the fee hike...

In an editorial in the party mouthpiece 'Saamana', the Sena said the BJP, which is in power at the Centre, left the affected farmers in the state 'disappointed' with the 'meagre' relief.

Speaking with reporters on Saturday after a government-convened all-party meeting, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad had said that Chidambaram should be allowed to attend Parliament.

Arvind Kejriwal said that opposition parties were getting 'uncomfortable' by his government's schemes for facilitating people.

Opposition leaders on Sunday raised the continuing 'illegal' detention of Farooq Abdullah, who is a Lok Sabha member, and said they will take up issues like economic slowdown and unemployment in the session.

With this the NDA allies, the BJP and the AJSU party, will be clashing in 19 constituencies. The saffron party has announced 72 candidates so far.

The meeting was called by the government and moderated by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi and Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Meghwal.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi approved Vallabh's candidature from the Jamshedpur East assembly constituency, while fielding Mamta Devi from the Ramgarh seat, a party statement said.

The opposition party alleged that although the ceiling on purchase of agricultural land in Maharashtra is 54 acres, Sawant had bought 2,966 acres of such land.