New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Following his decision of moving a substantive motion against Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Saturday drew a direct parallel with December 1978, when a same motion adopted by the House resulted in the disqualification of former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi and her subsequent imprisonment over findings of electoral and privilege-related misconduct.A substantive motion is an independent and self-contained proposal …
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New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday met leaders of several farm unions from across the country at the Parliament House. During the meeting, the farm union representatives expressed strong opposition to the India-US trade deal and conveyed their deep concern over the potential impact on farmers’ livelihoods, particularly those engaged in the cultivation of corn, soybean, cotton, fruits, and nuts.The leaders told the Congress leader that they f…
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi lost his cool at a section of media persons on Thursday, as they questioned him about a possible privilege motion against him by the ruling party in the ongoing Budget session. Rahul, visibly agitated at the question, snapped at the scribes, asking, “Have you been given this code word for today”? In the same breadth, he asked them to “stay objective” in their work and uphold the sanctity of their profession. On Wednesday, t…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday launched a forceful counter of Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi’s litany of charges, including selling out the nation, surrendering before foreign forces and compromising India’s interests. From BJP spokespersons to Union Ministers, the party has put out facts to puncture Rahul’s claims. BJP’s chief spokesperson and Lok Sabha MP Anil Baluni took to X to share a point-by-point rebuttal of Rahul Gandhi’s baseless…
Mumbai, Feb 10 (IANS) The Indian equity markets posted moderate gains early on Tuesday amid strong global cues and continuing foreign inflows.As of 9.28 am, Sensex added 182 points, or 0.22 per cent, to reach 84,247, and Nifty gained 50 points, or 0.19 per cent, to settle at 25,917.Main broad-cap indices performed in line with benchmark indices, as the Nifty Midcap 100 added 0.20 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 100 edged up 0.58 per cent.All sectoral indices traded in the green. Most notable ga…
Mumbai, Feb 9 (IANS) Domestic institutional investors (DIIs), for the first time, have overtaken foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in the ownership of benchmark Nifty50 index, a new report has said.The data from Motilal Oswal Securities showed that as of the December 2025 quarter, domestic institutions held about 24.8 per cent of the Nifty50, marginally higher than foreign investors at around 24.3 per cent.Analysts said the FII ownership marked an eight‑quarter low for foreign ownership, …
Chandigarh, Feb 8 (IANS) The Punjab Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Sunday, condemned the so-called India-US trade deal, calling it a “dangerous, anti-farmer and anti-national agreement that will devastate Indian agriculture and push millions of farmers towards economic ruin”. Punjab AAP Spokesperson Kuldeep Dhaliwal said that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sunil Jakhar “is celebrating the deal without understanding, or deliberately hiding, its catastrophic consequences for India’s poor and margi…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Health industry leaders on Saturday welcomed the interim agreement on the bilateral trade deal between India and the US.As part of the interim framework, the US will slash reciprocal tariffs on Indian goods to 18 per cent. The US will also remove the reciprocal tariff on generic pharmaceuticals, among other sectors like gems and diamonds, and aircraft parts. Although full details are yet to emerge, the interim India-US trade deal framework indicates that India has receive…
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) Despite global uncertainties, India’s foreign exchange reserves surged by $14.361 billion in the week ended January 30, reaching an all-time high of $723.774 billion, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday. In the previous week, the reserves had increased by $8.053 billion. The increase in foreign exchange reserves is primarily attributed to a rise in gold prices.According to the Central Bank data, the value of gold reserves, a key component …
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) decision to keep the policy rate unchanged reflected a favourable assessment of growth and inflation dynamics, economists said on Friday.The RBI MPC, in its first monetary policy review of 2026, kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent.Analysts welcomed the pause on rate hikes and said they expect the RBI to maintain an extended pause, due to positive cyclical upswing and confidence from successful conclusion of multiple trade deals.Rad…