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Alleging that the situation in Kashmir was not “normal” because of the government, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said: “Now, northeast is turning like Kashmir. Both the North East and Kashmir are of strategic importance.” read more

Onion prices have more than trebled in some parts due to a supply crunch. All-India average retail prices of onion ranged between Rs 90-110 per kg on Thursday, data from the government’s price monitoring cell showed. read more

Terming it a ‘back-door appointment’, veteran Congress leader Gurdev Singh Lapran, who was considered to be the front-runner for the post, said he would register his protest in front of chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh read more

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said it was part of the enhanced security features to identify fake passports and involves using other national symbols as well on rotation. read more

Introducing the Bill, Prasad had said there were positive mandate in the Constitution for the SCs and the STs, but in case of the Anglo-Indians it was a presidential nomination. “It’s a power of nomination,” he said. read more

Like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre, the TRS upset all the calculations of the political pundits in December 7, 2018 assembly elections of a possible change in the government in the state. He pulled off a remarkable victory by winning... read more

Former chief minister Fadnavis had stated earlier that the decision to deny tickets to some of his colleagues was taken by the party’s central committee. read more

The Election Commission has made heavy deployment of security forces, as 12 constituencies out of total 17 are stated to be under the influence of left-wing extremism (LWE). read more

After a seven-hour debate, the Rajya Sabha passed the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, or CAB, 125-99. The Lok Sabha had cleared the bill shortly after midnight on Tuesday, 334-106. read more

The bill will be sent to a joint select committee, Union electronics and information technology minister Prasad said in Lok Sabha after members pressed for greater scrutiny. read more

This is the third time this year that Clause 6 has hit the headlines; in January, it was in the news after the Modi government formed a committee to implement it. The accord brought to an end, six years of the Assam movement, an agitation in the state... read more

“The bill provides citizenship to many who have been rendered helpless but it is not a legislation that takes away anyone’s citizenship. Nobody needs to fear it,” Amit Shah said. read more

The three Rajya Sabha members of the party, which is in a coalition government in Maharashtra with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party, walked out before the bill was put to vote, though party MP Sanjay Raut participated in the discussions... read more

Alleging that the Congress was looting the state exchequer, Sukhbir said the Capt Amarinder Singh government had first claimed that it would realise \u20B91,000 crore from sand mining, but it has collected only \u20B938 crore to date. He said under the new mining... read more

The Sena’s change in stance was driven by its brand-new alliance partner in Maharashtra, the Congress, who had conveyed its discomfort at its stand in Parliament. read more