April 21, 2018 07:30 PM IST
Surjit Singh Dhiman, the MLA from Amargarh in Sangrur district, and Nathu Ram from Balluana in Fazilka, tendered their resignations from party positions to Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Sunil Jakhar.
April 21, 2018 03:59 PM IST
Congress finalized the names of nine new ministers on Friday after meetings, spread over two days, between party chief Rahul Gandhi and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in New Delhi.
April 21, 2018 03:59 PM IST
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un announced the decision at a plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on Friday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
April 21, 2018 03:30 PM IST
In a series of tweets, Chidambaram asked what was the operating ratio of the Railways in 2017-18 and would it be the worst ratio in recent years.
April 21, 2018 03:30 PM IST
The announcement by Pyongyang's leader Kim Jong Un shows his willingness to respect "his international obligations" and conform to UN Security Council resolutions.
April 21, 2018 01:59 PM IST
Sinha had joined BJP in the 90s after a stint with the Janata Dal. However, lately, he has been quite critical of the party and its policies at the Centre over the last few years.
April 21, 2018 11:18 AM IST
Seven Opposition parties, led by the Congress, today initiated an unprecedented step to impeach the Chief Justice of India, moving a notice accusing him of "misbehaviour" and "misuse" of authority
April 21, 2018 10:26 AM IST
Addressing a gathering at Silvassa, the capital of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DNH), Singh said the NDA government wants to take all political parties along for the development of the country
April 20, 2018 10:15 PM IST
The Congress, however, downplayed it saying the party did not want to involve its senior leaders in the issue.
April 20, 2018 09:07 PM IST
State JDS chief H D Kumaraswamy, who is contesting from two constituencies, declared his and his wife's assets totalling more than Rs 167 crore. Their liabilities stood at over Rs 103 crores. "
April 20, 2018 06:14 PM IST
BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi told reporters that the impeachment move is an attempt to pressure the judiciary and send out the message that "either you do what we say and if you dare not do as we command", then it will impeach judges.
April 20, 2018 06:14 PM IST
The Constitution provides that a judge can be removed only by an order of the President, based on a motion passed by both Houses of Parliament
April 20, 2018 06:13 PM IST
Siddaramaiah, who has been fielded from Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru, said he was under pressure from Congress leaders from Bagalkote and Bijapur districts to contest from Badami.
April 20, 2018 06:02 PM IST
The chief minister's son Yatindra, set to make his electoral debut from Varuna, represented by his father since 2008; and sitting JD(S) MLA G T Deve Gowda, who will take on Siddaramaiah in Chamundeshwari, are the others who filed their papers.
April 20, 2018 05:14 PM IST
Kapil Sibal said there is only one thing that the constitution allows— impeachment, and the choice was not easy for the Opposition
April 20, 2018 05:11 PM IST
This time, however, all these factors are non-existent and the party will have to rely solely on the performance of the Siddaramaiah government
April 20, 2018 04:31 PM IST
His remarks came as the Congress and six other opposition parties moved a notice for impeachment of the Chief Justice of India, a day after the apex court rejected pleas for a probe into the death of Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh alleged fake encounter case.
April 20, 2018 04:30 PM IST
The JDS supremo claimed that defeat was "staring" at Siddaramaiah's face in his own constituency of Chamundeshwari in Mysuru in the May 12 assembly polls.
April 20, 2018 03:47 PM IST
In a scathing Facebook post, the senior BJP leader said the 114 page judgement in the Judge Loya death case authored by Justice D Y Chandrachud on behalf of the three Judge Bench of the Supreme Court "exposes every fact of the conspiracy" to generate falsehood as propaganda in the public and political space.
April 20, 2018 10:45 AM IST
Opposition parties led by the Congress will meet today to give final shape to the proposed impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and are likely to submit it to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu.
April 20, 2018 10:28 AM IST
Former finance minister P Chidambaram slammed the Modi government in a series of tweets over the skyrocketing petrol and diesel prices
April 19, 2018 10:01 PM IST
The leaders of opposition parties will meet tomorrow in Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad's chamber in Parliament and are likely to discuss the issue of the Supreme Court verdict rejecting multiple pleas for an independent probe into the death of special CBI judge B H Loya, sources said.
April 19, 2018 09:56 PM IST
To a question on GST, Shah said "There are GST problems, but it is not permanent. GST Council, which meets regularly, is solving the problems. It will continue to do so," he added. Addressing problems of SMSEs and MSMEs is BJP's top priority, he said.
April 19, 2018 09:24 PM IST
The ruling party had accused Gandhi of being the "invisible hand" behind the petitions in the apex court seeking an independent probe into the judge's death.
April 19, 2018 09:24 PM IST
According to sources, the meeting between Gandhi and Pawar last night lasted around 1.5 hours at Pawar's residence, during which the political situation in each state, including Karnataka, was discussed.
