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Samajwadi MP Nadvi asks govt to mediate to stop war in Gaza, Ukraine

Nadvi, 48, said Palestinians were made homeless as a part of a strategy and a tradition has been started of not speaking in their favour

SC to hear petitions seeking SIT probe in electoral bonds scheme on July 22

A top court bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Friday took the note of the submissions made by senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan and listed the PILs for July 22

DMK moves high court against 3 new criminal laws introduced by Centre

According to the petitioner, the government introduced the three Bills and got them passed by the Parliament without any meaningful discussion

Move to reduce govt stake in PSB to less than 51% will be resisted: Cong

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh recalled that on this day 55 years ago, then prime minister Indira Gandhi had moved decisively to nationalise 14 banks.

Jagan writes to PM Modi over alleged atrocities against YSRCP cadres

According to the former CM, these incidents were part of an evil design to 'suppress' the YSRCP

K'taka job quota Bill put on hold after Mallikarjun Kharge's intervention

According to sources in the Congress, Siddaramaiah announced the withdrawal of the bill on Wednesday evening after the Congress's central leadership, including Kharge intervened

UP BJP unit blames bureaucratic overreach for LS debacle in state

The report has stated that only a third of the Dalits voted for the BJP. It said that the decline in the BSP's vote share benefitted the INDIA bloc, which in UP comprised the SP and the Congress

Freebies announced despite state reeling under heavy debt: Sanjay Raut

The BJP's seat count in Maharashtra dropped drastically from 23 in 2019 to just nine in the recent Lok Sabha polls

Ensure Rs 400 per day min wage to achieve 'Asli 400 paar', Cong asks PM

Citing the government data of labour bureau's wage rate index, Ramesh said real wages for labourers stagnated between 2014 and 2023, and in fact declined between 2019 and 2024

BJP accuses Congress of using remarks inciting violence against PM Modi

Targeting the Congress, Trivedi said its leader Rahul Gandhi used words like violence and murder in Parliament

Democrats insists Biden to reconsider runup to their own party convention

Over the past week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries have spoken privately to the president

Budget 2024: PM Modi allies Nitish, Naidu demands billions, pile pressure

For now, it seems that Modi will likely be able to manage those demands without blowing out the budget deficit.

INDIA bloc to hold protests over collapsed law & order situation in Bihar

The opposition has been attacking the Nitish Kumar government over the ghastly incident of the killing of former minister Mukesh Sahni's father in Darbhanga

After LS debacle, UP BJP chief meets Modi, briefs on organisational matters

While the BJP is looking to address various factors so as to put up a strong show in the 2027 assembly polls, the immediate challenge for the party is 10 assembly bypolls in the state

Haryana govt announces 10% job reservation for Agniveers; key details

The reservation includes a 10 per cent horizontal quota for Agniveers in the posts of constable, mining guard, forest guard, jail warden, and SPO

Mumbai's 1st underground Metro line to start from July 24, says BJP's Tawde

The Metro Line 3 project is funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the total project cost, revised to Rs 37,276 crore as approved by the Union government

War of words over Karnataka Bill on local quota in private sector jobs

The National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) expressed "deep concern" about the Karnataka State Employment of Local Industries Factories Establishment Bill, 2024

UP dy CM's cryptic post sparks speculation amid BJP's internal struggles

The post followed a meeting of the UP Deputy CM with BJP party President JP Nadda in Delhi on Tuesday. Nadda also held a separate meeting with the Uttar Pradesh BJP Chief Bhupender Chaudhary.

India locked into low investment cycle, needs liberalised approach: Cong

"India has been locked into a cycle of low investment since 2014, due to a combination of erratic policy, rampant cronyism, and the ED/IT/CBI raid raj," Ramesh said in a statement

'Ajit Pawar's NCP behind BJP's poor show': RSS magazine on Maha LS polls

The magazine said that the BJP's decades-old partnership with the Shiv Sena and its latest faction was 'Hindutva based' and thus 'natural' but that was not the case with the NCP