The Lok Sabha on Friday spiralled into a high-decibel confrontation as Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi intensified his attack on the government with a provocative “magician” analogy and an enigmatic reference to April 16, setting off fierce protests from the treasury benches and repeated interventions by Speaker Om Birla.
India faces a crucial challenge of current account deficit (CAD) as a report by CRISIL highlighted that the country might face a challenge of CAD to touch 2 per cent of GDP under higher oil price scenarios.
Four women were killed and 26 persons injured, some critically, after a speeding tractor-trolley lost balance and overturned in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday night.
Describing it as “commendable”, Mirwaiz also lauded the stand taken by revered Pope Leo on the US-Israel war with Iran and appealed to all global religious leaders of all communities to put their weight behind it, calling for global peace and justice for all humanity .
The Commission, which had announced the election schedule on March 15 for assemblies in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, said it has enforced strict compliance with the Model Code of Conduct through close coordination with state administrations and central agencies.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah responds to the debate on the Women’s Reservation Bill and the Delimitation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
The leader of the Opposition said the answer to that “riddle” was in the date the special session was called — April 16. Gandhi said when PM Modi was speaking in the Lok Sabha on his government’s plan to this effect, “I was sitting here and watching.
As Parliament moved toward a decisive vote on a landmark constitutional amendment to expand women’s representation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a pointed and emotional appeal to Members of Parliament, asking them to transcend partisan divisions and act in the national interest.
A man, accused of raping his minor daughter, committed suicide by hanging himself inside the lockup of a police station in the Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh.
The talks were led by India’s SCO National-Coordinator Ambassador Alok A. Dimri and China’s National-Coordinator Ambassador Yan Wenbin.
