Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut will be produced in a special court as his three-day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody ends on Thursday. On Monday, the court remanded Raut in ED’s custody after the agency said he and his family were found to have received ₹1.06 crore of “tainted money” from his “front man” Pravin Raut, […]
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena, in the Supreme Cpurt argued that the Eknath Shinde faction can not claim to be the original party. “You can’t claim that you are the political party. And you say you are the political party sitting in Guwahati. Political party is […]
Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday spoke in Punjab while congratulating Punjab MP Sant Balbir Singh Seechewal who made his first zero hour reference in the upper house.“Tussi changa bolaya hai…aapko abhinandan,” said Naidu after Seechewal flagged the problem of incessant water logging in Malwa districts of Muktsar and Fazilka, leading to damage […]
The proceedings in both houses of Parliament were disrupted on Monday yet again after last week’s din. Discussions on price rise of essentials – which has been affecting common people – was expected but the houses were adjourned briefly amid sloganeering by opposition MPs. Soon after the start of the day’s proceedings, the sessions in […]
Home Minister, Government of India, Amit Shah inaugurated various developmental projects of Chandigarh in the presence of Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator Chandigarh, Banwari Lal Purohit, Kirron Kher, Member of Parliament, and Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Home Secretary, Government of India. In the series of inaugural events, Amit Shah flagged-off the electric buses from Punjab […]
Only government-run liquor shops will operate from Monday, August 1, till the time a new excise policy is put in place, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday said amid a row over the new excise duty with the Centre. “We have withdrawn new excise policy and directed opening government liquor stores. I have directed the […]
Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra has come under fire from several quarters after he was seen forcing the Vice Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS) to lie on a dirty mattress at a hospital.V-C Dr Raj Bahadur has resigned and requested the Punjab Chief Minister to relieve him from services. The […]
Rahul Gandhi on Friday raised questions on the state of law and order in Gujarat, days after over 30 deaths – linked to consumption of toxic liquor – were reported. The Congress leader’s questions were directed at the BJP, ruling Gujarat, which is also Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state. “In the dry state of […]
Union minister Smriti Irani on Friday visited the Rashtrapati Bhavan and met newly elected President of India Droupadi Murmu, a day after Irani raised – in the Lok Sabha – the issue of Murmu’s insult by Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury who referred to Murmu as ‘rashtrapatni’ . Smriti Irani paid a visit to Droupadi Murmu […]
The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon on Friday within minutes of commencement of proceedings due to opposition protests.As soon as the House met at 11am, Congress MPs along with a few other opposition members came to the Well of the House shouting slogans against the government. BJP women members, who were standing in the […]