The session will have nearly 18 sittings, Parliamentary Affairs minister Ananth Kumar said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday took a dig at Congress in the wake of its poor showing in the Bihar assembly elections saying 'Rahul factor' did not work in the polls.
The generational shift in the Bharatiya Janata Party was complete on Tuesday with its founders Atal Behari Vajpayee, L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi being dropped from the Parliamentary Board, the highest decision-making body, which has the stamp of Prime Minister Narendra Modi all over now.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for showing grace in apologising for the demeaning remarks made by a Congress member against Atal Bihari Vajpayee and said this situation would not have arisen had the offender himself done so a day earlier.
In the midst of speculations over who will succeed Rajnath Singh, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Wednesday clarified that it was not against four Delhi-based senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, who the RSS chief had virtually ruled out as party president. RSS All-India Propaganda Chief Manmohan Vaid said, "Reports that the Sangh is against four leaders of the BJP are completely false. M Venkaiah Naidu,Arun Jaitley,Sushma Swaraj and Ananth Kumar are all senior leaders".
The political crisis in Karnataka BJP seemed headed for a resolution with warring factions led by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and the Reddy brothers saying an announcement is likely by this evening.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said it would field candidates in 102 constituencies in upcoming Bihar assembly polls -- the same number as in the last elections -- and declared the names of 87 contestants, including eight women while leaving the rest of the seats to ally Janata Dal-United.
Disgraced ex-BJP chief Bangaru Laxman has made a comeback in the party's new team as election in-charge of Tamil Nadu while Varun Gandhi and Vinay Katiyar have been appointed in the same capacity for Assam and West Bengal.
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The BJP legislature party in Karnataka will meet in Bangalore on Wednesday for the first time after the party's central leadership brokered peace between Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and dissidents recently.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday invited Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to campaign in Bihar, a move that is sure to be a red rag to the Janata Dal-United and may revive a bitter clash between the two coalition partners ahead of the assembly elections.
'New Delhi is in a perpetual dilemma. It can't do without Yediyurappa, but it doesn't want a powerful CM. It stokes the opponents within against him. The result is he has never settled down in office, even in the present tenure'
BJP member Ananth Kumar was debating Mamata Banerjee's promise to upgrade 309 stations as 'model' ones, of which 137 were in West Bengal. Intervening, Lalu Prasad Yadav said, "World-class station banana to ek soch hai. Yeh banna to hai nahi. Aap pareshan kyon ho rahe hain? In this connection, he said during his tenure also he had proposed to upgrade Patna station which never happened.
Advani retained his predecessor Venkaiah Naidu in the panel and in the parliamentary board.
Anantha Kumar has been made party general secretary. Najma Heptullah and Varun Gandhi have been included in the national executive.
Advani will flag off his yatra on Thursday.
Nadda also met Chandrashekar Kambar, a Jnanpith award recipient as part of the BJP's ongoing nationwide campaign on the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Home minister Shivraj Patil on Monday said that the centre will provide all necessary assistance to Karnataka to help the state deal with recent rains and floods.
The Yatra was scheduled to enter Karnataka this evening from Dhulkhed.
The urban development ministry has issued reminders to six former ministers to vacate their official residences in New Delhi, failing which eviction proceedings would be initiated against them.
The veteran parliamentarian gave vent to his pain and anguish soon after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the House for the day amid trading of charges between the government and the Opposition on smooth functioning of proceedings.
Infosys co-founder and Unique Identification Authority of India Chairman Nandan Nilekani, tipped to contest from Bangalore South on a Congress ticket, will be officially joining the ruling party on Sunday.
Following the address by President Ram Nath Kovind, the economic survey will be tabled in the two Houses.
A top BJP leader from Bihar told ANI that Fadnavis is going to play a crucial role in the Bihar assembly election and he is associated with the Bihar BJP on purpose
'The driver named Nasir has been caught hold by the localites and seems to be normal without any alcoholic hangover,' he said.
Barely a week after Infosys co-founder and Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India Nandan Nilekani made known his intentions of fighting the elections he is facing opposition from within the Congress party.
Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Sushma Swaraj, Ananth Kumar and Balbir Punj on Saturday met a sulking L K Advani to discuss the elevation of Narendra Modi as prime ministerial candidate, a move the party patriarch is opposed to.
The Karnataka legislative assembly on Wednesday witnessed chaotic and unruly scenes as angry Bharatiya Jansata Party legislators tore copies of bills and the agenda, and threw them at the deputy speaker, who was presiding, following which Speaker U T Khader suspended 10 of them for the remainder of the session.
"It was a political conspiracy which has been exposed... peace and order will be maintained at all cost... the administration and government have repulsed the designs (of conspirators) sternly," Adityanath said.
Infosys Co-founder-turned-Aadhaar Chairman Nandan Nilekani will battle it out against five time MP Ananth Kumar in the Bangalore South constituency.
400 MPs of the ruling National Democratic Alliance would give up Rs 3.66 crore -- their salary for 23 days of the ongoing budget session that has been a virtual washout due to protests by the opposition.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet colleagues celebrated the second International Day of Yoga on Tuesday at different parts of the country.
"We request and seek cooperation from all parties, including the Opposition, for smooth functioning of both Houses to make this session fruitful," Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar said.
The notices were submitted by the Congress over the Rafale deal.
Discarded by the Bharatiya Janata Party within hours of his admission into the party, controversial chief of fringe right wing outfit Sri Ram Sene, Pramod Muthalik, on Tuesday announced he would contest the Lok Sabha polls against state saffron party chief Prahlad Joshi from Dharwad.
Congress insists on Modi's apology for his claim that Manmohan Singh colluded with Pak to influence Guj polls.
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