Politics

While Rao shared an icy equation with Sonia Gandhi that pushed him into political oblivion, Charan Singh quit Congress in 1967, dissolved party’s state govts & got Indira arrested. On Friday, moments after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Centre’s decision to confer the Bharat Ratna on former prime ministers P.V. Narasimha Rao (1991 to 1996) and…

The Congress ‘black poaper’ focuses on the 10-year governance tenure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday released a ‘black paper’ against the Centre’s much-talked-about ‘white paper’. Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to present the government’s ‘white paper’ during the current Budget Session of Parliament. “Today, we are bringing…

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has recognized the Ajit Pawar-led faction as a real Nationalist Congress Party and granted them NCP’s “clock” symbol ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The poll body’s ruling in favour of the Ajit Pawar-led faction after more than 10 hearings spread over more than six months came as a big…

Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Monday won the floor test in the state Assembly with the support of 47 MLAs. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led ‘Mahagathbandhan’ will retains its government in the state. Of the 77 MLAs present in the Assembly during the trust vote, the opposition NDA — BJP in alliance with AJSU party — got…

The Uniform Civil Code bill, set to be presented in the Uttarakhand Assembly today, will make the state the first in the country to adopt such legislation. The Uniform Civil Code bill is scheduled to be tabled in the Uttarakhand Assembly on Tuesday, on the second day of the special assembly convened to enact the legislation. If…

Uttarakhand: With the cabinet’s approval to the UCC draft report the state government is likely to table the UCC Bill during the Uttarakhand Assembly session on February 6. The Uttarakhand Cabinet approved the report on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) during a cabinet meeting held at the Chief Minister’s residence under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Pushkar…

The federal government is extending its ban on foreign home purchasing in Canada, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced in a release Sunday. The rule, which was first announced in 2022, will now be extended until the beginning of 2027. It bans foreign nationals and commercial enterprises from buying residential property in Canada, with exceptions for some international…

Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi paid a visit to his senior colleague Lal Krishna Advani at his residence in Delhi on Saturday to congratulate him for being conferred with India’s highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday morning announced that LK Advani, who led the Ram Janmabhoomi movement in…

Arvind Kejriwal had been asked to appear before the probe agency at its Delhi headquarters today. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal – who had been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for the fifth time – will not appear before the probe agency for questioning in the Delhi liquor policy case today. This comes after Arvind Kejriwal skipped…