With the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) having an edge over Opposition parties, voting got underway on Saturday for Punjab’s five municipal corporations, 44 municipal councils, and various nagar panchayats.
Expressing concern over reduction in the productivity of Parliament's winter session, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said the Opposition should raise their issues in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha by following established rules and procedures instead of disrupting both the Houses.
Lok Sabha Speaker Friday warned the members that there should not be any sort of protests at the 'dwars', and said that action will be taken in case of violation.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis made his first speech on Thursday, the fourth day of the six-day winter session of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, in Nagpur.
The Congress-led Opposition, on Wednesday, raised a storm in Parliament protesting against Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks on Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar in the Rajya Sabha yesterday, forcing adjournment of both houses of Parliament without transaction of any business.
Referring to a paper by a senior IPS officer, Tiwari further listed several critical questions that the government needs to answer.
He said even today, they (the Opposition) are working to create hurdles in the way of development works.
The Opposition MPs boycotted the presentation on the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, based on the Karnataka Wakf Scam Report of 2012 on Monday here.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday condoled the death of industrialist Ratan Tata, hailing him as a stalwart of Indian industry.
Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari today strongly criticised the ongoing situation in Bangladesh, issuing a stern warning to a group of Bangladeshi nationals allegedly threatening to carve out Indian territory from the Chicken Neck region in north Bengal to form a new Bangladesh.
