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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union ministers arrive on the first day of the Winter Session at Parliament House on Monday. (Photo: Pritam Bandyopadhyay)India
Opposition uproar over missing' Farooq as session begins

The Opposition MPs termed the National Conference chief's detention as illegal and demanded that he be allowed to attend...

19 Nov 2019 12:36 AM IST

Nirmala Sitharaman said the governments efforts last time were thwarted by the poor numbers in the Upper House. (Photo: File)India
India is still fastest-growing economy among G-20 nations: Nirmala...

She said the average growth rate was 7.5 per cent in 2014-19, which is the highest amongst G-20 countries.

18 Nov 2019 8:33 PM IST

Two avalanches hit army personnel in Gurez sector on Wednesday evening trapping several soldiers under the debris. (Photo: Representational Image)India
8 soldiers stuck under snow as avalanche hits Army positions in...

Sources said that the patrolling party, including porters, were evacuating another person who had fallen sick at his...

18 Nov 2019 8:27 PM IST

Ahead of his meeting with Gandhi, Pawar said all political parties seeking to stake claim in forming the government in Maharashtra have to \choose their own paths\. (Photo: File | PTI)India
'Didn't discuss Sena': Pawar after meeting Sonia

Cong and NCP have held a series of meetings in last few days to finalise modalities for a Sena-led government in...

18 Nov 2019 5:27 PM IST

I know the meeting was very important but I was contractually bound. I had signed the contract in January and I joined politics in April. Due to contractual obligation, I had to go for the commentary. On 11th November I received the mail and on the same day, I had informed them the reason for not attending the meeting, Gambhir said. (Photo: ANI)India
Gambhir hits out at AAP over 'missing' posters, trolling

'Missing' posters of BJP East Delhi lawmaker surfaced in ITO area in Delhi when the BJP MP failed to attend a meeting on...

18 Nov 2019 5:10 PM IST

Three days ago in an all-party meeting called by Oli, participants including former prime ministers and ex-foreign ministers, asked him to take up the issue with India immediately. (Photo: Twitter)India
'Indian forces must withdraw from Kalapani,' says Nepal PM

The maps, reportedly, included Kalapani -- an area located on the western edge of Nepal.

18 Nov 2019 4:38 PM IST

Sitaram YechuryIndia
'This is Modi's emergency': Yechury on police action against...

Yechury, who was JNU students' union president during Emergency, said peaceful demonstration was a democratic right in a...

18 Nov 2019 4:05 PM IST

The former prime minister also gave a series of suggestions to improve the functioning of the house. (Photo: Rajya Sabha TV)India
Abolition of states, conversion into UTs 'far-reaching step': Manmohan...

He said that it is the duty of the Upper House to ensure that no laws are passed in an atmosphere of 'heightened...

18 Nov 2019 4:00 PM IST

Addressing the 250th session of the Upper House of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said Rajya Sabha is the soul of Indias federal structure. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)India
'Supporting house for India's development': PM at Rajya Sabha's 250th...

To landmark the 250th session of the Rajya Sabha, PM Modi congratulated all the Members of Parliament.

18 Nov 2019 3:16 PM IST

Opposition members in Lok Sabha sought the presence of Abdullah as Speaker Om Birla informed them he has written information that he was in custody. (Photo: ANI)India
Didn't get opportunity to raise issue on Farooq Abdullah's release...

He said that Abdullah is put under house arrest through an executive order and government can revoke it whenever it...

18 Nov 2019 2:56 PM IST

Even as most exit polls conducted after the October 21 Maharashtra assembly elections predicted a comfortable majority for the BJP-led NDA, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said its ally BJP would not be able to form the next government without the support of the Uddhav Thackeray-led party. (Photo: File)India
Some people consider themselves God: After Sena sits in Oppn, Sanjay...

Raut questioned if BJP had asked Prakash Singh Badal and Nitish Kumar before taking the decision to remove Sena from...

18 Nov 2019 2:48 PM IST

H D Kumaraswamy (photo: ANI)India
Congress should go with BJP instead of Shiv Sena in Maharashtra:...

He said that in K'taka Assembly by-polls, JD (S) will win 8-10 seats out of 15 and this will start a new chapter in...

18 Nov 2019 2:40 PM IST

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