Mahua asserted that despite all efforts by the Bharatiya Janata Party to "sound the death knell" for constitutional democracy, India is too great a country to be destroyed by the fascists.
This is in contrast to a Supreme Court judgment of March which said the panel should comprise of the prime minister, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India.
Justice Rastogi asks Mehta if he thinks that in the absence of law, whatever appointments are being made in a process are appropriate.
The Commission said a ban has been put in place effective January 1, 2023 on the creation of new administrative units in the state till the exercise is completed.
Ford, which had announced to quit the Indian market last year, said it was exploring the possibility of using one of its plants in India to produce electric cars for exports.
If implemented after stakeholder consultations, migrant voters do not need to travel to their home district to exercise their franchise.
The most important institutions have been and are being undermined with almost no resistance, warns Aakar Patel.
It is the first ever illumination of the historic monument's front fortification wall and its two important gateways -- Lahori Gate and Delhi Gate.
Underlining the importance of having a chief election commissioner who is "independent and a man of character", the Supreme Court on Wednesday wondered will it not be a case of "complete breakdown of system" if the CEC does not act against the prime minister in case there are allegations against him.
Arguably the greatest slow left-arm bowler that the world has ever seen, Bishan Singh Bedi left an indelible impression in minds of many with a character to die for.
The appointment of new expenditure secretary comes a month-and-a-half ahead of the Budget for 2020-21 to be presented on February 1.
To involve workers in various social campaigns initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah has formed nine separate committees of senior leaders.
COVID-19 has propelled him into a place in the sun that he could only have hoped for.
Ending uncertainty, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday named Harsh Vardhan as the party's chief ministerial candidate for the December 4 Delhi assembly elections despite opposition by city unit chief Vijay Goel who had staked claim for the post
The Bharatiya Janata Party appears set to announce the name of Harshavardhan as its chief ministerial candidate for Delhi by the end of this month despite internal squabbles and a virtual threat from state unit head Vijay Goel to quit if a decision to the effect was taken.
The post fell vacant after incumbent Prasad Dasgupta took early retirement. Dasgupta's five-year term was to come to an end on August 31 and he was eligible for a two-year extension till he attained superannuation at the age of 65 in 2012.
The rally was taken out to showcase the public angst against the steeply rising prices of commodities drew BJP supporters from across the country.
Senior leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party met in New Delhi on Tuesday to discuss Arun Shourie's remarks against the party and the BJP's future course of action.Besides party president Rajnath Singh, vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and party general secretaries Vijay Goel and Vinay Katiyar attended the meeting, which was held at the party headquarter. According to sources, the leaders reviewed the situation, but refrained from taking any action against Shourie.
If the Bharatiya Janata Party comes to power in Haryana assembly polls next month, it will make a law to ban western music and "vulgarity", says the party manifesto.
Kirron Kher, actress-turned-politician, recounts how it was Jaitley who made her contest the elections from Chandigarh. Speaking to Rediff.com's Savera R Someshwar, the Chandigarh MP talks of the BJP stalwart's generosity and how he was the focal point of any place he was at.
Five Indians, including three IITians and all in their 20s or 30s, have made to the list of top 25 entrepreneurs in Asia. The list compiled by the US-based magazine BusinessWeek for its annual report on Asian entrepreneurs includes four women, including Saloni Malhotra whose BPO company 'DesiCrew' targets workforce in small towns and rural areas.
Gupta was demanding that a fact-finding committee report on an alleged water tanker scam during Sheila Dikshit's tenure be made public and a calling attention motion on the matter. Speaker Ram Niwas Goel rejected the demand.
After her elevation as defence minister, Sitharaman has become a member of the cabinet committee on security headed by the prime minister.
Senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam on Wednesday asked the Chief Justice of India to withdraw the recommendation about his candidature as the judge of the Supreme Court.
The dead include 10 women and seven men, another fire official said, noting that a man and woman were injured.
Narendra Modi is expected to have a 45-member council of ministers who will take oath along with him on Monday evening. The council of ministers is expected to have 23 Cabinet ministers, 10 ministers of state with independent charge and 11 ministers of state, according to sources.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday removed senior police official Arun Kumar, who oversaw the situation in Muzaffarnagar after the recent communal riots, from the post of Additional Director General in-charge of law and order.
This is not the first time that the BJP legislator has been embroiled in a controversy.
The BJP stalwart's body was later brought to his residence at Kailash Colony.
Amid a stalemate between the government and the Opposition over the issue, the House failed to transact any significant business and was adjourned for the day.
The two Houses would now meet on December 27 as there would be no sitting on December 24 and December 26 in view of Christmas.
Seeking to end the controversy that erupted over his remarks and stalled parliamentary proceedings, Union minister Anantkumar Hegde on Thursday tendered an apology in the Lok Sabha after a nudge by the Speaker but he said his speech at a function in Karnataka was distorted.
Lamba claimed after the walkout, "I got a message from the CM to tender my resignation. I'm ready to do so".
A curative petition is the last and final judicial remedy available to a person convicted by courts of law.
Delhi BJP chief Tiwari said each poor family will be provided good quality, subsidised 'atta' (wheat flour) at a rate of Rs 2 per kilogram. The BJP will bring an ambitious 'Samridh Delhi Infrastructure Scheme', with a provision of Rs 10,000 crore, to ensure "focussed and priority" development of roads, flyovers, foot over-bridges and other key infrastructure projects, the manifesto stated. The manifesto promises to set up a 'Colonies Development Board' for undertaking development of various civic amenities.
With the latest expansion of the Union Council of Ministers, the total number of crorepatis there has risen to 72, while the number of those with declared criminal cases is up at 24, a study said.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj briefed them about the operation that destroyed Jaish-e-Mohammed's terror training camp in Balakot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Raising the issue, Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad said the prime minister should come to the House and clarify on what he said, as his charges that his predecessor was "conspiring" with Pakistan was "a big issue."
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday stuck to its position of not seeking to stake claim to form the government even though it emerged the single largest party in the assembly polls, saying it did not have the mandate to provide a stable dispensation.
