politics

ONI Bureau: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan accepted resignation of Baijayant Panda as a Parliamentarian, who had formally sent a letter to the Speaker’s office earlier as she was abroad that time. After a formal conversation a few…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged the political parties to utilise maximum time available in Parliament's monsoon session and said the government is ready to debate on any issue in the house. "Welcome everyone to the…

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday constituted the Congress Working Committee (CWC) by appointing 23 members and dropping some senior leaders in his bid to strike a balance between age and experience, and prepare for the 2019 Lok…

The BJP on Tuesday appointed its Hamirpur MP Anurag Thakur as the new Chief Whip in the Lok Sabha, a day ahead of the start of Parliament's monsoon session. Thakur replaces Jabalpur MP Rakesh Singh, who has been appointed the party's…

Social activist Swami Agnivesh was attacked and beaten up by suspected supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in Jharkhand's Pakur district on Tuesday, leaving him shaken. Police said the 78-year-old was attacked…

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday sacked senior party leader Jai Prakash Singh, a day after he triggered a row by saying that foreign blood won't let Congress President Rahul Gandhi succeed in Indian politics and lead the country. "I came to…

ONI Bureau: Orissa High Court on Tuesday granted conditional bail to BJP leader and Ex-Minister Jayanarayan Mishra in connection with Banabira Firing case. Jayanarayan granted bail against 2 sureties of Rs 50,000 in connection with the…

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seek his support for the passage of the Womens Reservation Bill in Parliament's monsoon session, claiming that the BJP appears to have had second thoughts on…

At least 20 people were injured when a canopy collapsed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at Midnapore in West Bengal while he was addressing the crowd. "Around 20 people were injured," a BJP source told IANS. The Prime…

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's stand on a plea by a cleric seeking a ban on hoisting green flags with a crescent and star, terming it un-Islamic and resembling that of a Pakistani political party. A bench of…