Premlatha Vijayakanth and Edappadi K Palaniswam (R) NEW DELHI: The DMDK expressed dissatisfaction over AIADMK’s decision to postpone the allocation of a Rajya Sabha seat to the party until 2026.DMDK general secretary Premlatha Vijayakanth said her party would announce its alliance plans ahead of 2026 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, during a meeting in Cuddalore…
A protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha is holding a debate on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, following its passage in the Lok Sabha in the early hours of Thursday. Minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiu moved the bill for discussion on the second-last day of the Budget session of…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi criticised the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025, which was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, and said that the legislation sought to treat all foreigners as “potential criminals” who were liable to be viewed with serious suspicion by India.The bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha…
NEW DELHI : A total 20.8 lakh kg of narcotic drugs, seized by various drug law enforcement agencies across the country, were destroyed between 2022 and 2024, the home ministry informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.While a record 8.6 lakh kg of drugs were destroyed in 2022, the quantity went down to 7.6 lakh kg…
AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi Marlena (PTI file photo) The Aam Admi Party on Wednesday issued whip to its members in Rajya Sabha ahead of the discussion on Waqf Amendment Bill. The three line whip directs the Aam Aam Party MPs in Rajya Sabha to remain present in Parliament from 2nd April to 4th…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Friday witnessed a fiery showdown between the opposition leaders and the treasury bench over the remarks made by Samajwadi Party MP Ramji Lal Suman on medieval Rajput ruler Rana Sanga.The SP MP sparked outrage by labelling Rana Sanga a “traitor” for allegedly inviting Babur to India to defeat Ibrahim Lodi….
Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI: A heated exchange erupted in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday over Congress president and leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge’s “aapko theek se thokenge” remark, with BJP strongly protesting against the “expression” and demanded its expungement as well as an apology from him.The confrontation was set off…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha witnessed a faceoff between Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday when the former announced that a starred question on non-payment of dues to authorities by builders in Noida and other cities of Uttar Pradesh had been “withdrawn”, moments before it was to be taken up.Kharge asked…
In an exclusive interview with India Today Global, Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney confirmed that the 104 Indian nationals who were deported to India from the U.S were handcuffed and shackled during their travel on a U.S military aircraft. “My team was there. About 104 of these young people were deported, out of which…
NEW DELHI: Two speeches of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament in the space of three days … first a day before the Delhi assembly elections and the second a day after voting in Delhi was over. What was the difference? Well, the second speech had no references to “sheesh mahal” and “AAP-da” unlike the…