New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagdambika Pal on Friday asserted that democracy in India is becoming stronger, rejecting allegations made by Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra that recent legislative developments threaten democratic institutions. His remarks came after Priyanka Gandhi, speaking in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, alleged that the Union government was undermining democracy through institutional pressure and constitutional changes.”The government began weakeni…
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New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Delhi BJP on Friday lashed out at leaders of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), including municipal councillors, for spreading misinformation about the “dissolution” of the all-powerful Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said that the very name of the Standing Committee suggests that it is a permanent body that is never dissolved.He said AAP leaders have been spreading confusion by claiming th…
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday criticised the introduction of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, in the Lok Sabha, stating that the proposed legislation suffers from “serious constitutional maladies”. The Bill was introduced by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai during the ongoing Budget Session.Tewari said that the Congress would request the Speaker to refer the Bill to either a Standing Committee or a Joint Par…
Bhopal, Feb 28 (IANS) Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, on Saturday, chaired the 89th meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (SC-NBWL) in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal, considering proposals relating to wildlife conservation. “The Standing Committee also discussed development projects located in and around protected areas, wildlife sanctuaries, tiger reserves and eco-sensitive zones in accordance with the provisions of the Wildlif…
Mumbai, Feb 19 (IANS) Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee President Harshwardhan Sapkal on Thursday said that the alliance comprising the Congress, the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction), and corporators who have quit the BJP will elect the mayor of the Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation.Sapkal said that Narayan Chaudhary, who recently left the BJP and joined the secular alliance, was previously associated with the Congress party. He said that Chaudhary, along with several…
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) The Delhi government has enhanced the financial powers of the Municipal Commissioner from Rs 5 crore to Rs 50 crore, aligning with Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s focus on the timely completion of civic works and faster delivery of benefits to the public, said an official on Saturday.The administrative decision is aimed at accelerating development works from approval to execution, said an official statement.Under this decision, the Commissioner will now be authorised to ap…