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CALCUTTA: newly appointed head of the Bengal Congress Adhir Chowdhury on Friday he challenged the prime minister Mamata banerjee engage in discussion with him about the BJP’s rise in the state and the reasons that led to its rise, while claiming that “the wild allegations” that his party joined the …

NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha proceedings were postponed four times on Friday following protests from the opposition over certain comments from BJP members, including against the Gandhi family. The uproar started during the procedure for the introduction of the tax bill and other laws (relaxation and modification of certain provisions), …

NEW DELHI: The Center is in consultations with the Russian government to explore the possibility of cooperation between the two countries to promote the Covid-19 vaccine in India, Parliament was told on Friday. The Central Medicines Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has reported that it has received information about a Covid-19 …

NEW DELHI: The Center is in consultations with the Russian government to explore the possibility of cooperation between the two countries to promote the Covid-19 vaccine in India, Parliament was told on Friday. The Central Medicines Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has reported that it has received information about a Covid-19 …

NEW DELHI: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday he expressed his distress if his comments made earlier in the day had hurt some members and after this, the Lok Sabha the procedure was resumed after repeated postponements. The lower house saw four postponements after Thakur’s comment on the Nehru-Gandhi family …

NEW DELHI: On Friday, Parliament approved a bill to reduce MPs’ salaries by 30 percent for one year “to meet the demands arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.” The bill was passed in Rajya Sabha with voice vote. Lok Sabha had passed the 2020 Members of Parliament (Amendment) Salary, Allowance and …

CHANDIGARH: Amid protests by farmers over three agriculture-related bills proposed by the government, Punjab MLA and former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday he said “Punjab, Punjabiyat and all Punjabi” are with the peasants. Breaking his silence after his resignation as minister last year, the cricketer-turned-politician described agriculture as the …

NEW DELHI: Congressional Leader Suspended Sanjay jha on Friday he claimed that the recent abolition of the APMC Act by the NDA government was one of the agendas mentioned in the 2019 manifesto of the Congress party. “Friends, in our Congress Manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha Choices, we ourselves had …

SRINAGAR: The army has found “prima facie” evidence his troops violated powers under the Armed Forces Special Powers Act during an encounter in the Shopian district of Kashmir in which three men were killed in July this year and has initiated disciplinary proceedings, officials said Friday. On July 18, the …

NEW DELHI: Ensuring that the government will continue to buy agricultural products in MSPs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the agricultural reform bills introduced in Parliament are historic, as he attacked parties that oppose the projects of law and urged farmers to be careful about spreading “misinformation” …