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Dhankhar bemoans Kharge entering Rajya Sabha Well
The pace of reforms will be accelerated in tune with the aspirations of people of India for rapid development, says Droupadi Murmu, President
LOP Rahul reminds him of his duty to honour Constitution and allow Oppn to raise people's voice
Parliament passed the three laws - the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 - in its winter session last year
The INDIA bloc, in turn, pointed to the convention that the Opposition should be given the post of Deputy Speaker
In the history of independent India, the 17th Lok Sabha was the first that didn't have a Deputy Speaker, a post mandated under Article 93 of the Constitution
Om Birla vs K Suresh would be only third time that Lok Sabha members will have to choose between two candidates
Modi, Shah among other MPs take oath amid sloganeering by Opposition
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, the party's leader in Rajya Sabha, Sasmit Patra, said Patnaik has asked the BJD MPs to fight for the rights of the state's people in Parliament
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is the leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha
Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janta Party is outvoted by NOTA as Congress secures five Lok Sabha seats. ARCHIS MOHAN writes
It's rare for a special session to begin on a fractious note with NDA, Oppn bloc engaged in war of words over appointment of pro-tem Speaker. Archis Mohan writes
The war of words indicated that the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, which begins on Monday, is likely to be combative
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said on Thursday that assembly elections would be held soon in Jammu and Kashmir and plans are underway to restore statehood to the UT in the near future
Rs 1,500 cr developmental, Rs 1,800 cr agri projects inaugurated in Srinagar
Mahtab, a six-term Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP, had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) weeks before the Lok Sabha polls
Nadda also appointed in-charges and co-in-charges for the other three poll-bound states: Maharashtra, Haryana, and Jharkhand
Kharge attributed the party's decision to have Rahul retain Rae Bareli to the Nehru-Gandhi family's "emotional" and "generational" ties with that seat
BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar termed Musk's post a "sweeping generalisation" and offered to "run a tutorial" for the Tesla chief on how India ensures its indigenously manufactured EVMs are hacking proof
Sources said the preferred format would be for the top BJP leadership in the government to reach out to the alliance leaders on a case-to-case basis