Congress Leader Meira Kumar

Amid the uproar over the death of a Dalit school boy in Rajasthan after being beaten up by a teacher, senior Congress leader Meira Kumar on Sunday stressed on completely eradicating the "illness" of caste system.

The last round of the seven-phase national election is being held today in 59 Lok Sabha seats. At least 912 candidates are contesting in seven states and one Union Territory. The results will be announced on May 23. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is contesting from Varanasi, some of the key contestants who are fighting in this round a...

The Opposition has pitched Congress's Meira Kumar against former Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind, forcing an election to choose the next President of India. The election will be held on July 17. Ms Kumar, from Bihar, is the daughter of Jagjivan Ram, the freedom fighter, Dalit leader and former deputy Prime Minister. The 72-year-old is a veteran poli...

An election for President is essential, the Left said on Tuesday, claiming that "it is a battle of ideologies" - a stand that resonates with the Congress. D Raja of the CPI said that the Left will support either former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar or former union minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who are both Dalit leaders from the Congress, but it is...

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has not been invited for a lunch hosted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi's at Parliament House on Friday when leaders of opposition parties will meet to informally discuss a joint candidate for President to take on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's nominee.

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has accused BJP of giving "false" assurances to the people and said it should be given a "befitting lesson" for failing to fulfil its election promises.

Amid speculation that he was warming up to BJP, senior Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh Jagdambika Pal today resigned from Lok Sabha as well as from the party.

Dismayed over Congress MPs not attending a programme to pay floral tributes to Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee in Parliament, BJP leader LK Advani today said politicians should not discriminate on party lines between great men of the nation.

Government today rejected as "completely baseless" BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's contention that Sonia Gandhi had prevented her from speaking in Lok Sabha and said the "unjustified" and "virulent" personal attack on the Congress president was condemnable.

BJP leader Sushma Swaraj announced a "total breakdown" of the relationship between her party and the government, and said the BJP will not attend any meetings called by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar or Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath.

The Central Information Commissioner (CIC) will today hear a case on the allotment status of house number 6, Krishna Menon Marg in New Delhi, which was the residence of senior Congress leader Babu Jagjivan Ram till he died in 1986 and was later allotted to his daughter, Speaker Meira Kumar when she was appointed a Union Minister in 2004.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj kept away from Speaker Meira Kumar's post-session tea party on Thursday. The duo were upset over interruptions by Congress MPs when Advani raised the bribery scandal in connection with the July 2008 trust vote.

Amid the uproar over the death of a Dalit school boy in Rajasthan after being beaten up by a teacher, senior Congress leader Meira Kumar on Sunday stressed on completely eradicating the "illness" of caste system.

The last round of the seven-phase national election is being held today in 59 Lok Sabha seats. At least 912 candidates are contesting in seven states and one Union Territory. The results will be announced on May 23. Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is contesting from Varanasi, some of the key contestants who are fighting in this round a...

The Opposition has pitched Congress's Meira Kumar against former Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind, forcing an election to choose the next President of India. The election will be held on July 17. Ms Kumar, from Bihar, is the daughter of Jagjivan Ram, the freedom fighter, Dalit leader and former deputy Prime Minister. The 72-year-old is a veteran poli...

An election for President is essential, the Left said on Tuesday, claiming that "it is a battle of ideologies" - a stand that resonates with the Congress. D Raja of the CPI said that the Left will support either former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar or former union minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, who are both Dalit leaders from the Congress, but it is...

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has not been invited for a lunch hosted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi's at Parliament House on Friday when leaders of opposition parties will meet to informally discuss a joint candidate for President to take on the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's nominee.

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has accused BJP of giving "false" assurances to the people and said it should be given a "befitting lesson" for failing to fulfil its election promises.

Amid speculation that he was warming up to BJP, senior Congress leader from Uttar Pradesh Jagdambika Pal today resigned from Lok Sabha as well as from the party.

Dismayed over Congress MPs not attending a programme to pay floral tributes to Jana Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee in Parliament, BJP leader LK Advani today said politicians should not discriminate on party lines between great men of the nation.

Government today rejected as "completely baseless" BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's contention that Sonia Gandhi had prevented her from speaking in Lok Sabha and said the "unjustified" and "virulent" personal attack on the Congress president was condemnable.

BJP leader Sushma Swaraj announced a "total breakdown" of the relationship between her party and the government, and said the BJP will not attend any meetings called by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar or Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath.

The Central Information Commissioner (CIC) will today hear a case on the allotment status of house number 6, Krishna Menon Marg in New Delhi, which was the residence of senior Congress leader Babu Jagjivan Ram till he died in 1986 and was later allotted to his daughter, Speaker Meira Kumar when she was appointed a Union Minister in 2004.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj kept away from Speaker Meira Kumar's post-session tea party on Thursday. The duo were upset over interruptions by Congress MPs when Advani raised the bribery scandal in connection with the July 2008 trust vote.