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Mumbai:  The Election Commission of IndiaThursday announced biennial elections to nine seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council to be filled by Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs), with polling scheduled for May 12. According to a press note issued by the Commission, the terms of...

New Delhi: Calling for an apolitical approach, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday told Lok Sabha members that he is willing to use the words “guarantee” and “promise” to assure concerns of MPs that the proposed delimitation preceding the implementation of the women quota will not...

New Delhi: BJP National President Nitin Nabin took the oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha Thursday. Along with him, several other new members were administered the oath shortly after the House proceedings commenced. This marks BJP President Nabin's first term as a Member...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed the pleas of industrialist Anil Ambani challenging the Bombay High Court order that allowed the proceedings initiated by banks against him and Reliance Communications Ltd to classify their bank accounts as fraud to continue. A bench of Chief...

Giridih: Two persons were burnt alive in a horrific road accident in Jharkhand's Giridih district Thursday morning after three trucks collided and caught fire near a toll plaza, officials said. According to information, a speeding truck coming from the Bagodar side lost control and rammed...

New Delhi: Voting on the three bills in Lok Sabha to amend the women's quota law and set up a delimitation commission will be held at 4 PM Friday, according to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Birla said there would be a debate of around...

New Delhi: As the three-day special sitting of Parliament began this morning to debate and discuss three legislations, the Lok Sabha witnessed fireworks and uproar, with Opposition and treasury benches engaging in a war of words over the ‘merits’ of the proposed amendments. Law Minister Arjun...

New Delhi: The opposition will boycott the election of the deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha as a mark of protest against the Modi government not appointing a deputy speaker in the Lok Sabha for seven years, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said Thursday. The government...

New Delhi: Congress Lok Sabha MP Hibi Eden and DMK Parliamentary Party leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi moved motions Thursday to oppose the amendments to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in the Lok Sabha. This comes as a three-day special sitting of the extended Budget session of...

Namakkal: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin Thursday intensified his Opposition to the Centre’s proposed delimitation exercise by symbolically burning a copy of the delimitation bill and raising a black flag. Leading from the front, Stalin burned the proposed delimitation bill in Namakkal, where he...