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NEW DELHI: Any hope of normalcy returning to LS was apparently dashed when opposition stepped up their offensive and submitted a notice for the removal of the Speaker. In a twist, it turned out to be the end of a week-long impasse, laying bare faultlines within the opposition as pragmatic voices wanting to be heard…
NEW DELHI: The opposition is seriously mulling a notice to seek the removal of Speaker Om Birla as the Chair of Lok Sabha, with leaders of India bloc discussing the issue on Monday – a move that may further embitter the fraught relations between the governing camp and the opposition. Sources said a notice floated…
Juan Pablo Guanipa, a key ally of Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado, was abducted by armed men just hours after being released from prison, in a dramatic turn that has again placed him at the centre of Venezuela’s political crisis.Machado said Guanipa, a former vice president of the National Assembly…
West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose, left, with chief minister Mamata Banerjee, at state Legislative Assembly, in Kolkata. (PTI Photo) KOLKATA: Bucking the trend set by governors of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose avoided a confrontation with the elected govt over his inaugural address of the budget session of…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday mounted a sharp offensive against the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, accusing it of cloaking hostility and divisive slogans in the rhetoric of “Mohabbat ki dukaan,” a phrase frequently used by Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi. However, he did not provide any evidence of opposition…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took digs at protesting opposition MPs in Rajya Sabha during his reply on Motion of Thanks on President’s address. The Prime Minister singled out leader of the opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and said: “”Given Kharge ji’s age and seniority, I urge the Chair that he can stay seated…
Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi with Suspended Lok Sabha at parliament premises during the ongoing budget session, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday could not deliver his customary speech during the debate on the motion of thanks to the President’s address because of the adjournment forced by…
Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi and other MPs protest at Makar Dwar of the Parliament, against the suspension of 8 MPs from Lok Sabha (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Eight opposition MPs of the Congress and the CPI-M were suspended from the Lok Sabha for the rest of the Budget Session on…
Digvijay Singh, Ajit Pawar and Mallikarjun Kharge (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Opposition leaders on Wednesday demanded a thorough investigation into the plane crash that killed Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others. The calls are being ranged from a DGCA-led probe to a Supreme Court-monitored inquiry.Ajit Pawar (66) was among five people killed when…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Thursday said his party DMK would consult like-minded opposition parties to move a constitutional amendment to end the practice of the governor’s address at the start of the first assembly session. This comes after a series of confrontations in Opposition-ruled states where governors refused to read…
