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• Shutting Visa Service for Canadians Will Impact Lakhs of Punjabis: Sukhbir Badal
  
  As India on Thursday suspended visa services in Canada citing "operational reasons", Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal on Thursday said "this is set to create great hurdles, uncertainty and anxiety for Punjabis".Saying he was deeply concerned over indefinite...
• Trinamool Congress to Take Strict Action against MLAs Missing During Crucial Debates in Assembly
  
  The Trinamool Congress has decided to take strict action against MLAs, who were missing during the last two crucial sessions of the West Bengal Assembly without reasonable grounds and without intimating the chief whip of the party.The party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata...
• Bengal LoP Files RTI Seeking Information among CM'S Overseas Tour
  
  Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari has filed a petition under the Right to Information Act, 2005, on the amount spent from the state exchequer on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's ongoing Dubai and Spain visit to scout for investments.The LoP...
• SP, RLD Slam Govt over Inherent Delay in Women's Bill Implementation
  
  The Samajwadi Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal have demanded that the provision for women's reservation should be made applicable in the run-up to 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the assembly elections in five states scheduled to be held later this year.Samajwadi Party chief...
• TDP MLAs Suspended from Andhra Assembly for Protest over Naidu's Arrest
  
  Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MLAs were suspended from Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Thursday for stalling the proceedings of the House to protest against the arrest of their party's national president and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in an alleged skill development...
• Rahul Interacts with Porters, Says Their Wish Can't Be Ignored
  
  Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday once again surprised people by visiting a Railway station here and interacting with the porters to know their concerns.According to party sources, the Congress leader arrived at Anand Vihar Railway station to talk to the...
• DUSU Polls: NSUI Alleges Hooliganism by ABVP, Says They Are Scared of Women-centric Agenda
  
  A day before the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) elections, the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) on Thursday accused the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) of indulging in violence, and said that they are frustrated over its women-centric agenda of...
• Zero Qualifying Percentile for NEET PG : Stalin Slams Centre
  
  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Union government for lowering the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) cut off to zero.Condemning the decision as "meaningless", Stalin said it was detrimental to the merit based...
• Stalin to Inspect Road Works in All TN Districts
  
  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, MK Stalin will inspect road works in all districts of the state from this week.The decision, according to the Chief Minister's Office is following several complaints he receives on a daily basis on the poor quality of roads in the state.Sources in...
• Yogi Govt Sets up Committee for Advocates' Protection Bill
  
  The Uttar Pradesh government has constituted a three-member committee that would give its suggestions to the State Law Commission for preparing Advocates' Protection Bill.Principal secretary, law and legal remembrancer, Pramod Kumar Srivastava will be the chairman of the...
• When Nishikant Dubey Reminded Sonia of 'you Are Not a Queen' Moment of 2012
  
  BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday reminded Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi of the 2012 clash between the Congress and Samajwadi Party MPs in the Lok Sabha over a Bill for reservation for SC/ST during which he had told her "you are not a...
• RSS for Better Party-govt Coordination in UP
  
  The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders have asked the Uttar Pradesh BJP leaders to ensure better coordination between the government and the organisation.During an ongoing coordination meeting between RSS and BJP leaders in Lucknow, RSS joint general secretary Arun...
• All Political Parties in K'taka Must Unite over Cauvery Water Dispute: Kumaraswamy
  
  Former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior JD-U leader H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday that the people of Karnataka are dejected with Tamil Nadu over the Cauvery water dispute."Tamil Nadu is damaging the federal structure in India," he underlined.Speaking to the media,...
• 'Was Rajiv Gandhi's Dream': Sonia Supports Women's Reservation Bill, Seeks OBC Inclusion
  
  Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said the Women's Reservation Bill was her husband and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's dream, which could come true now, but it needed to be implemented soon with the inclusion of SC, ST and OBC...
• Govt Intention Something Else, Publicising Women's Reservation Bill in View of Polls: Kharge
  
  Ahead of the discussion on Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha, Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday questioned the intention of the government, and said he feels that the government is publicising this in view of...
• This Is 'Mahila Bewakoof Banao' Bill: AAP's Sanjay Singh
  
  The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday dubbed the Women's Reservation Bill tabled by the government in the Lok Sabha as 'Mahila Bewakoof Banao' Bill, and said this was another 'jumla' brought by the BJP.Speaking to the media, ahead of the third day of Parliament's special...
• Ex-CM Uma Bharti Writes to Modi over Women's Reservation Bill
  
  Former Chief Minister Uma Bharti wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to express her concern over the Women's Reservation Bill. She has demanded that 33 per cent reservation should be assured for women in the Legislative Assemblies.In her letter to Modi, Bharti has...
• Cauvery Dispute: CM Siddaramaiah Meets Union Ministers & MPS, Seeks PM Intervention
  
  Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday met Union Ministers and Parliament members from the state in the national capital over the Cauvery dispute, and sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Addressing reporters after the meeting, CM Siddaramaiah said the...
• This Is the Original Copy of Constitution: Meghwal on 'secular, Socialist' Words Missing
  
  Trashing the Opposition's allegations that the words "socialist, secular" are missing in the new copies of the Constitution, the Centre on Wednesday asserted that it was the copy of the original Constitution as the words were added later through an amendment.Minister of...
• 'Very Unlikely That 33% Quota for Women Will Be Implemented in Upcoming State Assembly Polls'
  
  The 128th Constitutional Amendment Bill, mandating 33 per cent quota for women in the Lok Sabha and all state Assemblies, including Delhi, was introduced in Lok Sabha on Tuesday by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, but a legal expert says that the provisions are very unlikely...
• CID Seeks Chandrababu Naidu's Custody in Another Corruption Case
  
  The Andhra Pradesh Police's CID has filed a Prisoner Transit (PT) warrant petition against TDP President and former Chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in FiberNet scam even as he remained in judicial custody in the skill development scam.The CID on Tuesday filed the...
• Centre to Seek Passage of Women's Reservation Bill in LS Today
  
  The Central government on Wednesday will seek passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha.Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal will move the Bill in the Lok Sabha for discussion and seek it's passage.The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2023...
• Bengal School Job Case: ED Submits Copy of Abhishek Banerjee's Statement to Calcutta HC
  
  Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday submitted a copy of the written statement of Trinamool Congress' national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee to the Calcutta High Court's single-judge bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh.Banerjee's statement was taken during the...
• KCR, Modi behind Naidu's Arrest, Claims Congress Leader
  
  Congress leader Madhu Goud Yaskhi has alleged that Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were behind the arrest of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.He claimed that he has full information that under a...
• Rakesh Tikait Tells Farmers to Hold Panchayats in Village Temples
  
  The Bhartiya Kisan Union national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait has asked farmers to hold panchayats in village temples to counter the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS)."To save the country, the farmers' movement will have to be stronger,...

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