Politics

The former prime minister said India 'cannot and will not be cowed down by threats and intimidation nor permit a compromise with our territorial integrity'.

The media report, tagged by Priyanka Gandhi in a Facebook post, claimed that during coronavirus tests at a state-run child shelter home in Kanpur, it was found that two girls living there were pregnant and one of them was HIV positive.

Both the CPI(M) and CPI said the clarification raised more questions than it answered and sought to know how such serious issues can be spoken of in such vague terms by the leader of the nation.

Gehlot bundled the MLAs to a posh hotel in the state capital and saw to it that his party got its two nominees to the Rajya Sabha in accordance with its strength in the Assembly.

On many occasions, KCR alleged that the Congress party did not give the respect to PV Narasimha Rao.

The Council witnessed heated exchanges between YSR Congress and TDP members as the ruling side insisted that the decentralisation and CRDA Bills be taken up for discussion first.

Kumar, who would be running for his fourth consecutive term as CM in the assembly elections due in a few months, also said he was confident people will "give us another chance to serve them".

The former MP from Jalgaon in north Maharashtra died at a private hospital here earlier in the day. He was 67.

Asked about the Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ramesh Meena's absence, Congress general secretary Avinash Pande said the Sapotra MLA was away due to some "personal reasons", but he was in touch and would will follow the party directions.

The Congress also attacked the Modi government and said that the "delusional TV warfare can't substitute mature political leadership."

A Congress leader said the chief minister was in constant touch with NCP chief Sharad Pawar which gave the impression that they were being left out.

Senior leaders of the BJP-led municipal corporations claimed that over 2,000 COVID-19 deaths have taken place in Delhi, while the official tally stood at 1,085 as reported on Thursday.

Chidambaram attacked the government when India's GDP growth rate came down to 3.1 per cent in the last quarter of 2019-20 fiscal from 4.1 per cent in Q3. He said the latest figures were a "telling commentary on economic mismanagement in the country".

Elections for three Rajya Sabha seats will be held in Rajasthan with BJP’s Rajya Sabha members Ram Narain Dudi, Vijay Goel and Narayan Lal Panchariya retiring.

A minister claimed over Rs 150 crore was swindled in the name of various "festival gift" schemes by the previous regime.

Thackeray said ongoing infrastructure projects like Metro rail should not be stopped due to shortage of labourers.