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Amit Shah targets Rahul’s attendance, hug & wink as Oppn motion to remove Om Birla as Speaker fails

Replying to Oppn’s resolution against Speaker Om Birla, Amit Shah said Rahul missed key sessions despite claiming he wasn’t allowed to speak, triggering protests & dramatic scenes in the House.

PM ‘compromise’ & parliamentary history: Rahul & Ravi Shankar lock horns in fiery LS showdown

Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad tore into Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi after the latter claimed 'compromises have been made' by PM Modi.

Fulfilling a promise made to a farmer in a paddy field, Rahul attends the wedding of a Sonipat daughter

On 8 July 2023, Rahul was travelling from Delhi to Himachal Pradesh in his convoy when he met Sanjay Malik in Haryana's Madina. Three years later, he attended his daughter's wedding.

DMK cries ‘political agenda’ as Senthil Balaji summoned by CBI in Karur stampede case

The summons have been sent even though no formal charges have been filed against the DMK MLA. He has been asked to appear on 17 March.

Kerala minister Ganesh Kumar’s wife who ‘caught him cheating’ says issue ‘resolved’ after apology

Controversy erupted after Bindu Menon Monday accused the minister of infidelity and said she had caught him ‘red-handed’ at their family home in Trivandrum.

‘In the name of God, go’: Tables turn for Mahua Moitra as TMC MP unleashes tirade against Om Birla

Calling it 'divine karma', Mahua Moitra backs no-confidence motion against Birla, saying the same Chair that expelled her now faces her opening salvo. Says dignity exits when he enters Parliament.

Rijiju roasts Rahul in Parliament, says Priyanka would have made better LoP—‘she even smiles’

During a heated Lok Sabha debate, Rijiju mocked Rahul’s past hug-and-wink moment and said Priyanka Gandhi would have made a better Leader of Opposition as she listens in Parliament.

Art worth Rs 25 crore, Rs 374 crore annual income: Abhishek Manu Singhvi’s RS poll affidavit

The Congress nominee has declared assets worth Rs 2,558 crore. The affidavit showed that his annual income increased by 200 percent to Rs 374 crore in 2024-25 from FY 2021.

BJP has a wish list for Tamil Nadu. It’s brought seat-sharing talks with AIADMK to a standstill

AIADMK plans to contest more than 170 of the 234 Assembly seats & views the BJP’s ask for more than 35 seats as excessive, as it does not want to let go of its Dravidian base.

Sparks fly as Lok Sabha takes up Oppn resolution to remove Speaker Om Birla in rare move. Who said what

Congress MP asserted that Opposition compelled to pursue the extraordinary step not out of personal enmity but to uphold the decorum and dignity of Parliament.

On Camera

Nehru and Modi’s dilemmas are similar. Secret documents on 1953 nuclear crisis show

As critics accuse PM Modi of surrendering national sovereignty and India’s moral compass over Iran crisis, declassified documents show the dilemmas he faces are not new.

India in talks with Iran to secure safe passage for over 20 tankers through Hormuz

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has spoken to Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi three times in recent days, the ministry has said.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.