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The Parliament logjam continues. In a rare move, the Lok Sabha Speaker has suspended 25 unruly Congress MP s for five days. Live chat with CNN-IBN's Sumit Pande.

Asserting that her patience was being tested by the opposition parties, the Lok Sabha Speaker also adjourned the House for the day.

As the CBI probes the Vyapam scam, the family of the man who was the whistleblower in the case is allegedly being targeted.

Lok Sabha on Friday witnessed noisy protests by the Opposition members over Lalit Modi controversy and other issues, but a determined Speaker Sumitra Mahajan continued the proceedings amidst the bedlam and warned the protesting members of action.

BJP on Thursday hit out at Congress leaders Digvijay Singh and Shashi Tharoor over their reactions to the hanging of Yakub Memon, saying their comments were "insult" to the people wanting to get rid of terrorism, and that any politics over is regrettable.

Besides the prison term, Special CBI Judge Ajay Kumar Jain also imposed a total fine of Rs 10,000 on 68-year-old Thungon.

"Once the encounter is over in Gurdaspur, the Home Minister will make statement in the House," says Venkaiah Naidu.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Saturday asked the public representatives and administrative officers to sit together to redress public grievances at gram panchayat.

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said the BJP stands firmly behind the Foreign Minister who is an "asset to the country".

Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said some people have already started feeling dizzy at the mere thought about the impact of Saturday's rally.

He said that failed love affairs is one of the several other reasons due to which farmers are committing suicides.

"This country is not run by Owasi, he has been found guilty by courts not us. This politics of communalism should be stopped," Sakshi Maharaj said.

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has sparked a controversy by speaking against the death penalty to 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon.

Government on Thursday withdrew from Lok Sabha a bill which sought to repeal archaic laws, some of which were already repealed through a previous version of the same bill.

Sharif's mango diplomacy comes in the backdrop of a row between two countries over ceasefire violations along the LoC and International Border.

Tharoor had suggested that Congress should allow Parliament to function and not force adjournments through disruptions.