The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, ending the Budget session that began on January 31. As soon as the House met at 12 noon after an adjournment over remarks by Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla read out his valedictory remarks and adjourned the House sine die – indefinitely…
Congress party chief Mallikarjun Kharge attacked the Prime Minister Narendra-Modi-led Union government on Friday, after the Parliament passed the Waqf Amendment Bill 2025. Kharge, the leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Rajya Sabha, accused the government of taking a “negative stand.” “It is their interpretation, we kept our views on the bill in front of…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, February 27 condemned the recent deportation of ‘illegal’ Indian immigrants from the United States in chains, calling it ‘shameful.’ The Trinamool Congress chief questioned why the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre could not send planes to bring Indians back just like Columbia did. Banerjee…
The INDIA bloc managed to prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from reaching the majority mark in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. However, it went on to lose the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections. In the ongoing campaign to the Delhi Assembly elections, the INDIA bloc appears fragmented as certain constituents of the coalition, such…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi government’s decision to approve the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) for government employees has a triggered yet another political storm with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Opposition led by the Congress party exchanging barbs over the decision. The slugfest over the decision approved on August 23 has refused to die…
BJP and JD(S) had orgased a padayatra from Bengaluru to Mysuru to highlight alleged irregularities in allotment of sites by MUDA. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (Secular) have demanded that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah resign immediately and make way for an independent probe into the alleged MUDA…
The government is confident of achieving its fiscal deficit target and sticking to the glide path to trim it to 4.5% of the GDP by FY26, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament on Tuesday, addressing concerns raised by the Opposition on the budget. Sitharaman also outlined the government’s budgetary allocations for social sector welfare…
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said on July 29 that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has stabbed the middle class in the front and in the back by announcements in Budget 2024. Gandhi spoke in Lok Sabha on Budget 2024 amid furore by Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers…
Budget 2024: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi is likely to speak on the Union Budget at 2 pm in the Lower House today, July 29. Congress MPs believe that, as the leader of the opposition, Gandhi must address the House, according to news agency ANI, who quoted sources. Earlier, in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the 9th governing council meeting of NITI Aayog today at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Cultural Centre in New Delhi. This year’s theme is ‘Viksit Bharat@2047’, focusing on making India a developed nation. Apart from PM Modi, who is the chairperson of the NITI Aayog, other attendees of the meeting usually…
