New Delhi: With the Rajya Sabha putting its seal of approval on the Bill for creating Telangana amid bedlam, the birth of the 29th State of the Union is just a presidential signature away. The historic development was preceded by prolonged “labour pangs” beginning from July 30 last year, the day the Congress Working Committee […]

New Delhi: After the Indian Parliament’s lower house passed the bill for the creation of new state, the government is all set to pass the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill, 2014 in Rajya Sabha on Thursday. The upper house could not pass the bill yesterday as the government and the opposition were unable to reach any […]

Hyderabad: Uncertainty prevails over the imposition of President’s rule in the State after Chief Minister, N. Kiran Kumar Reddy tendered his resignation on Wednesday. The Congress is likely to wait for a minimum of two days before taking a decision on President’s rule as it would like the Bill to be adopted in the Rajya […]

New Delhi: Government today said it has not made any request to the US to track down the country’s most wanted fugitive Dawood Ibrahim. “No formal request has been made by this Ministry to the US government,” Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran informed Rajya Sabha in a written reply. The government’s response came […]

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said Wednesday that if the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha are not telecast live, there would be no debate. “The government is going to bring the Telangana bill in the Rajya Sabha today (Wednesday). They have to ensure that the proceedings of the house are telecast […]

New Delhi: Both houses of parliament were Tuesday adjourned till noon after an uproar over the formation of Telangana state. As soon as the Lok Sabha began itrs sitting, members opposed to the proposed Telangana state raised slogans, demanding a united Andhra Pradesh. Amid the din, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house till noon. Similar […]

New Delhi: Some Union ministers from Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh today met L K Advani seeking BJP’s support for a package for the region following the decision to create a separate Telangana state. The Congress ministers were accompanied by BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu in their meeting with Advani at his residence this morning. […]

New Delhi: Contrary to earlier expectations, the Telangana bill will now be introduced in Lok Sabha first instead of Rajya Sabha with the government seeking a fresh recommendation from the President after the Upper House secretariat held it is a money bill. Sources said the move comes after questions were raised over the constitutionality of […]

New Delhi: A day after the Aam Aadmi Party accused some top BJP leaders of attempting to destabilise the Arvind Kejriwal-led government in Delhi, the supporters of the party on Tuesday launched a protest outside the residence of the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley. However, the AAP supporters who were the first […]

New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Congress’ Digvijaya Singh and former union ministers Kumari Selja and Murli Deora were among 37 candidates elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha Friday after the deadline for withdrawing nominations in the biennial elections to the upper house ended. Polling will be held Feb 7, as scheduled, for the remaining […]