Politics

On Saturday, after Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited AIIMS to enquire about Jaitley's health, his office had said that the former minister is responding to treatment.

Tharoor's alleged statement had sparked off a controversy with the saffron party demanding an apology from the Congress leader.

The BJP has also posted pictures of Siddaramaiah purportedly having food along with KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and veteran congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge among others.

"What he has said is an attempt to give communal colour to the issue even though the decision is in national interest," Mmukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.

The seat got vacant after the death of BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Madan Lal Saini in June. The ruling Congress in the state also enjoys the support of 12 out of the 13 independents and the BSP legislators.

To help people affected by floods and displaced by it, the BJP-led central government should release 'at least 50 per cent of the funds in proportion to what the saffron party had spent on the 2019 general elections,' Congress national spokesperson Jaivee...

Replying to the query of Supreme Court, Divya Kumari said that her comments were based on manuscripts, genealogy and documents available with the royal family.

Madhya Pradesh Finance minister and Kamal Nath loyalist Tarun Bhanot expressing his support for the move said that the issue shouldn't be politicised even as Digvijaya Singh remained critical of the scrapping of Jammu and Kashmir's special status.

Congress Legislative Party leaders in state assemblies, AICC department heads and all MPs of the party along with frontal organisation heads will meet here on Friday evening and strategise the party's stand on the issue moving forward.

An AAP leader said with Delhi elections round the corner and rise of nationalism in the country, the party knew that by attacking the government over this move, it will effectively ensure that it has no chance in state elections.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters that Modi asked MPs to not entertain negative thoughts about those who did not vote for them and instead work and conduct themselves in such a way that they are also won over.

During a debate in Rajya Sabha on the amendment in the anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2019, (UAPA), Singh asked Shah not to act with "political motives" while being a home minister.

While Public Relations minister PC Sharma claimed that many BJP MLAs were on the fence and could join the Congress any time, Leader of Opposition Gopal Bhargav accused it of horse trading.

The bill introduced in the Lok Sabha seeks to do away with nomination of the president of the Indian National Congress as a trustee of the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Trust.

Chief electoral officer (CEO) Shailendra Kumar will hold a video-conference meeting with the 22 district election officers and other poll staffers on August 2.

The charge sheet was filed in July last year against Farooq Abdullah and three others for allegedly misappropriating over Rs 43 crore from grants given by the BCCI to the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association for sport promotion in state between 2002-11.