The Election Commission of India (ECI) has stated that Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has yet to respond to its June 12, 2025 letter, which invited him for a formal discussion over his allegations of election rigging in the Maharashtra Assembly polls. Rahul Gandhi had authored a June 7 opinion piece alleging that the 2024...
The Lok Sabha is preparing for an extensive 16-hour debate on Operation Sindoor, which is India’s military response to the Pahalgam terror attack, scheduled during the Monsoon Session on Monday, July 28. The Rajya Sabha will engage in a similar discussion for the same length of time on Tuesday. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has confirmed...
New Delhi: On Saturday, Congress leader Udit Raj stated that Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, could become the “second Ambedkar” for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) if they heed his words from the Bhagidari Nyay Sammelan. Raj drew a parallel between Rahul Gandhi and Babasaheb Ambedkar, urging the OBCs...
On July 25 (Friday), Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially became the second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister in India’s history, surpassing former PM Indira Gandhi’s uninterrupted tenure of 4,077 days from 1966 to 1977. With 4,078 continuous days in office, Modi now ranks just behind Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister, who holds the record for...
KOLKATA: On Thursday, Mamata Banerjee, the Chairperson of the Trinamool Congress and Chief Minister of West Bengal, intensified her criticism of the BJP regarding the purported mistreatment of Bengali-speaking individuals from West Bengal in various states, asserting that such actions will not be tolerated. In retaliation, Amit Malviya, the head of the BJP’s IT cell,...
On Thursday, The Congress criticized the Narendra Modi government just before the signing of the India-UK free trade agreement, asserting that what India truly requires from the UK is the declaration of a more effective FTA – the Fugitive Transfer Agreement. Jairam Ramesh, Congress general secretary in charge of communications, remarked, “The three prominent figures...
On Monday, Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge described US President Donald Trump’s repeated assertions that he facilitated a ceasefire between India and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor in May as “humiliating” for the nation, and he called on the government to clarify the matter. Kharge, along with other members of the Congress party, also urged...
On Monday, sixty-three Opposition MPs submitted a notice in the Rajya Sabha to initiate a motion for the removal of high court judge Yashwant Varma, from whose residence burnt bundles of currency notes were discovered following a fire incident in March. Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain stated that the notice has been presented to chairman...
Just two days prior to the commencement of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, US President Donald Trump has once again stirred political controversy in India by reiterating his assertion of having facilitated peace between India and Pakistan during the hostilities in May. More notably, Trump has now claimed that as many as five fighter jets...
On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a critique of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), alleging that the party is protecting those involved in the recent gangrape incident in Kolkata and obstructing development efforts in West Bengal. During his visit to West Bengal on Friday, PM Modi initiated a series of development projects totaling Rs 5,400...