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The government has fielded Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Parliamentary Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju to build consensus on the choices for the Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker post, sources have said.

The Election Commission on Thursday issued a notice to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, days after the two traded allegations of hate speech and divisive comments by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha MP.

Congress and Samajwadi Party MLAs have cross-voted in droves during the Rajya Sabha polls, bringing the INDIA bloc under huge pressure ahead of the general election. The beneficiary is the BJP, which stands to gain two extra seats in the Upper House.

Home Minister Amit Shah today tore into Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy while responding to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's allegation that Other Backward Classes leaders and employees were underrepresented in the central government.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP as he addressed the Indian diaspora in the US, where he is on a six-day tour.

Top BJP leaders, including Amit Shah and JP Nadda, held a four-hour meeting on Monday on the Rajya Sabha election and the presidential election just two months away.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting to discuss the situation in war-torn Ukraine -- the third in 24 hours. Sources said top ministers and officials will attend the meet.

The suspension of 12 MPs - for "misbehaviour" on the last day of the previous session - will not be lifted, Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu said this morning, after which the opposition walked out and the Upper House was adjourned for the day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a meeting, attended by top government officials, on the COVID-19 and vaccination situation in the country.

Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid had landed in controversy over his new book on Ayodhya. A Delhi-based lawyer has filed a complaint against him, accusing the 68-year-old of comparing "Hindutva" with radical Islamic terror groups.

A massive political fight has been reignited by a new report on alleged kickbacks paid between 2007 and 2012 to a middleman involved in the Rafale deal, and on the CBI allegedly failing to investigate these allegations despite receiving documents.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected cabinet expansion, a different shuffle saw seven governors swapping states and Union Minister Thawarchand Gehlot becoming a governor.

At PM Narendra Modi's first meeting with 14 top political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir since the government scrapped its special status and downgraded it into two Union Territories, big focus was on delimitation or redrawing of constituencies.

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with top political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir at his Delhi residence today, former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah said that the trust has been lost between Jammu and Kashmir and the centre.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir at his Delhi residence at 3 pm today in the central government's first major outreach since the scrapping of special status under Article 370 in 2019.

The government has fielded Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Parliamentary Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju to build consensus on the choices for the Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker post, sources have said.

The Election Commission on Thursday issued a notice to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, days after the two traded allegations of hate speech and divisive comments by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha MP.

Congress and Samajwadi Party MLAs have cross-voted in droves during the Rajya Sabha polls, bringing the INDIA bloc under huge pressure ahead of the general election. The beneficiary is the BJP, which stands to gain two extra seats in the Upper House.

Home Minister Amit Shah today tore into Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy while responding to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's allegation that Other Backward Classes leaders and employees were underrepresented in the central government.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling BJP as he addressed the Indian diaspora in the US, where he is on a six-day tour.

Top BJP leaders, including Amit Shah and JP Nadda, held a four-hour meeting on Monday on the Rajya Sabha election and the presidential election just two months away.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting to discuss the situation in war-torn Ukraine -- the third in 24 hours. Sources said top ministers and officials will attend the meet.

The suspension of 12 MPs - for "misbehaviour" on the last day of the previous session - will not be lifted, Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu said this morning, after which the opposition walked out and the Upper House was adjourned for the day.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a meeting, attended by top government officials, on the COVID-19 and vaccination situation in the country.

Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid had landed in controversy over his new book on Ayodhya. A Delhi-based lawyer has filed a complaint against him, accusing the 68-year-old of comparing "Hindutva" with radical Islamic terror groups.

A massive political fight has been reignited by a new report on alleged kickbacks paid between 2007 and 2012 to a middleman involved in the Rafale deal, and on the CBI allegedly failing to investigate these allegations despite receiving documents.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected cabinet expansion, a different shuffle saw seven governors swapping states and Union Minister Thawarchand Gehlot becoming a governor.

At PM Narendra Modi's first meeting with 14 top political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir since the government scrapped its special status and downgraded it into two Union Territories, big focus was on delimitation or redrawing of constituencies.

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with top political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir at his Delhi residence today, former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah said that the trust has been lost between Jammu and Kashmir and the centre.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir at his Delhi residence at 3 pm today in the central government's first major outreach since the scrapping of special status under Article 370 in 2019.