While chatting with other panellists, Renuka, who stirred a controversy last year by bringing a stray dog to the Parliament complex, also shared a few jokes which could be interpreted as veiled attacks on the government.
Entrusting him with the task last week in a case where a woman journalist was given divorce by her lawyer husband through talaq-e-hasan, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant praised his mediation skills.
On Friday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and moved into his new office Seva Teerth, there was a conspicuous distinctive visual detail — senior officials from the PMO in matching pink half-jackets.
Sonia, who generally doesn’t sign too many mentions, signed the form to express her “association” with the Zero Hour mention of Brittas, leaving many surprised in both the parties.
As Akhilesh concluded a press conference at the party office on Wednesday, a song from 1967 Bollywood movie ‘Bahu Begum’ — ‘hum intzaar karenge tera qayamat tak, khuda kare ki qayamat ho aur tu aaye…’ — was played on a TV screen.
In his nearly 15-minute-long speech, Ray criticised the Government over income inequalities and the India-US interim trade deal.
Before Congress MP P Chidambaram initiated the discussion on the Budget in the Rajya Sabha, his party colleague Jairam Ramesh rose to say MoS, Finance Pankaj Chaudhary was not present in the House.
Brittas visited the gym owned by ‘Mohammad Deepak’ (this is how he had identified himself to the mob that was making rounds on social media) and bought a year’s membership costing Rs 8,000, said sources close to the MP.
Akhilesh said when his party comes to power in Uttar Pradesh, youths from every Assembly segment of Kannauj parliamentary constituency will be taken to Lucknow whenever there will be an international cricket match.
As women Congress MPs led by Varsha Gaikwad raised slogans against Dubey outside the House, BJP MPs stayed by his side throughout.
According to Anil Baluni there are around 150 ‘ghost villages’ — depopulated villages due to migration — in Pauri district itself.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Tuesday had to deal with a rather persistent Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, at the Parliament House entrance.
Chouhan is learnt to have written to agriculture ministers of all states, inviting them to participate.
POLITICAL LINES blurred in the Lok Sabha on Sunday as members of different parties queued up to extend their condolences to NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule, who had returned from the cremation of her cousin and NCP leader Ajit Pawar.
A TMC delegation led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to meet Election Commissioners in Delhi on Monday to raise complaints regarding the ongoing SIR exercise in the state.
WITH elections to various state Bar Councils drawing closer, the Supreme Court has witnessed a rise in cases surrounding the polls. On Thursday, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant presiding over a two-judge bench expressed his angst over it.
Samajwadi Party (SP) is holding ‘Vision India’ summits in different cities across the country during which its president Akhilesh Yadav interacts with the youth working in different fields and experts, besides sharing his vision on key issues.
A senior Congress leader said his absence at the meet was noted by the Congress high command.
Dhankhar has maintained a stoic silence and remained reclusive following his sudden resignation in the middle of Parliament session last year, citing health issues.
After meeting state chiefs, national office-bearers and general secretaries, Nabin recently met spokespersons and talking heads of the BJP to discuss post-budget strategies.
Bihar’s tableau at the Republic Day Parade this year will showcase its makhana (fox nut) farming, depicting various stages of production and processing, and also declaring that the state produces 90% of the world’s makhana.
The tableau highlights the SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) Scheme, a flagship initiative aimed at property mapping.
While in Hindi his name is spelt “Nitin Navin”, the correct spelling in English is “Nitin Nabin”, the party said, adding that his name be spelt accordingly in future.
Former Madhya Pradesh CM and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were mobbed by selfie seekers on the premises.
Chaudhary, who has been mostly travelling to different regional headquarters in the state as part of his new responsibility and to the national capital for his ministerial work, is yet to get permanent accommodation in Lucknow.




