New Delhi/Jammu, March 2 The Lok Sabha Monday passed a bill that allows the central government to notify that Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card-holders shall be considered Overseas Citizen of India card-holders. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which was passed by a voice vote, seeks to replace the ordinance brought by the government in […]
Lucknow, March 25 (IANS) A case has been filed in a Varanasi court against BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, party general secretary Amit Shah and city mayor Ram Gopal Mohale over a slogan hailing Modi. The case was filed by a lawyer in the court of the chief judicial magistrate (CJM) and alleges the “Har […]
Three parliamentarians from Andhra Pradesh Friday served no-confidence notices in the Lok Sabha against the Manmohan Singh government for its decision to carve out Telangana from the state. Harsha Kumar of the Congress, M. Venugopal Reddy of the Telugu Desam Party and M. Rajamohan Reddy of the YSR-Congress served separate notice to test government’s strength […]
The Lok Sabha was Thursday adjourned for the day after members from Andhra Pradesh protested over the formation of Telangana. As the house reassembled at 12 noon, members from Andhra Pradesh raised slogans, following which the Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house. The house was earlier adjourned till 12 noon following protests by members over […]
Himachal Pradesh MP Rajan Sushant, suspended by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) almost two years ago for indiscipline, Friday resigned both from the party and the Lok Sabha seat. “I have resigned from the BJP as it has lost its ideology and been compromising with corruption. I resigned as an MP too,” Sushant told reporters […]
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s presence at a meeting of senior leaders was a signal that she would take a more active role in the election strategy of the Congress for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections with some partymen privately acknowledging Wednesday that “it cannot be without design or script”. A day after Priyanka, daughter of Congress […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will contest all the 80 Lok Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh, party spokesman Sanjay Singh said. Sanjay Singh, a close associate of AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, said the party was pushing for clean and honest politics and hoped that issues like casteism and communalism will be […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will get a “clear majority” in the Lok Sabha election, party president Rajnath Singh said Monday. “The UPA government has brought down the country’s credibility in its 10 year rule… If any party has a firm commitment and strong leadership, it is the BJP,” Rajnath Singh said at a meeting […]