New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will travel to New Delhi on Tuesday to meet the 20 former Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha members who joined the National Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) soon after the results of the state Assembly elections were announced. The meeting comes amid an intensifying political battle over the status of the rebel MPs, with the Trinamool pressing for their disqualification under the anti-defection law.The meeting assumes signif…
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Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Ritabrata Banerjee, who leads the rebel but majority faction of Trinamool Congress, on Monday supported the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026. He also asked the central government to introspect why NEET-UG question papers were leaked in the first place.In an interview with IANS, Banerjee said the Bill was framed in the right spirit.He noted that the Bill talks about stringent measures and welc…
Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) The scheduled meeting of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari with the 20 erstwhile Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members who joined the National Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) at 1 p.m. in New Delhi on Tuesday was cancelled, as per information communicated on Monday. The decision to cancel the meeting followed a sudden development after Sudip Bandopadhyay, a four-time Lok Sabha member and one of the most prominent faces among the 20 Trinamool-turned-NCPI MPs, me…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The nation on Monday paid heartfelt tributes to former President and renowned scientist Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam on his death anniversary, remembering his extraordinary contributions to India’s defence, space and missile programmes. Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid tribute to the former President in a post on X, writing: “Tributes to a visionary and architect of India’s space & missile programmes Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Ji on his Punyatithi. Dr Kalam Ji’s excelle…
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Centre introduced the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha on Monday amid intense sloganeering by the Opposition benches. Union Minister of State (MoS) Jitendra Singh introduced the Bill, as part of its legislative agenda to further strengthen the legal framework against paper leaks and examination malpractices.However, the Opposition MPs continued with the sloganeering because of which the House was adjourned till …
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned till noon on Monday amid Opposition sloganeering on the use of “lethal force” on protesters during the Parliament March on July 20.Even after repeated requests from Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urging the MPs to proceed with the Question Hour, the Opposition continued with the sloganeering, demanding an apology from the government over the police action against the protesters. Subsequently, the House was adjourned till noon.Earlier, several Opp…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Amid a tussle between the Centre and the Opposition over the anti-paper leak students’ agitation, Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed that his microphone was “switched off” in the House while asserting that no kind of discussion will be held till Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns and Prime Minister Narendra Modi “apologises to students”.Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, had previously accused the Opp…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders on Friday accused the Opposition of acting irresponsibly and avoiding a discussion on the examination paper leak issue, even as Parliament witnessed another day of disruptions during the Monsoon Session.Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh alleged that the Opposition’s conduct was undermining democratic functioning and claimed that the protest movement had been amplified through social media accounts operating from Pakis…
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Lok Sabha began its proceedings on Friday by paying homage to the martyrs of the Kargil war and remembering their supreme sacrifice for the nation.Parliamentarians paid tributes to the Kargil war heroes by observing a one-minute silence.As the normal proceedings began, the Opposition members broke into a din — for the fifth consecutive day. Speaker Om Birla urged the members to maintain the decorum of the House and let the House proceedings run smoothly, but the ru…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP, Kalyan Banerjee, was suspended from the Lok Sabha for the remainder of the Monsoon Session on Wednesday after the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) lodged a complaint with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, alleging that he had used abusive language against the party’s MPs during proceedings in the House.The action came after Banerjee was involved in a heated verbal exchange with some of his former party colleagues, who are now members of the NC…