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KC Venugopal likely to chair Public Accounts Committee: What is it?

Senior Congress leader KC Venugopal and Amar Singh are part of the committee, which was previously headed by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Congress protests caste remarks against Rahul, seeks apology from BJP

Thakur's comments on Gandhi were an insult to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and OBC communities, said Congress

EC issues instructions on transfer of officials in J&K ahead of elections

It has issued similar directions to the chief secretaries of Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand

18 Jharkhand BJP MLAs suspended, LoP says 'black day' in democracy

Eighteen Jharkhand BJP MLAs were on Thursday suspended from the assembly for a day and subsequently removed by marshals after they refused to leave the House.

States can make sub-classifications in Scheduled Castes quota: SC

The verdict came on references to revisit the five-judge constitution bench judgement of 2004 in the case of EV Chinnaiah versus State of Andhra Pradesh

Bill moots disaster management body for state capitals, big cities

Congress' Manish Tewari said the proposed legislation entrusted the rule-making powers upon the Centre and encroaches on the domain of the state governments

Oppn leaders target govt over water leakage in new Parliament building

Congress' Lok Sabha MP Manickam Tagore posted on X a video of water leaking from the roof in a lobby of the new Parliament building and a bucket placed to collect it

Kerala landslides: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka visit Wayanad

After visiting the spot, Gandhi in a Facebook post said witnessing the scenes of disaster and tragedy deeply pained his heart

After 'derailment min' jibe, Vaishnaw says focus is on railways, not reels

Ashwini Vaishnaw's strong response came after Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi criticised him for not taking moral responsibility for train accidents and called him the 'derailment minister'

Congress slams govt over rapidly deteriorating air quality across nation

Jairam said that among the lesser-known tragedies of the non-biological PM's reign is the rapidly deteriorating air quality nationally

Swati Maliwal case: Supreme Court grills Kejriwal aide Bibhav Kumar

Kumar, a political secretary to Kejriwal, has been in judicial custody for the past 75 days, Singhvi told the bench

'B' in BJP's Budget stands for 'betrayal', alleges Cong President Kharge

Why are none of these Employment-Linked Incentive Schemes missing the Public Sector component, Kharge asked

Sibal criticises Dhankhar's praise of RSS, says Chair should remain neutral

Sibal said on X, Dhankar ji: RSS as an 'organisation has unimpeachable credentials'

J'kand BJP MLAs evicted by marshals, spend night in Assembly lobby

Legislators slept on bed covers and blankets on the floor of the lobby near the entrance of the assembly building

'Divider in-chief Rahul Gandhi': BJP defends Anurag Thakur on caste row

Anurag Thakur triggered a row on Tuesday during his Lok Sabha speech by apparently targeting Rahul Gandhi by making veiled references to his caste

Anurag Thakur's caste remark 'on Rahul Gandhi' expunged; Oppn seeks apology

BJP MP from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, Anurag Thakur stoked a political row on Tuesday over his controversial Lok Sabha speech, apparently targeted at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi

Agniveer scheme will keep our forces battle-ready, young: FM Sitharaman

During the Budget discussion in Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman slammed the Opposition for attempting to "politicise" Agniveer scheme

'It serves nation': Rajya Sabha chairman rebuts SP leader over RSS remark

Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman, Jagdeep Dhankhar, said RSS has full constitutional rights to participate in the development journey of this nation

Former Raj min, BJP veteran Gulab Chand Kataria sworn in as Punjab governor

Punjab and Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel Nagu administered the oath of office to Kataria at a ceremony in Raj Bhavan

AI, sports, health tourism hub to come up on Hyderabad outskirts: T'gana CM

Speaking in the Legislative Assembly during a debate on the Appropriation Bill, 2024, he said the 'fourth city' would be the 'future city'