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JP Nadda appointed BJP's working president, Amit Shah to remain party chief

The party's highest decision-making body asked the current party president, Amit Shah, to continue at the BJP's helm until the completion of its membership drive and organisational polls

Improving ease of living for people govt's key goal, says PM Narendra Modi

PM spoke of the need for "paradigm shift" from the current centrality of fundamental rights to each citizen's duties

Union Budget 2019: Unusually opaque and insipid, says P Chidambaram

Chidambaram said last year the government lost revenue of Rs 1.6 trillion

Budget 2019 will pave the way for 'new India', says PM Narendra Modi

PM Modi stressed the Budget was devoted to empowering the downtrodden

Budget 2019: How much will tax on rich add to govt's coffers, asks Congress

Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech, as the Opposition pointed out, did not directly refer either to the agrarian distress or jobs crisis

Rahul formally quits as Congress chief, says 'accountability is critical'

Congress leader hints other senior party leaders should share blame for election defeat.

Over 130 Congress leaders resign in solidarity with Rahul Gandhi

Leaders who quit said accountability for the party's failure in the Lok Sabha needed to be fixed

Centre will show large heartedness towards J&K, says Amit Shah

The Home Minister said the Modi govt was committed to preserving "Kashmiriyat" and detailed the funds spent in the state, particularly on security infrastructure

PM Modi condemns Jharkhand mob lynching, says incident pained him

Guilty should get severest punishment but for this the entire state has been pronounced guilty and everyone put in dock, which is not right, Modi said

Jai anusandhan: PM Narendra Modi coins a slogan to rev up start-ups

The PM said the government would run on the twin tracks of the welfare of the poor and developing modern infrastructure

Venkaiah Naidu suggests wider debate around lapsed Bills in Rajya Sabha

With triple talaq and 21 other bills lapsing, Rajya Sabha Chairman Naidu wants a rethink on rules governing lapsing of Bills

Govt to unveil new industrial policy soon, says President Ram Nath Kovind

The President detailed the Modi government's schemes for the welfare of the poor and steps taken to ensure national security and defence preparedness

The age of the 'karyakarta': Meet Om Birla, the new Lok Sabha Speaker

Birla, second term BJP MP from Rajasthan's Kota-Bundi Lok Sabha constituency and a lifelong party worker, was the surprise pick for the Speaker's post

Modi govt to form committee for suggestions on 'one nation, one election'

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said most parties supported the idea of holding simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies

Opposition to talk economy, unemployment at PM meet on Wednesday

At the meeting, Left parties would suggest the revival of the economy requires growth of domestic demand through increased public investments

Five-time WB MP Adhir Chowdhury to be Congress leader in Lok Sabha

Chowdhury succeeds Mallikarjun Kharge, who was the Congress party leader in the previous Lok Sabha but lost the Lok Sabha polls

Two-term BJP MP Om Birla set to become Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha

With Birla's nomination, the National Democratic Alliance has departed from the decade-and-a-half old trend of nominating an experienced parliamentarian to the post

Key regional parties keep off Congress-led meeting of opposition parties

The TMC, the SP and the BSP, which together comprise 37 MPs in the Lok Sabha, did not attend the meeting called by Sonia Gandhi

Role of active Opposition is important in Parliamentary democracy: PM Modi

The Lok Sabha is set to spend the next two days with the process of all MPs taking the oath

Shivraj Chouhan to head BJP's membership drive, party to select new chief

BJP won 303 Lok Sabha seats in elections but it still has to peak, says Amit Shah.