Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is seeking to mobilise support in the state mainly around three issues – caste survey, reservation and special category status – to ensure electoral gains for the ruling Mahagathbandhan, the ‘grand alliance’ of his JDU, RJD, Congress and Left parties. Since there is … Read more
Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy. (File pic/PTI) After the Congress won the recent Telangana assembly polls, there was speculation that the BJP would join hands with the BRS for the 2024 general elections. The BJP state president has put an end to such speculation for the time being Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned for January 3, 2024, the plea of Trinamool Congress Party (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra against her expulsion from Lok Sabha in a cash-for-query case. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti deferred the hearing, saying it had not gone through the case files. “I got the file … Read more
Supreme Court of India. (PTI Photo) New Delhi: Over five crore cases are pending in various courts of the country, including 80,000 in the Supreme Court, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. In a written reply, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said as of December 1, out of the 5,08,85,856 pending cases, over 61 … Read more
Home Minister Amit Shah said the high-level committee will submit its report on the reason of lapse and steps to strengthen the security of the House in 15-20 days. (PTI) While the home minister admitted to loopholes in the security system, he said the issue should not be politicised There have been “nearly 40” security … Read more
New Delhi: The planning for breaching Parliament security on December 13, exactly 22 years after the December 13, 2001, attack, started a year ago, according to police, who have arrested the fifth suspect, Vishal Sharma (49), and sixth Lalit Mohan Jha late evening, both suspected to be involved in the planning. Police have invoked harsh … Read more
GUWAHATI: The MPs had to grapple and scuffle with the two youths inside Parliament for about 20 minutes until security personnel came in and caught the duo, deputy leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi said, recounting his first-hand experience of the massive security breach on Wednesday.Speaking to TOI from New Delhi, the Lok … Read more
One of the four visitors arrested for intruding into the Lok Sabha on Wednesday is believed to have recced Parliament twice, first during the monsoon session and recently during the special session of Parliament on September 18, when new Parliament building was inaugurated, initial interrogation of the suspect has revealed. He and his associates were … Read more
New Delhi, BJP MP Prathap Simha, on whose authorisation passes were issued to two persons who jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber on Wednesday in a major security breach, knew one of the accused as he hailed from his constituency Mysuru and he would come to Simha’s office very often, sources said. Manoranjan D, one … Read more
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday withdrew the three bills to replace criminal laws and introduced a fresh set of draft legislations incorporating recommendations of a parliamentary panel in Lok Sabha. He said instead of bringing several official amendments to incorporate recommendations of the Parliamentary committee on home affairs, the government decided to … Read more
