politics

Rahul Gandhi-Anurag Thakur spat over caste leads to ruckus in Parliament

in his Lok Sabha speech on July 30, BJP's Anurag Thakur had called Leader of Opposition an 'accidental Hindu' with 'accidental knowledge' of the Mahabharata. Congress called the speech a 'highly abusive and unconstitutional tirade,' while demanding an apology.

Stop politics over Delhi coaching center deaths, demand protesting students

Supreme Court junks ED plea to cancel Jharkand CM Hemant Soren's bail

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee leaves Niti Aayog meet midway, alleges she was stopped from speaking

Kargil Vijay Diwas takes political turn as Modi, Congress trade barbs over Agnipath scheme

Opposition hits out at PM Modi for bringing up issue of Agniveers at event meant to honor 1999 war heroes and blaming the Congress for politicizing the issue.

Congress activist tied to tree, beaten to death in West Bengal

Manik Roy was killed over a long-standing dispute with his neighbors, who, his family alleges, belong to the state's ruling Trinamool Congress Party. Five people have been detained in connection.

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President and Leader of Opposition, Naveen Patnaik

Odisha Parliamentary Affairs minister demands arrest of Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik for 'indiscipline' in Assembly

Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy adjourned the House on July 23 until 10.30 am on July 24 as the opposition continued to create ruckus over the alleged assault on an assistant section officer by Governor Das's son.

FM Nirmala Sitharaman presenting Union Budget

Oppn slams BJP for appeasing allies in budget, accuses it of 'copy-pasting' heavily from Congress Lok Sabha manifesto

The Congress slammed the budget as being "more focused on posturing than action" and claimed that the "copy-paste government" borrowed heavily from the party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls.

PM slams opposition, says Parliament is not for parties but for country

On the opening day of the budget session,PM Modi, while addressing the media, pleaded with members of all parties to put aside differences in ideology and engage in productive discussion.

RJD's Lalu Yadav criticizes Nitish Kumar after central govt rejected JD(U)'s demand for special category status for Bihar

The central government on July 22 cited an inter-ministerial group report prepared in 2012 to assert that a case for granting special category status to Bihar is not made out; a stand which came a day after BJP's allies from Bihar demanded the status for the backward state.