Political News

Amid reports on some TV news channels that Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan had complained to Chairman M. Hamid Ansari about cameras excessively focusing on her during the oath-taking ceremony of actress Rekha, the Rajya Sabha secretariat on Wednesday denied the news as factually incorrect.

Pakistan is a part of India and P V Narasimha Rao is the Prime Minister of the country this is being taught to school students in some states, according to a Member of Parliament.

The Mumbai attack perpetrated by Pakistan based LeT was an example of how terror outfits use latest available IT tools for their decisive motives, a top US commander has said, highlighting the role of cyber space in such events.

UPA constituent Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal, which has been demanding a special package, on Wednesday did not get any assurance from Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee who said he could not give preferential treatment to the state even though he himself belongs to it.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the central government on a petition alleging that political parties in power misused public funds by giving advertisements on the birth and death anniversaries of their leaders.

The government has set up a panel headed by former UGC chairman S K Thorat in the wake of the cartoon row to review NCERT's political science textbooks for schools.

Raising concerns over curtailing the duration of Amarnath Yatra, BJP on Wednesday urged the Government to restore its original four-months period to enable more and more pilgrims to take part in the pilgrimage.

The Odisha government on Wednesday expressed determination in dealing firmly with attempts to disrupt public order and unlawful activities by Left wing extremists and said it was following the commitments made during the hostage crisis involving two Italian nationals and an MLA.

BJP on Wednesday sought to know from the government and the Lok Sabha Speaker why the formation of the new team of Public Accounts Committee had not been completed and its chairperson chosen well past the deadline of April 30.

The absence of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday from a group photo session of parliamentarians here surprised many.