Politics

The processions that were taken out at different places in Sanver Assembly constituency had violated preventive orders issued by the district administration in view of the COVID-19 outbreak, police said.

The West Bengal house monsoon session will be held for only a day on September 9 due to the ongoing pandemic, instead of two-day as proposed earlier.

Senior Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma, who were among the 23 leaders who signed the letter that called for major changes in leadership, will be participating in the meeting.

Deputy Leader of the Lok Sabha Rajnath Singh has made calls to several top notch leaders of political parties with the likes of Ghulam Nabi Azad, Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary, Farooq Abdullah Sharad Pawar and Derek O'Brien.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said there are multiple instances where Facebook has been used by radical elements “whose sole aim is to destroy social order”.

The Allahabad High Court bench, comprising Chief Justice Govind Mathur and Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh, passed the order on a petition filed by Khan's mother Nuzhat Parveen.

The Centre and Opposition-ruled states are at loggerheads over the financing of the Rs 2.35 lakh crore GST shortfall in the current fiscal.

Having been consistently denied the Prime Minister’s kursi, which Pranab Mukherjee rightly felt he deserved, the diminutive leader believed his next best option was to move to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The meeting, held to discuss the prospects of instituting a common voter's list, was chaired by PK Mishra, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

On Friday, ministers of six opposition-ruled states also moved the Supreme Court on seeking review of its order permitting the Centre to conduct NEET and JEE amid the persisting pandemic.

As part of the Congress' day-long campaign of holding protests against holding of the entrance examinations, the party posted Sonia Gandhi's message to students and the government on the issue of conducting the exams.

Former KPCC President and Lok Sabha MP K Muraleedharan had earlier also taken a dig at Tharoor over the issue, calling him a "global citizen".

Rahul Gandhi tweeted his appeal as part of the party's campaign under which it is holding countrywide protests on Friday to oppose the government's decision to hold NEET, JEE exams.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said there is no change in the present policy of the purchase of agriculture produce through MSP through state agencies.

On Thursday, PCC president Govind Singh Dotasra said the students are pressing their demands for postponement of exams in view of the continuous spread of coronavirus in the country but the central government is adamant on its stand about conducting the e...

Local reports said that a group of Congress workers also raised slogans against Jitin Prasada, who said the issue had been discussed before the Congress president.