Modi leads first highway landing at Assam emergency airstrip
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a landmark landing at the North East’s first Emergency Landing Facility in Assam’s Dibrugarh district on Saturda…
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Congress cements urban dominance in Telangana polls
Congress strengthened its hold over Telangana’s urban centres on Friday, moving decisively towards controlling at least 83 of 116 municipalities an…
Parliament serves privilege notice to Renuka Chowdhury over dog incident
Congress Rajya Sabha member Renuka Chowdhury has been served a privilege-breach notice by the Parliament Secretariat over her action of bringing a …
Kharge alleges speech expunged from Rajya Sabha record
Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has alleged that a substantial portion of his speech during t…
Youth wing protest sparks diplomatic unease in Pune
Tension flared at a private university in Pune after members of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha were accused of vandalising a Bangladesh-themed fo…
Arundhati Roy exits Berlinale over Gaza row
Arundhati Roy has withdrawn from this year’s Berlin Film Festival, criticising organisers after jury president Wim Wenders made remarks about the w…
Bengal flags Centre’s Vande Mataram directive
West Bengal’s education minister Bratya Basu has accused the Union government of using a circular on the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ to undermine th…
Singh accuses Gandhi of fuelling unrest
Union minister Giriraj Singh has launched a fierce attack on Rahul Gandhi, accusing the Congress leader of misleading farmers and attempting to sow…
Rahul Gandhi rebukes media over privilege row
Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused sections of the media of abandoning objectivity after he…
Paswan blames Gandhi for House deadlock
Union Minister Chirag Paswan has accused Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi of wilfully obstructing proceedings in the Lower House, allegi…
Muslim board challenges Vande Mataram mandate
All India Muslim Personal Law Board has objected to a central government notification directing that all six stanzas of Vande Mataram be recited at…
Venugopal dares BJP to counter Gandhi
Congress parliamentarian K. C. Venugopal has thrown down a political gauntlet to the Bharatiya Janata Party, asking its leaders to directly rebut R…
Supreme Court rejects Jairam Ramesh challenge to environmental clearance rules
The Supreme Court delivered a sharp admonition to Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday, refusing to entertain his writ peti…
Congress overseas tour revives resort politics debate
Memories of high-stakes political manoeuvring have resurfaced in Karnataka after a group of Congress legislators sought permission to travel to Aus…
Priyanka Gandhi disputes Rijiju over Lok Sabha row
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has rejected allegations by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju that she incited fellow party members dur…
ED raids British cleric over foreign funds
Enforcement Directorate officers on Thursday searched the residence of British citizen Maulana Shamshul Huda in Uttar Pradesh’s Sant Kabir Nagar di…
Rahul Gandhi backs labour and farm unrest
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday voiced support for nationwide protests led by workers’ unions and farmers’ organisations, framing the demo…
BJP rebukes Gandhi remarks in Budget Session
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on Wednesday accused Rahul Gandhi of making “non-parliamentary” remarks during the Budget Session, escalating a conf…
Chadha pushes right to recall in Parliament
Aam Aadmi Party Member of Parliament Raghav Chadha on Wednesday urged the introduction of a statutory “Right to Recall” provision, arguing in the R…