Politics

The proposed amendments, circulated among Members of Parliament, seek to do away with the parity given to information commissions with the Election Commission in terms of salary, allowances and conditions of service.

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said: "I'm happy that Rahul Gandhi has formed a new team and it is unnecessary to discuss who is a part of it."

After the Supreme Court ruling, the Arvind Kejriwal government had sent Baijal files recommending transfer and posting of officials. But the Lt Governor stonewalled it, saying the issue involving "Services" was yet to be decided.

The petitioner has claimed that while on an average every citizen has Rs 15,000 unpaid dues, on the contrary the saints in question are being given various allowances and perks, which are further burdening the state.

The letter by leaders of 7 opposition parties highlights how the no-confidence motion, introduced by YSR Congress and TDP MPs in the last Parliamentary session, was not honoured by the Lok Sabha chair.

The Election Commission is hearing afresh the case related to disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs for allegedly holding office-of-profit by virtue of their appointment as parliamentary secretaries.

The saffron party has made steady inroads in various districts of West Bengal and has emerged as the main opposition party in the state after the recent panchayat elections and bypolls.

Azhar, who won the Lok Sabha election from Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) in 2009 but lost in 2014 from Tonk-Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan), said the final decision from where he would contest would be taken by the Congress high command.

Despite rumblings of discontent over portfolio allocation and budget proposals, both parties have maintained that the coalition government would complete the full tenure.

BJP denied that Amit Shah had made any such remarks on the Ram temple issue. Taking on Owaisi, BJP's media incharge Anil Baluni said the AIMIM chief is obsessed with Shah.

Sitharaman asked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to clarify his remarks reported in an Urdu daily that his party was a Muslim party and that he was on a course-correction.

Amid cheers from party workers, the BJP chief recounted how the party had continued its winning streak from Maharashtra to Manipur after the formation of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.

The BSP doesn’t have an alliance with any political party in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. Contesting on its own strength, it has been able to maintain its vote-share in the last three elections.

The Yogi government recently renamed the Mughalsarai Station to Deen Dayal Upadhyay station after the party’s ideologue.

The statement comes a day after the home ministry criticised Arvind Kejriwal for insinuating that it advised Anil Baijal to not follow the Supreme Court order.

A mob of more than 100 cow vigilantes had on June 27 last year hacked cattle trader Alimuddin Ansari to death in broad daylight in Ramgarh area of Hazaribagh ditrict.