Politics

"There are questions raised whether Parliament is functioning as per the vision of the makers of the constitution," D Raja said

Prashant Kishor’s association with the TMC is crucial, given the BJP’s rise in the state and the threat it poses to Mamata Banerjee’s party.

The triple talaq bill was passed by Lok Sabha last week. The ordinance and the triple talaq bill follow a Supreme Court verdict of 2017 declaring instant triple talaq as unconstitutional.

At expiry of the deadline at 12 noon, BJP MLA Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri was the only one to have filed the nomination papers for the post, which fell vacant after K R Ramesh Kumar quit on Monday.

Reposing his full confidence in the party general secretary, Amarinder said Priyanka would get all-round support if chosen to take over as Congress president.

Following Jagan’s decision of implementing 10 percent reservation for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in the state, five percent quota earlier given to Kapus during Naidu’s regime will automatically be cancelled.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asked why the accused MLA is still in the BJP. Vadra wondered whether any hope for justice can be expected from the ruling BJP, whose MLA Kuldeep Sengar is an accused in the case.

Aruna said, “The TRS is trying to hatch a conspiracy against us The TRS as they could not digest our victory in Telangana."

Citing the census pre-test exercise which is set to commence soon, PMK founder-leader S Ramadoss said the software to be used for enumeration does not have features to separately count the OBCs.

BS Yediyurappa was sworn as Chief Minister for a fourth time on Friday by Governor Vajubhai Vala.

The state Assembly also approved the Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta Amendment Bill, 2019, for the appointment of retired chief justices or retired justices as the state Lokayukta instead of chief justices or sitting judges.

Senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi and A M Singhvi, who were appearing for Yediyurappa and Shivakumar respectively, told the bench that the complainant in the case had withdrawn his appeal from the SC.

BJP MP Rama Devi was presiding over the proceedings on Thursday when Azam Khan made a sexist remark directed at her during a debate on the government's bill to ban instant triple talaq.

The TDP members tried to disrupt proceedings when CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy was speaking on the utilisation of river water and the recent agreement between AP and Telangana.

The YSR Congress Party government has decided to review power purchase agreements (PPA) worth over Rs 30,000 crore signed by the previous TDP government and the industry is in a fix about investment made already in the state. The review has triggered a ra...

Soon after the HD Kumaraswamy government lost the majority in the floor test in the assembly on Tuesday, BSP supremo Mayawati expelled MLA N Mahesh from the party.