The Rajya Sabha was adjourned at 4 am on Friday after a 17-hour sitting. It will meet again later in the day at 11 am on April 4. Before adjourning the proceedings, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said it was a “rare occasion” that the House dispersed at 4.02 am to meet again at 11 am on…
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has questioned the Narendra Modi government’s move to âbulldozeâ the proclamation on President’s Rule in Manipur on Wednesday night, leaving just an hour for debate. Ramesh also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his Thailand visit while âignoringâ Manipur. âFrequent Flier flies off again. This time it is to Bangkok. Look…
The second leg of Parliamentâs Budget session will begin today, March 10. The session is expected to begin on a stormy note, with the Opposition planning to corner the Union government on issues like US trade tariffs, alleged manipulation of electoral rolls, the Waqf bill, delimitation and the three-language rule in National Education Policy (NEP)….
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday (January 28, 2025) said the court may, in case of âextreme urgencyâ, consider advancing the hearing of a plea made by a Kuki organisation, represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan, claiming Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh was…
Congress leader P Chidambaram on July 31 urged people to listen to or read the speech of the party’s Manipur Member of Parliament (MP) Alfred Arthur, calling it a âscathing indictmentâ of the Union government, especially the Prime Minister, the Home Minister and the Finance Minister. “I urge people to listen to or read the…
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh had a closed-door meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on July 28. Singh and PM Modi discussed the situation in the north-eastern state hit by ethnic violence last year, according to reports. Singh was in the national capital for a special conclave of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
Jairam Ramesh, Congress general secretary in charge of communications, launched a scathing attack on Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday. He said that the citizens of Manipur are inquiring if the Chief Minister had a one-on-one discussion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the violence situation and unrest within the state. This remark…
Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla said on Saturday that the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is seeing a âfurther increaseâ in its role in maintaining law and order in Manipur, which has been wracked by ethnic conflict for over a year. âWe are…
Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi during a meeting on the sidelines of ASEAN meetings, in Vientiane, on July 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Jaishankar meets Chinese FM Wang in Laos, pushes for urgency in resolving LAC standoff For the second time this month, External Affairs Minister…
