Politics

The first session of this Lok Sabha will commence on June 17. The newly-elected members will be administered the oath on the first two days, and the new Speaker will be elected on June 19.

Stating that she believed in Bible and Quran, TMC supremo and Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said the BJP had taken the Sita out of its 'Jai Shri Ram' chants and she would not accept it.

On Thursday, Banerjee had lost her cool when some men shouted 'Jai Shri Ram' as her motorcade passed through Bhatpara area under Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency.

The disgruntled voices have also sought that accountability be fixed for the election loss and action taken against those state leaders who promoted their sons and ceded potential winning seats to other ‘mahagathbandhan’ allies.

She is yet to formally take charge of the WCD Ministry. Preparation has already begun at the Women and Child Development Ministry to welcome Irani, who is likely to assume office on Monday.

A two-member panel, led by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s representative KL Sharma and AICC secretary Zubair Khan, met Congress workers in five assembly constituencies that make up the Amethi Lok Sabha seat to ascertain the reasons behind the shock defeat...

Muslim under-representation in Parliament more or less originates from inadequate number of candidates being given tickets by major political parties to contest the polls in the first place.

The cabinet that was sworn in on Thursday evening will see its first economic survey tabled in the Parliament on July 4.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Chaudhuri defeated Trinamool Congress candidate Agarwal Kanaialal with a margin of 60,574 votes.

Sitharaman took over as the Union minister of finance and the minister of corporate affairs at the North Block in New Delhi on Friday.

After initially serving as the Union Minister of State for Tourism, he was made Union Minister of State with Independent charge of the newly formed AYUSH Ministry.

Senior BJP leader D V Sadananda Gowda retained his Bangalore North seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, becoming an MP for the fourth time.

Like the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the BJV and JHV will have their own dress code. While BJV members will have a red saree with a green border, the JHV cadres will have white pants and yellow kurta.

Shadab Khan is a Pakistani all-rounder and is part of the Pakistan cricket team in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. He is 20 years old.

DV Sadananda Gowda, who was a member of the Modi cabinet earlier, Pralhad Joshi, a four-time MP from Dharwad and Suresh Angadi, four-time MP from Belgaum took oath in a star-studded ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan on Thursday.

Governor E S L Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy in a grand public function at the IGMC Stadium in nearby Vijayawada, to the 46-year-old leader who led his party to a resounding victory.