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Jaishankar briefs panel on Ukraine crisis, Oppn say stands united with govt

The opposition stands united with the government, several leaders said on Thursday after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar briefed the consultative committee of his ministry on Russia's attack on Ukraine and the evacuation of students from the war-hit nation. The meeting of the 21-member committee, chaired by Jaishankar, was attended by nine MPs from six parties and came in for fulsome praise from some leaders. "We all are united," Tharoor told reporters after the meeting that was also attended by former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his party colleague Anand Sharma. "Excellent meeting of the Consultative Committee on External Affairs this morning on #Ukraine. My thanks to @DrSJaishankar & his colleagues for a comprehensive briefing & candid responses to our questions &concerns. This is the spirit in which foreign policy should be run," he added in a tweet. "... Frank discussions took place in an amicable atmosphere, a reminder that when it comes to national ...

Dynasts dented nation's self-confidence by questioning Covid vaccine: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at rivals over their criticism of the Covid vaccine, saying "dynasts" never miss a chance to dent the country's self-confidence.

Shiv Sena was the first party to fight polls on Hindutva plank: Sanjay Raut

Firing a fresh salvo at the BJP, party MP Sanjay Raut claimed that the Sena was the first party in the country to contest an election on the Hindutva plank.

Karnataka Assembly passes 'anti-conversion' Bill amid Oppn uproar

The contentious "Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021", popularly known as "Anti-conversion Bill", was passed by Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Thursday, amidst din. Congress partly vehemently opposed the bill, calling it "anti people", "inhuman", "anti constitutional", "anti poor" and "draconian", and urged that it should not be passed for any reason and should be withdrawn by the government. JD(S) too expressed its opposition to the bill, which was introduced in the Assembly on Tuesday. The bill was passed by a voice vote, even as Congress members were protesting from the well of the House, demanding continuation of the debate on the bill, that began this morning. They were also expressing their anguish against some remarks made by Minister K S Eshwarappa, during his intervention in the debate. Congress seemed to be on a back foot with the ruling BJP alleging that the bill was actually "initiated" by the Siddaramaiah led Congress administration, and

Lok Sabha proceedings adjourned till 2 pm amid Opposition protests

Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday amid protests by Opposition members on various issues including the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Soon after the House assembled for the day, Opposition members stormed into the Well and began protesting, displaying placards. While some of the Opposition members were demanding sacking of Union Minister for Home Affair Ajay Mishra as his son Ashish Mishra is one of the accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the Shiv Sena was demanding action in the matter pertaining to the alleged insult to Chhatrapati Shivaji in Karnataka. Amid din, the House took up several questions during the Question Hour. Speaker Om Birla repeatedly urged the members to maintain the decorum of the House and go back to their seats. He adjourned the proceedings of the House till 2 pm as the Opposition refused to relent.

Opposition to take out march over suspension of RS MPs, Lakhimpur case

Opposition parties on Tuesday decided to take out a protest march in support of their demand for revoking the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs and sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra

LoP Kharge convenes meeting of floor leaders of 'like-minded' parties today

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has called a meeting of the floor leaders of "like-minded" parties in Parliament

Sonia Gandhi meets Opposition leaders to chalk out common strategy

The leaders present in the meeting include Sharad Pawar, T.R. Baalu, Farooq Abdullah and Sanjay Raut

Opposition plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

The floor leaders of Opposition parties in both the Houses of Parliament will meet to discuss a proposal for a march by all the opposition MPs from Gandhi statue to Vijay Chowk

Oppn floor leaders to meet at 10 am to discuss strategy for winter session

A meeting of Opposition floor leaders from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha is scheduled to be held on Tuesday

Oppn leaders hold protest in Parliament complex over suspension of RS MPs

Leaders of several opposition parties on Monday staged a protest in Parliament complex here in support of the suspended MPs of the Rajya Sabha. Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and other Opposition MPs raised slogans in front of Gandhi statue in Parliament complex and demanded that the suspension of the MPs be revoked. The 12 opposition MPs -- six from the Congress, two each from the Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena, and one each from the CPI and CPI(M) -- were suspended from the Rajya Sabha last Monday for the entire Winter Session of Parliament for their "unruly" conduct in the previous session in August. The Opposition has termed the suspension as "undemocratic and in violation of all the Rules of Procedure" of the Upper House. The 12 suspended MPs have been sitting in protest against their suspension, which they claim is against the rules.

No Opposition alliance sans Congress possible at national level: Baghel

Bhupesh Baghel attacked Mamata Banerjee, saying she must clarify whether she wants to make TMC the main Opposition party by fighting those in power or by taking on fellow Opposition parties

Oppn leaders protest wearing black bands in Parliament over MPs' suspension

Opposition party leaders staged a protest at the Gandhi statue in Parliament on Thursday wearing black bands against the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs.Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and KC Venugopal also participated in the protest.The Opposition MPs carried banners and posters with slogans like "Save India" and "BJP kills Democracy".As many as 12 MPs from the opposition parties were suspended from Parliament's winter session for allegedly creating ruckus on the last day of the Monsoon Session.The suspension came after Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Monday wrote a letter to Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, who is the Vice President, for shocking violence on the last day of the Monsoon Session.The suspended MPs include six from Congress, two each from TMC and Shiv Sena and one each from CPM and CPI.The action has been taken against them for the 'indiscipline' in the monsoon session of the House.The suspended MPs are Elamaram ...

Govt, Opposition refuse to budge as barred MPs continue stir

Impasse between Oppn, government over suspension of 12 MPs from RS continues as neither side concedes any space

Opposition leaders stage protest in Parliament over suspension of 12 MPs

Opposition party leaders, including Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, staged a protest at the Gandhi statue inside Parliament premises demanding revocation of suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha members.

Opposition leaders to hold meeting over suspension of 12 MPs: Kharge

Opposition parties will hold a meeting over the suspension of 12 Rajya MPs, said senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday.

Centre-Opposition relations on the boil; won't apologise, say errant MPs

While government-Opposition relations are unlikely to see a patch-up, a working solution might be thrashed out.

Sweden's first female PM elected for second time in a week

Magdalena Andersson has been reappointed Prime Minister, less than a week after she resigned within hours of taking the job.According to Aljazeera, Magdalene Anderson became Prime Minister and resigned a day later, after her budget was rejected in favour of one proposed by the opposition, which included a far-right party, and her coalition partners quit.Earlier, Magdalena Andersson, leader of the centre-left Social Democratic Party, became the country's first female prime minister following the elections and her historic term lasted about seven hours."According to constitutional practice, a coalition government should resign if one party leaves the government," she said. "For me, it is about respect, but I also do not want to lead a government where there may be grounds to question its legitimacy," she said in her Facebook account.However, it's expected that Andersson will govern Sweden's weakest governments in recent decades. Further, Anderson's budget will be formulated by three ...

Unanimity among govt, Opposition parties on repeal of 3 farm laws: Tomar

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Monday that there was unanimity on the issue as both the government and opposition parties wanted to nullify the legislations.

Parliament session begins Monday, BJP and Cong issues whips to party MPs

The Winter Session of Parliament is set to begin on a stormy note on Monday, with the government ready to bring in a bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws. The Farm Laws Repeal Bill is slated to be introduced in the Lok Sabha. Thousands of farmers have been protesting for the past one year to repeal the three legislations. The bill states that though "only a small group of farmers are protesting" against these legislations, the need of the hour is to take along everyone for inclusive growth. The ruling BJP and main opposition party Congress have issued whips to their MPs to be present on the day. The opposition will seek to target the government on the issue of farmers' plight as well as their demand for a legal backing for minimum support price. The Congress has also demanded a condolence resolution for the farmers who died during the year-long protests against the three laws. Besides the repeal bill, the government has listed 25 draft legislations for the Parliament .