New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Sticking to its combative stand in the Lok Sabha, the Congress on Thursday claimed that there was nothing unprecedented about the Leader of the House being prevented from replying to the Motion of Thanks by protesting Opposition members.Jairam Ramesh, Congress MP and party General Secretary incharge of communications, shared an old video footage of Lok Sabha proceedings in which the then Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh informs the House that he was prevented from replyin…
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New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday raised concerns over the alleged lack of clarity surrounding the India-US trade agreement and asserted that both Parliament and the country’s 140 crore citizens have the right to be informed about its details.India and the United States finalised the trade pact on Monday following a telephonic conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump.Under the agreement, US tariffs on Indi…
Bengaluru, Jan 27 (IANS) A delegation of the ruling Congress party in Karnataka, comprising of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, AICC General Secretary and Karnataka Incharge Randeep Singh Surjewala and other prominent leaders met Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum demanding restoration of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).The party is objecting to the enactment of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for…
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) A social media post by writer-turned-politician and Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator Manoranjan Bapari, in which he praised the courtesy and magnanimity of workers from both the BJP and the CPI(M), has triggered discussion and surprise in political circles in West Bengal.Bapari, the TMC MLA from Balagarh in Hooghly district, shared the post on Monday morning, citing two personal experiences — one involving BJP workers and the other CPI(M) youth activists — to underlin…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday joined the ‘MGNREGA Bachao Sangram’ in the national Capital, as several Congress leaders launched a sharp attack on the Modi government and announced plans to turn the campaign into a nationwide mass movement. The programme saw participation from senior Congress leaders, Members of Parliament, MLAs, representatives of civil society organisations and MGNREGA…
Hyderabad, Jan 16 (IANS) All flyovers in Hyderabad will remain closed on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday in view of ‘Shab-e-Meraj’.Traffic police announced that Necklace Road around Hussain Sagar lake and all flyovers will be closed after 10 p.m. to regulate traffic and to ensure road safety.D. Joel Davis, Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic said Greenland’s Flyover, PVNR Expressway and Langar House flyovers will not be shut.Further, Telangana Talli, Shaikpet, Manmohan Singh…
Bengaluru, Jan 13 (IANS) The Congress party in Karnataka has called upon its party workers and leaders to be alert about the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, saying that the exercise will shape its future. Speaking at a preparatory meeting for the “MGNREGA Bachao Sangram” protest held at Palace Grounds here on Tuesday, Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar warned that the SIR of electoral rolls was approaching in the stat…
Bengaluru, Jan 13 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday called for continuing the struggle until the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is restored and the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB—G RAM G) is repealed.Speaking at the preparatory meeting for ‘Save Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee Scheme’ agitation, here, he said, “This movement must take shape from the village level to the state level. Just as farm…
Bengaluru, Jan 12 (IANS) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said that the party high command will summon Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to Delhi “whenever there is a necessity”.Interacting with reporters at his residence here, Kharge, to a question of the leadership issue in the state and when both leaders will be called, said: “Whenever there is a necessity, we will call them to Delhi.”Meanwhile, sources said that Shivakumar, who is …
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday framed charges against Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, and their son Tejashwi Yadav in the high-profile ‘land-for-jobs’ case, calling their actions part of a “criminal syndicate”.The case, investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), alleges that during Lalu’s tenure as Railway Minister, jobs were exchanged for land parcels transferred to his family.The period of the alleged offence is between 2004 and 2009, when Lalu Prasad w…