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Centre moots extending tenure of parliamentary panels to two years

The move follows concerns from lawmakers that the current one-year term is too short for committees to conduct in-depth studies and prepare effective reports

Congress files complaint against CPI(M) leader over disparaging remark

The complaint was filed by Alathur Block Congress General Secretary Pramod to the Palakkad District Police Chief via email on Thursday night

India must lead on Palestine issue, Modi govt has failed humanity: Sonia

She said the government's actions appear to be driven primarily by the personal friendship between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu

Nitish govt failed EBCs, only used them as a vote bank: Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi vowed that if the INDIA bloc comes to power in Bihar, it would scrap the 50 per cent cap on reservations

Congress targets BJP ahead of Bihar elections, calls SIR 'dirty trick'

Terming Special Intensive Revision exercise in Bihar as another "dirty trick" from the BJP toolkit, the Congress Working Committee said it is aimed at manipulating electoral rolls and retaining power

J&K may not get statehood as BJP did not win Assembly polls: Omar Abdullah

Abdullah said the biggest challenge before his 11-month-old government is that Jammu and Kashmir is not a state

Congress holds CWC in Patna to discuss Bihar elections, 'vote chori'

The focus of the deliberations is likely to be on Bihar, the party's campaign strategy, future polls and ramping up the attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over vote chori

Bihar minister slaps legal notice on Prashant Kishor over land deal remarks

At a press conference on September 19, Kishor accused Choudhary of involvement in an irregular land deal worth ₹200 crore

Rahul Gandhi links rising unemployment, corruption to 'vote theft'

In a post on X in Hindi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said unemployment is the biggest problem facing youth in India and it is directly linked to "vote chori"

Amaravati makes a 'quantum' leap to build and export computers in 2 years

Chandrababu Naidu said Amaravati Quantum Valley will build India's first quantum computers and begin exports within two years, with $1 billion investment by 2029

Odisha speaker rejects Congress no-confidence motion against BJP govt

Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy on Monday rejected the opposition Congress's notice seeking to move a no-confidence motion' against the 15-month-old BJP government in the state.

GST 2.0: BJP leaders celebrate, opposition alleges 'undue credit'

Congress accused that the 'limited' reform comes eight years too late; Vaishnaw pointed to the significantly higher tax rates under the UPA government

BJP calls Karnataka caste census 'divisive and unfortunate' move by Cong

BY Vijayaendra termed the caste census as the "misadventure" of the state government, despite it not having any powers to conduct such a survey

Over 70% voter turnout marked in Assam's Bodoland Territorial Council polls

The final turnout figure is awaited as people who entered polling booths before the 4 pm deadline were allowed to cast their votes, they said

UPA regime unleashed tax terror: Ashwini Vaishnaw hits out at Opposition

During a press conference at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, Vaishnaw said the entire nation is celebrating the reforms introduced in recent budgets

Inherent habit of Congress to abandon difficult development work : PM Modi

PM Modi alleged the border villages were neglected by successive Congress governments, leading to the migration of people from these areas

Rajnath Singh says PoK will naturally come to India without any aggression

The minister noted that the people in the region themselves have been expressing a desire for freedom from the current administration

Will you give up foreign goods: Kejriwal takes jibe over PM's swadeshi call

Questioning the American companies operating in India, he said that the public expects action from the Prime Minister

Akhilesh questions BJP on GST collections, seeks clarity on usage of money

The GST Council, comprising Centre and states, has decided to reduce tax rates on goods and services, from September 22 -- the first day of Navratri

LAC, China on mind, PM Modi to visit Northeast for second time this month

Modi's visit to Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura comes amid the Centre's renewed focus on the region, with India's neighbouring nations Bangladesh and Myanmar in ferment. Archis Mohan writes