A private investigation led by a British lawmaker has identified “gang-based child sexual exploitation” in at least 85 areas across the UK, amid an ongoing national inquiry into grooming gangs. The investigation, set up by Independent MP Rupert Lowe, found that “rape gangs”, predominantly comprising men of Pakistani heritage, have been active for decades and…
NEW DELHI: Amid his outreach to seek support of MPs for the Sept 9 vice-presidential poll, opposition candidate Justice (retired) B Sudershan Reddy in an interview to Ambika Pandit says he has entered the contest to protect and defend the Constitution at a time society is getting increasingly polarised due to divisive forces. Reddy is…
Rahul Gandhi and Kiren Rijiju NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said Rahul Gandhi‘s remarks make his own MPs uncomfortable, as they fear the party will pay the price for his “nonsense”.The minister said even the Supreme Court scolded Rahul Gandhi when he called the PM “chor” and spoke nonsense on Rafale and…
NEW DELHI: The opposition incl on Tuesday protested against the special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar by wearing a T-shirt that had the name of a “124-year-old Minta Devi,” who was allegedly found as a registered voter in Bihar’s draft voter list.Mocking the poll body, Congress leader Pawan Khera said that his party…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission said Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, who on Sunday afternoon had acknowledged its letter granting an appointment on Monday noon to an Opposition delegation comprising no more than 30 members, “changed his tone” at the 11th hour and insisted on EC meeting all the 300 Opposition MPs protesting against special…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a new residential complex in August on Baba Kharak Singh Marg, featuring 184 large and spacious flats for Members of Parliament, partially addressing the requirement for accommodation in Lutyens’ Delhi, according to a TOI report by Dipak Dash. Over the past few years, the government has constructed supplementary housing…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday locked horns with several MPs in Lok Sabha over the identity of the Pahalgam terror attack victims, countering repeated interruptions during day two of the discussion on the April 22 attack.During her speech, the Wayanad MP said she would read out the names of the 25…
Expressing concern over women’s safety in protection homes, Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan has asked the Rajya Sabha to hold a discussion on the “escape” of 13 girls from a girl protection home in Siwan in Bihar. In a notice in the upper house Tuesday, Ranjeet has said that the matter is very serious because it…
NEW DELHI: Despite calls for government-opposition coordination, the first sitting of the Lok Sabha in the Monsoon Session was adjourned just 20 minutes after it began, amid slogans by opposition MPs demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s response to US President Donald Trump’s claims of brokering a peace deal between India and Pakistan.Parliament began by paying…
Justice Yashwant Varma and Kiren Rijiju (right) NEW DELHI: Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday said over 100 MPs have signed a notice to bring a removal motion against Justice Yashwant Varma, crossing the threshold to bring the motion in Lok Sabha.“The signature (exercise) is underway and it has crossed 100 already,” Rijiju told…