NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to send the chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Swati Maliwal, to the Rajya Sabha. Maliwal will become a Rajya Sabha member for the first time.AAP’s political affairs committee (PAC) has also chosen to nominate Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta for their second terms … Read more
NEW DELHI: Celebrations have been planned at BJP headquarters after the women’s reservation bill was cleared by both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to arrive at the venue shortly, where he will be felicitated by BJP’s Mahila Morcha members. He is also likely to address BJP … Read more
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has asked a parliamentary committee to investigate the alleged breach of privilege by 12 MPs from the Congress and the AAP for repeatedly entering the well of the House, shouting slogans and obstructing its proceedings.According to a Rajya Sabha bulletin, nine of the MPs are from the Congress … Read more
NEW DELHI: India will not tolerate any unilateral change in the status quo at LAC and bilateral ties with China will not become normal until Beijing stops seeking the same, reiterated external affairs minister S Jaishankar in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Responding to queries by MPs after his suo motu statement on foreign policy in … Read more
NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: A Bengal CID team armed with a warrant to search the Chanakyapuri home of a communications professional allegedly linked to the cash-haul case involving three arrested Jharkhand Congress MLAs was Wednesday prevented by Delhi Police from executing the court order on “technical” grounds. Another CID team visiting Guwahati to collect CCTV footage … Read more
NEW DELHI: Congress said on Sunday that BJP is using the claims made by a “fraudster” languishing in jail for many years to allege corruption against the party and settle political vendetta. It was responding to allegations of extortion levelled against Congress by BJP, citing statements by Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor to the Enforcement … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a strong counter to the opposition attack on the Modi government over incidents of hate speech and communal violence, BJP President J P Nadda on Monday accused the rival parties of waging a “direct onslaught on the spirit of our nation and casting aspersions on our hard working citizens”. In an open … Read more
