BJP eyeing tie-ups with SBSP, RLD to put up strong show in Lok Sabha poll

BJP eyeing tie-ups with SBSP, RLD to put up strong show in Lok Sabha poll

Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar. | Photo Credit: RAJEEV BHATT Amid the buzz that the BJP is reaching out to the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), ruling party leaders in Uttar Pradesh said their inclusion will strengthen the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of the 2024 … Read more

Don’t have magic lamp to predict Opposition unity ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says Farooq Abdullah

Don’t have magic lamp to predict Opposition unity ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls, says Farooq Abdullah

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) President Farooq Abdullah said during a press conference in Jammu on May 1 that attempts are on to unite non-BJP parties ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections. | Photo Credit: ANI National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on May 1 said he does not have a magic lamp that can … Read more

Lok Sabha Budget session ends, Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 p.m. amid uproar

Lok Sabha Budget session ends, Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 p.m. amid uproar

Parliamentarians after adjournment of the Lok Sabha sine die on conclusion of the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, April 6, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Lok Sabha’s Budget session ended as scheduled on April 6 with Speaker Om Birla announcing that the House had been adjourned sine die (for an indefinite period) … Read more

Disqualify Sanjay from Lok Sabha: Harish

Disqualify Sanjay from Lok Sabha: Harish

Telangana BJP President and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar is being detained by the police from his residence after midnight in Karimnagar, Wednesday, April 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI BRS Ministers came down heavily against BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar and other leaders accusing Mr. Sanjay was involved in the paper leak of the SSC … Read more

CPI MP Santosh Kunar gives zero-hour notice in Rajya Sabha over Statehood demand for Puducherry

CPI MP Santosh Kunar gives zero-hour notice in Rajya Sabha over Statehood demand for Puducherry

Representational image only. | Photo Credit: AP Communist Party of India (CPI) MP P. Santosh Kumar on April 5 gave a Zero-Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha demanding that the government provide Statehood to the Union Territory of Puducherry. Meanwhile, BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav also gave a Zero-Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha over damage caused … Read more

Maharashtra unit of BJP wants Assembly election with Lok Sabha poll, Delhi deliberates

Maharashtra unit of BJP wants Assembly election with Lok Sabha poll, Delhi deliberates

The BJP’s Maharashtra unit believes the State’s governance record under Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis may take a while to translate into a feel-good factor.   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Central leadership is mulling a proposal from its Maharashtra unit to advance the Assembly elections in the State from October 2024 … Read more

EC’s proposal on allowing e-postal ballot for overseas Indian voters under discussion: Law Minister tells Rajya Sabha 

EC’s proposal on allowing e-postal ballot for overseas Indian voters under discussion: Law Minister tells Rajya Sabha 

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju addresses a press conference at his residence in New Delhi on March 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The Election Commission of India (EC) has proposed to change the rules pertaining to the conduct of elections to facilitate the electronically-transmitted postal ballot system for overseas Indian voters and the matter is … Read more

Recruitment for 5,151 vacancies in Indo-Tibetan Border Police force is underway, Centre tells Lok Sabha

Recruitment for 5,151 vacancies in Indo-Tibetan Border Police force is underway, Centre tells Lok Sabha

Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday that there are 5,151 vacancies in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police force (ITBP). The ITBP is the primary force deployed along the border with China. “The recruitment for 5,151 vacancies in various ranks by the ITBP as well … Read more

No deputy speaker in Lok Sabha for last four years, it’s unconstitutional, says Congress

No deputy speaker in Lok Sabha for last four years, it’s unconstitutional, says Congress

A view of the Lok Sabha proceedings during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on March 5, 2023 raised the issue of the Lok Sabha having no deputy speaker for about four years and claimed that this was “unconstitutional”. The Opposition party’s assertion comes after the Supreme … Read more

Shiv Sena office in Parliament House allotted to Eknath Shinde-led faction: Lok Sabha Secretariat

Shiv Sena office in Parliament House allotted to Eknath Shinde-led faction: Lok Sabha Secretariat

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Lok Sabha Secretariat has allotted the Shiv Sena office in Parliament House to the Eknath Shinde-led faction after the Election Commission’s decision to recognise the group as the real Shiv Sena. Also read: Supreme Court urgently lists Uddhav Thackeray’s plea to stay EC order … Read more