Politics

"I know many JD(U) leaders who consume liquor. Liquor trade is still flourishing in the state but police crackdown only affects the poor. 80 percent people lodged in jails under this law belong to the Dalit community", Manjhi claimed.

The first visible protest from a Dalit MP against their own party was held by Savitri Bai Phule, BJP MP from Bahraich. She held an independent rally in Lucknow on April 1 and provocatively titled it ‘Sanvidhaan Bachao Aarakshan Bachao (Save Constitution S...

Amit Shah said: "Due to Modi flood, all cats, dogs, snakes and mongoose are getting together to contest polls."

Referring to the House not transacting any substantial business during the second part of the Session, Naidu wondered if the fears of those who doubted the need for a Second Chamber during the debates in the Constituent Assembly were coming true.

The proceedings for the day ended without transacting any legislative business.

The first part of the report summarises all the major policy proposals or matters that have either been rejected, or are pending for approval by the LG, or have been substantially delayed being approved.

"Stalin says AIADMK should bring a no-trust motion (on Cauvery issue). We are ready to bring it," Thambidurai told reporters at the airport. In the same breath, the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker said Congress support was needed to facilitate such an initiative...

Recalling the statements of BJP president Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during their visits to Karnataka that they would ban cow slaughter in the state after coming to power, Ramalinga Reddy said killing of any animal was not...

Addressing a gathering to mark the death anniversary of the 17th century Maratha king at Raigad Fort in Raigad district, Bhagwat said Shivaji Maharaj is a source of inspiration for all those who want to fight against injustice and exploitation.

Despite Kumaraswamy, JDS state chief and Gowda's other son, also reiterating the stand on the number of family members contesting on the party's ticket, mixed signals are being sent out from within the family.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is carefully improvising on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s mobilisation strategy of 2004.

Kumar said when Meira Kumar was the speaker during UPA-2, she gave a ruling on 15 occasions that since the House was not in order because of disruptions, she was not in a position to bring a motion before it.

Banerjee, who has been meeting leaders of various opposition parties and some allies of the ruling BJP here, on Wednesday also held discussions with Arun Shourie, a former Union minister in the NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Referring to the recent episodes of violence in Bihar and Bengal, the BSP supremo said that the central government has asked details of violence in the former but has not asked for any details from Bihar government as they have are also a part of the coal...

The comments of Shatrughan Sinha, who represents the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency, come close on the heels of his meeting with jailed RJD supremo Lalu Prasad in Ranchi on Saturday.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has so far said she cannot take up notices for the no-confidence motion against the government as the "House was not in order" amid protests by members of different parties on various issues.