By PTI NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pointing out that no agenda has been listed for the special Parliament session and raising nine issues, including violence in Manipur, for discussion. The issues listed by Gandhi included Centre-state relations, JPC probe on allegations against the Adani Group, breakdown … Read more
Express News Service NEW DELHI: The stalemate in the Rajya Sabha over the Manipur situation is likely to end as the Opposition on Thursday offered a “middle ground” to initiate a discussion on the matter at a meeting with the government’s floor leaders. In a climbdown from its demand for a discussion only under Rule … Read more
By Express News Service NEW DELHI: Three days after the Chinese foreign ministry claimed that Xi and Modi had reached an “important consensus” on stabilising bilateral ties on the margins of the G20 Summit in Bali in 2022, India confirmed the interaction between the two leaders. But the Ministry of External Affairs statement refused to go … Read more
Express News Service NEW DELHI: Reiterating its demand for a comprehensive statement by Prime Minister Modi on the Manipur crisis, the Congress on Monday termed Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in the Lok Sabha expressing his willingness for a discussion on Manipur as a “desperate bid to manage headlines”. Amit Shah had earlier said that … Read more
By PTI NEW DELHI: As Parliament’s Monsoon session remained deadlocked over ethnic violence in Manipur, Union minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday appealed to the opposition parties ‘with folded hands’ to join the debate on the issue. Thakur also urged the opposition not to politicise the issue of atrocities against women in the northeastern state. The opposition … Read more
By PTI NEW DELHI: The government is ready to hold a discussion on incidents in Manipur but the opposition is not serious about it, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday in Lok Sabha which witnessed protests over the matter leading to adjournment of proceedings till 12 noon. As soon as the House met, the … Read more
By ANI NEW DELHI: Congress Parliamentary Party leader on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a discussion in the House on the Manipur situation, the party’s leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said. Sonia Gandhi made the demand during her conversation with the Prime Minister on the first day of the Monsoon session … Read more
By PTI NEW DELHI: The Manipur violence issue rocked Rajya Sabha on the opening day of the Monsoon session on Thursday with opposition members creating uproar, demanding a discussion on the situation in the Northeastern state. The proceedings of the Upper House were adjourned for the day in the post-lunch session after the laying of … Read more
By PTI NEW DELHI: The Manipur violence issue rocked Rajya Sabha on the opening day of the Monsoon session on Thursday with opposition members creating uproar, demanding a discussion on the situation in the Northeastern state. The proceedings of the Upper House were adjourned for the day in the post-lunch session after the laying of … Read more
By PTI NEW DELHI: Asserting that it takes two hands to clap, the Congress on Wednesday said if the government wants Parliament to function, it should allow the opposition parties to raise issues and demanded a discussion on Manipur during Parliament’s Monsoon Session. Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury made the remarks after … Read more