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Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the government will remain on its “toes” to keep the fiscal deficit under check even as it works to shield the common man from the impact of rising global crude oil prices amid the West Asia conflict.Replying to a discussion on the…
NEW DELHI: Amid opposition from Congress and TMC, the govt introduced the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.The two opposition parties claimed the bill would give unrestricted powers to the executive to act against any NGO, and that is dangerous. Responding to the charges levelled by the Opposition, minister of…
NEW DELHI: Amid continuing uncertainty over the likely course of the war in West Asia, PM Modi on Tuesday warned of prolonged disruption, saying its adverse effects could last for a long time. Speaking in RS a day after President Trump said negotiations have started with Iran, Modi cautioned that conflict could continue, leading to…
Members of Odisha Transgenders Association stage a demonstration demanding withdrawal of the Centre’s proposed Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill (PTI) NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, which seeks to give a precise definition of the term “transgender” and exclude “different sexual orientations…
The new Rajya Sabha is 1.5 times larger than the old Rajya Sabha. Inspired by the traditional red tint of the Upper House, the leitmotif here is the lotus, India’s national flower. Monday’s Rajya Sabha elections did more than just fill a handful of Upper House vacancies. They told a familiar political story in a…
NEW DELHI: An analysis of affidavits of 229 out of 233 Rajya Sabha MPs shows that 73 (32%) MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves and 31 (14%) are billionaires.As many as 36 (16%) MPs have declared serious criminal cases. One MP has declared a case of murder, four have cases of attempt to murder,…
NEW DELHI: As the Rajya Sabha bid farewell to 59 MPs, PM Narendra Modi told retiring members there is no full stop in politics, while praising the service of senior MPs like H D Deve Gowda, Sharad Pawar and LoP Mallikarjun Kharge.Addressing the House, Modi said that on such occasions, “we rise above partisan differences,…
Congress leader and Jorhat MP Gaurav Gogoi (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Congress has made a major move to boost its prospects in Assam as it attempts to return to power in the state after a decade. The party has fielded its state unit chief, Gaurav Gogoi, currently an MP from Jorhat, to contest his…
Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, with Karamvir Singh Boudh, who was elected as Rajya Sabha MP from Haryana NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP of attempting “vote chori” and “murdering democracy” in the Haryana Rajya Sabha elections, even as the party asserted that it would take the “strictest possible action”…
Deputy CM KV Singh Deo in Paradip Bhubaneswar: Political manoeuvring ahead of Monday’s Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha reached a flashpoint in faraway Bengaluru with police arresting four men for allegedly trying to bribe Odisha Congress MLAs to vote in favour of BJP, Karnataka deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar said on Sunday, a charge…
