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India Politics 03 Jun 2019

India, Politics, 03 Jun 2019

The Rajya Sabha has been convened to meet for the Budget Session from June 20, the day President Ram Nath Kovind will address the joint sitting of Parliament. (Photo: File)

Rajya Sabha to meet on June 20

The session will continue till July 26, Rajya Sabha Secretariat said on Monday. In all, there will be 27 sittings of the Rajya Sabha.

03 Jun 2019 9:04 PM

Mufti lost in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections from the Anantnag parliamentary constituency. (Photo: ANI)

Kashmir is a political problem and needs political redressal: Mehbooba Mufti

‘Expecting a quick fix through brute force by newly appointed HM is ridiculously naïve,’ PDP chief Mufti said in a tweet.

03 Jun 2019 8:57 PM

‘His party AAP has lost all 7 seats in 17th LS polls and Assembly polls are underway. He is doing just for the elections,’ BJP leader Vijay Goel said. (Photo: ANI)

Kejriwal's announcement of free ride to women a 'political gimmick': BJP’s Vijay Goel

Earlier on Monday, Kejriwal announced free ride for women in Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses, cluster buses and Delhi Metro trains.

03 Jun 2019 7:31 PM

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: File)

Statue of Vidyasagar to be installed on June 11

'On June 11, we will install the symbolic statue which was broken. A Bronze bust will be installed,

03 Jun 2019 7:05 PM

'Earlier, he (Kumaraswamy) used to go to villages and stay there, but none of the villages had been taken care of by the then government, and now, he faces a big challenge of saving his crumbling government, therefore he wants to shift focus from it,' the Union Minister said. (Photo: File)

Sadananda Gowda says Grama Vastavya is a 'gimmick' to shift focus from coalition

His comments came a day after K'tka CM Kumaraswamy announced he would resume his 'Grama Vastavya' (village stay) programme.

03 Jun 2019 6:14 PM

Reddy was sworn-in on May 30 as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after his party swept the Assembly polls and won 151 seats of 175 leaving only 23 seats to Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP). (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Andhra CM Jagan Reddy hikes Asha workers' salaries by Rs 7,000

‘This is the priority department and I will directly supervise the performance of the department,’ CM Reddy said.

03 Jun 2019 6:08 PM

Yadav's Samajwadi party fared poorly in the Lok Sabha elections despite fighting in alliance with Mayawati's BSP and Ajit Chaudhary's RLD. (Photo: ANI)

‘2019 was race between Ferrari and cycle,’ says Akhilesh Yadav

‘Who used to be on television every day? Who owned the television? They played with and infiltrated our minds,’ Akhilesh said.

03 Jun 2019 5:23 PM

Andhra Pradesh Olympic Association secretary K P Rao (Photo: ANI)

Olympic Association building belongs to us: Andhra Olympic body

At the time of the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, the government buildings in Hyderabad were allocated equally between Telangana and AP.

03 Jun 2019 4:45 PM

President of the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party Manoj Tiwari (Photo: PTI)

BJP attacks Arvind Kejriwal over new transport proposal

'On June 11, we will install the symbolic statue which was broken. A Bronze bust will be installed,

03 Jun 2019 4:20 PM

Centre dropping Hindi norm shows 'Kalaignar is living': M K Stalin

It cautioned the BJP-led government at the Centre to 'not play with the sentiments of the Tamil people'.

03 Jun 2019 4:11 PM

'In 2015-16, over 37 lakh job positions were vacant, but only 1.48 people were recruited. Likewise, in 2017-18, as many as 23 lakh job positions were to be filled, but only 9. 21 lakh people were recruited,' Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamna' read. (Photo: ANI)

Finance Minister must find a solution to economic crisis: Shiv Sena

It said merely playing around with words will not help fight unemployment, the highest in the last 45 years.

03 Jun 2019 3:48 PM

The government will bring a bill to ban the practice of instant triple talaq again in Parliament, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday. (Photo: File)

Bill to ban triple talaq to be brought again: Ravi Shankar Prasad

With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, the contentious bill on banning triple talaq had lapsed as it could not be passed by Parliament.

03 Jun 2019 3:34 PM

The BJP had won 104 seats in the Assembly elections last year and added one more to its tally in the bypolls held along with recent Lok Sabha elections. (Photo: Twitter | @PMuralidharRao)

Cong-JD(S) govt in K'taka may fall before year-end: BJP leader P Muralidhar

‘Basically, the government has become delegitimate, people have rejected it,’ BJP leader P Muralidhar said.

03 Jun 2019 3:16 PM

To a question, if the Triple Talaq Bill would be his priority, Prasad said, ‘Triple Talaq has been mentioned in our manifesto. Why not?’ (Photo: ANI)

Ravi Shankar Prasad takes charge as Law Minister, says dept will not be post office

He refrained from commenting on sensitive issues like article 370, article 35 A and Ram Janambhoomi, said it will be dealt by Home Ministry.

03 Jun 2019 2:53 PM

The Chief Minister mentioned that Guru Nanak Dev, during his lifetime, spread the message of inclusion and tolerance, besides setting up an unique spiritual and social platform based on equality, fraternal love, goodness and virtue. (Photo: File)

Declare Prakash Parv as National Tolerance Day: Punjab CM

The CM wrote a letter to the Prime Minister seeking that the auspicious day is declared National Tolerance Day.

03 Jun 2019 2:31 PM

Soon after assuming charge, Irani held a meeting with all senior officials of the ministry. (Photo: Twitter I smritiirani)

Irani takes charge of WCD Ministry; vows to create better tomorrow

She had met her predecessor Maneka Gandhi on Saturday to discuss important issues in the ministry and the way forward in tackling them.

03 Jun 2019 2:23 PM

Even if there is an informal dialogue between the two leaders at Bishkek, which looks highly unlikely, sources say India's state position of 'terror and talks can't go hand in hand' will be reiterated. (Photo: ANI)

Modi, Imran to be at same venue in Bishkek next week

While there is no formal meeting scheduled between the 2 Prime Ministers, there are chances of exchange of pleasantries by them.

03 Jun 2019 1:50 PM

In the recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections, Singh retained his Ghaziabad parliamentary seat, defeating SP's Suresh Bansal, his closest rival with a margin of over five lakh votes. (Photo: ANI)

VK Singh takes charge as MoS for Road Transport and Highways

During the first stint of the Narendra Modi government, VK Singh was a Minister of State for External Affairs from 2014 to 2019.

03 Jun 2019 1:49 PM

‘A true leader of the glorious Tamil people, whose memory will never fade away,’ Rahul Gandhi tweeted. (Photo: ANI)

Rahul Gandhi wishes M Karunanidhi on his 95th birth anniversary

Karunanidhi, Tamil Nadu's longest-serving chief minister, breathed his last in August 2018 at the age of 94.

03 Jun 2019 1:36 PM

Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday asked people to make 'population control law' a movement. (Photo: File)

Giriraj Singh asks people to make 'population control law' a movement

Earlier, the Union Minister had backed Baba Ramdev's statement to bring a law whereby third-borns should be bereft of voting rights.

03 Jun 2019 1:28 PM

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