Ramesh says that since the attitude of the Narendra Modi government is deliberately provocative and confrontational, it should not expect cooperation from the Congress.
By doing away with the 1 per cent inter-state tax over and above the GST rate, the government has met one of the three key demands over which Opposition Congress has been blocking the Bill in the Upper House
He also said that he stands by Modi as he admires his spine but took a dig at journalists planting "deliberately false stories" to provoke him.
Wait for a while before he does another somersault... But one thing is reasonably certain -- the twice betrayed BJP may not embrace him again, predicts Virendra Kapoor.
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved the biggest tax reform since Independence.
GST is the biggest revenue shake-up since independence
A list of watchable Hindi legal shows and films on OTT, in order of release.
All you need to know about the Winter session of Parliament.
Following the address by President Ram Nath Kovind, the economic survey will be tabled in the two Houses.
Yadav said the nationwide strike has affected over 35 lakh (3.5 million) people.
Adamant on External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's resignation, Congress forced three adjournments in pre-lunch session of Rajya Sabha
The statutory status will provide a legal foundation to Aadhaar.
Nand Kishore Balmiki, the main accused in the alleged forced conversion of about 100 people in Agra recently, was arrested after he surrendered before the police on Tuesday.
The LJP will also be given a Rajya Sabha berth and Paswan is likely to be its candidate.
Amid his confrontation with the Centre, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal accused it of seizing documents "unrelated" to the agency's probe against his principal secretary.
He will succeed Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani.
The Insurance Bill was deferred for consideration for the time being after a meeting
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday rejected Bharatiya Janata Party's charge that the Congress was taking a 'U-turn' on the Insurance Bill, saying that there are "no double standards" on the issue.
The proposed bill seeks to raise FDI cap in the sector to 49% from the present 26.5%
Raising the stakes, the Bharayiya Janata Party on Wednesday sought voluntary deposition of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh before the Central Bureau of Investigation on the controversial coal block allocations amid demands by the opposition for immediate registration of a first information report in the missing files case.
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh has questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party's stand on Kashmir, in the backdrop of the recent meeting between journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik and Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed.
He has served BJP in several capacities, will also be a saviour for the NDA in the Rajya Sabha, where they are still in minority.
He secured required 44 votes after votes of two Congress MLAs who cross-voted for BJP were rejected by EC.
Controversial remarks by Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Tuesday rocked Parliament with the Rajya Sabha being paralysed for the day as a united opposition insisted on her sacking despite her apology.
It was a spectacle of bonhomie in the Central Hall of Parliament as Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted his political adversary Rahul Gandhi warmly grabbing his hand, while Congress President Sonia Gandhi chatted intermittently with BJP veteran L K Advani.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh on Sunday met party patriarch L K Advani, who is sulking after Narendar Modi was named the party's prime ministerial candidate.
Known for his witty one-liners, Naidu said "after all, the culture of India is agriculture."
Modi attended the House during Question Hour as Thursday is the day of questions listed against the PM's name.
Enthused by the consensus in reaching four-tiered GST tax structure, particularly the unanimity achieved with Congress-ruled states, senior government sources were confident that the Central GST and Integrated GST Bills will be passed by both the Houses.
Arun Jaitley rejected the charge that the government is pro-rich.
Sidhu was in Patiala to take part in a protest against inflation when the Supreme Court verdict came in.
Both the government as well as the RBI took a series of steps to curb imports of gold and other non-essential items in addition to increase foreign exchange inflows.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley appealed to parties to rise above partisan considerations to support it.
The black money bill got the nod of the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
'You cannot treat workers like beggars.'
Trying to guess Subramanian Swamy's motives or next step has been a rather difficult exercise for decades, says Archis Mohan
A number of senior faces from the outgoing cabinet including Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Piyush Goyal, Narendra Singh Tomar and Prakash Javadekar are expected to figure in the new cabinet.
The Congress is strongly opposed to the three Central legislations which were signed into laws by President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday.
Its governing allies are not happy on the economy and complain of ignored concerns but find themselves unable to be assertive.
The Navy is initiating disciplinary action against four officers and two sailors found culpable by a Board of Inquiry for collision between warship INS Talwar and a fishing vessel in December last year, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
