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India, Rwanda ink MoU to boost inter-parliamentary dialogue

India, Rwanda ink MoU to boost inter-parliamentary dialogue

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu became the first Rajya Sabha chairman to sign such an agreement.

10 July 2018 8:20 PM IST

SC seeks response on Ahmed Patel's plea to stay proceedings in Gujarat...

In his plea, Patel has said that election petition filed by BJP nominee Rajput in HC was not maintainable and needed to...

9 July 2018 12:43 PM IST

Hamid Ansaris second five-year term as the vice-president ends on Thursday. (Photo: AP/File)

PM Modi's remarks at my farewell departure from normal practice:...

In his last interview before he demitted office, Ansari had pointed out that Muslims in the country were experiencing a...

8 July 2018 5:02 PM IST

Ritabrata Banerjee

Expelled CPM mantri made chief of WB government committee

At the meeting he was made the convenor of the committee which will have two members from each district also.

7 July 2018 6:31 AM IST

Congress president Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi calls Bengal Cong meet in Delhi on July 6

The Congress had won 44 seats in the 2016 state Assembly polls in alliance with the Left Front.

3 July 2018 6:04 AM IST

Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh speaks at debate on In the Opinion of the House Secularism in India is Distorted and Needs a thorough Overhauling, in Kolkata on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Real secularism is treating Hindus, Muslims as brothers, says Amar...

Former Prasar Bharati CEO Jawahar Sircar, speaking against the motion, said secularism in India is a totally different...

1 July 2018 5:25 AM IST

The warrant of appointment of Murmu, a 1985 batch IAS officer from Gujarat, was read out by Chief Secretary B V R Subrahmanyam. (Photo: ANI)

Murmu sworn-in as LT governor of Jammu and Kashmir

BJP leader Jugal Kishore and Rajya Sabha MP and PDP member Nazir Laway were among the over 250 guests present the...

31 Oct 2019 6:21 PM IST

Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa has not given any for tendering resignation. (Photo: ANI)

Sukhdev Dhindsa resigns as leader of SAD in Rajya Sabha

Dhindsa (82) said he tendered his resignation to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday.

19 Oct 2019 5:21 PM IST

KC Ramamurthy on Wednesday tendered his resignation as a member of Rajya Sabha. (Photo: Twitter)

Cong member from Karnataka Ramamurthy resigns from RS

His resignation has been accepted by House Chairman M Venkaiah Nadu.

16 Oct 2019 3:49 PM IST

A Dalit woman was gang-raped in Alwar district of Rajasthan. This incident was hidden by the Congress party. It was a shameful act on behalf of the grand old party. CM Gehlot must resign by owning up the responsibility for this heinous crime, Javdekar said. (Photo: File)

Environment minister backs cutting of Mumbai's Aarey trees

Protests erupted after the Bombay High Court dismissed all petitions against the proposed cutting down of over 2,500...

6 Oct 2019 11:09 AM IST

External affairs minister S. Jaishankar during a press conference on completion of first 100 days of MEA in the present government in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Confident of India becoming permanent member of UNSC, says Jaishankar

The minister said it takes a long and patient effort for getting permanent membership of the council.

29 Nov 2019 9:39 AM IST

The notice comes just days after Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad warned the social media giant Facebook of stringent action for any attempt to influence polls through data theft. (Photo: PTI/File)

Govt trying to revive BSNL, MTNL, make them profressional

We want to revive them and make them professional, said Communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.

28 Nov 2019 2:50 PM IST