French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou faced a backlash on Thursday after saying he didn’t hold talks with the opposition in August to try and avoid a political crisis because everyone but him was on holiday. Bayrou announced on Monday he would hold a confidence vote in parliament on September 8 to try and break a…
Shiv Sena UBT “will not” participate in JPC on 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill New Delhi: With Sena UBT becoming the fourth opposition party to announce a boycott of the JPC on the controversial bills about dismissal of jailed ministers and CMs, Congress is mulling the way forward on the parliamentary panel. While Sena UBT announced…
A security official stands guard outside a school at Wanabal Rawalpora, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. SRINAGAR: A day after ordering the takeover of schools allegedly run by the banned Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JeI) educational organisation, Falah-e-Aam Trust (FAT), Jammu and Kashmir government moved swiftly on Saturday to enforce the directive despite opposition from all political parties,…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: After the united outrage by opposition against the Constitution amendment bill that provides for automatic sacking of ministers and CMs jailed for 30 days, INDIA bloc is forced to wait to nominate MPs to the parliamentary panel to scrutinise the legislation in view of Trinamool Congress‘s reluctance to…
PATNA: In his first remarks on the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill proposing removal of PM, CMs and minister if they are jailed on serious charges, PM Narendra Modi said opposition parties, such as RJD and Congress, were against it as many of their politicians were either in jail or out on bail. “They fear if…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hit out at the Opposition during a rally in Gaya, questioning how chief ministers can continue in office even after being jailed while government employees face suspension if imprisoned for more than 50 hours. “If a government employee is imprisoned for 50 hours, then he loses his…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday took a jibe at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), referring to the party as “thieves,” while speaking at the launch of the Congress-led ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in Sasaram. Yadav accused BJP of harming democracy by stealing people’s votes…
A social media post by the oil ministry marking Independence Day triggered strong reactions from the opposition, with Congress party accusing the PM Modi government of “distorting history” and glorifying “traitors” by placing VD Savarkar above Mahatma Gandhi.Taking potshots at the petroleum ministry, Pawan Khera suggested them to serve “cheap oil instead of cheap comedy”….
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 79th Independence Day speech from the Red Fort on Friday drew criticism from opposition leaders across parties, with many accusing him of using the occasion for political posturing and praising the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) inappropriately.Congress MP Jairam Ramesh described the speech as “stale, hypocritical, insipid, and troubling.” He…
PATNA: Minta Devi, a 35-year-old from Bihar, who unexpectedly became the INDIA bloc’s “vote chori” mascot after a data entry error pegged her age at 124, on Wednesday objected to the opposition using her name and photo on T-shirts to target the Union govt.“Politics is being done in my name. Who gave Priyanka Gandhi and…