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The BJP has demanded a new seat for Ram Jethmalani in the Rajya Sabha on the first day of the winter session of Parliament today. Jethmalani took a seat next to Amar Singh, a section of the Rajya Sabha meant for expelled members. Some Congress MPs commented that Jethmalani has been banished to the expelled MPs section.

, marked a watershed in the history of the Indian republic. That day, three BJP MPs recipients of Rs1 crore to support the ruling UPA government in the confidence vote stood up in the Lok Sabha and waved currency bundles. Parliament, the most ...

Media in India are criticising a leading politician's demand to ban the use of the English language in parliament. Mulayam Singh Yadav, chief of the Samajwadi Party (SP), reportedly sought to ban English in favour of Hindi and other regional Indian ...

The rift between Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and his party colleague Azam Khan, who also happens to be a prominent minister in the UP state cabinet, appears to be widening.  While there has been reportedly no communication between Khan and Yadav for nearly two months, their differences came to the fore only at the recent national executive of the party in Agra, where Khan was conspicuous by his absence. An embarrassed Yadav told the inquisitive media, "Azam Khan is an ...

New Delhi, Nov.11 (ANI): Multilingual actress and Member of Parliament Jayaprada said her performance as Rani Chennamma was memorable. She was speaking as the chief guest at the Kannada Rajyotsava programme organized by the Delhi Karnataka Sangha ...

The European Parliament has voted in favour of the new Data Protection Directive, with approval for fines to be raised from 2% to 5% of global turnover. In an email sent to IT Security Guru, Unilever global privacy officer Steve Wright said that ...

Toronto, Sunil Verma. Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh and Cabinet's U-Turn to withdraw the contentious ordinance that allows convicted parliamentarians to stay in office, a proposal that was severely and publicly condemned last week by ...

The Nepali Congress party said on Wednesday it plans to lead a broad-based coalition after winning the most votes in last month's election, with agreement on a new constitution its top priority. The Nepali Congress, one of the country's oldest ...

4.30 pm: Professor's remark on university's minority character causes stirIrfan Habib, an (AMU) professor, has created a stir by questioning the demand for the varsity's minority character. Speaking at an old boys' association meet called ...