Rahul Gandhi pressed Modi to 'say something' on the issue.
"Our government does not delay decisions. We neither nurse problems nor keep them pending," Modi said.
The LJP will also be given a Rajya Sabha berth and Paswan is likely to be its candidate.
Participating in the debate on the triple talaq bill on Thursday, Khan made certain observations on a ruling party member.
The judge gave the directions after Vimal Kumar Srivastava and Manish Tripathi, representing the six accused, moved an application seeking their exemption from personal appearance for Friday only on the ground they had prior commitment.
The BJP said it is legal with adequate safeguards and in the interest of national security..
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who have extended support to the Congress to form the government in the state, were not present.
BJP president Amit Shah, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari were among those who addressed public meetings in different parts of the state on Sunday.
As often is the case on celluloid, romanticising death is as significant as making every moment count where a young life's passing makes the realisation all the more heartbreaking and momentous.
Special NIA court judge Jagdeep Singh posted the matter for March 14 after a Pakistani woman filed a petition claiming she had some evidence relevant to the case.
The hits and misses of the week.
"I want to know from the Congress as to why it is agitated and telling lies repeatedly. Is it because there is no Quattrocchi mama or Christian Michel in defence deals done by the BJP government," Modi said.
The Hindi version of Rajinikanth's Kabali did not find much love outside Tamil Nadu
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Instead of writing NAM's obituary, India should reinvent it,' suggests Dr Rup Narayan Das.
Concern is growing among healthcare experts who believe that if people do not follow the lockdown or social distancing seriously, the situation can quickly go out of control.
The stagnation in US-Russia relations does not augur well for New Delhi's strategic interests, says Harsh V Pant and Raj Kumar Sharma.
'Post the pandemic, when India is turning a new leaf in its economic policy with an eye on foreign capital and global supply chains that are likely to leave China, heightened tensions on the India-China border creates an atmosphere of uncertainty,' observes Virendra Kapoor.
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A look at the top 10 tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Some unlikely celebrities are behind multiple campaigns to fight the fake news menace.
Political skirmishes erupt over Chhattisgarh's decision to permit babus to attend RSS camps.
Both the Congress and its women's wing 'Mahila Congress' were livid and demanded apology from the prime minister.
Violence broke out in Patiala house court complex when groups of lawyers attacked journalists, students and teachers of the JNU.
The complaint alleges that Thakur misused his position as IG and both, he and his wife, possessed properties disproportionate to their income.
The Congress protested vociferously both inside and outside Parliament on Monday against the political developments in Maharashtra as it stalled proceedings and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of "murdering democracy" in the state.
Which one are *you* looking forward to?
SS Rajamouli's magnum opus gets an explosive start at the box office.
The Union health ministry said West Bengal and Himachal Pradesh reported a casualty each on Monday, taking the total number of deaths to nine in the country due to COVID-19.
Here's list of a few controversial remarks made by our politicians this year.
Mythological and historical shows are lapped up not just by the young, but equally by grown men and women.
'Cornered wolves' Pakistan capable of causing moments of panic
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict.
Objecting to telecast of Narendra Modi's road show in Varanasi when polling was on for the sixth phase, Congress on Thursday pressed the poll panel for registration of FIR against BJP leaders and alleged that EC "inaction" on previous violations of code of conduct had given the saffron party an opportunity to flout the electoral laws.
Prashant Patel said 'Delhi Sarkar Ki Shaktiyaan aur Simayen' by S K Sharma, a former secretary in the Delhi legislative assembly -- released in June 2015, was the inspiration behind his petition.
'Trust me, it's a disadvantage because people don't take you seriously.'
Bathinda is the only district in Punjab to start a movement to find out what the actual drug situation on the ground is and aims to address it.
A fresh probe into the Pathribal encounter case is not ruled out in view of the major controversy that has erupted after the Army gave a clean chit to its personnel in the infamous incident which took place in Kashmir in 2000.
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