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THE office of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia found itself in a fix after being asked to consider restricting his entourage to “the minimum required” during his three-day visit to Sikkim, for its Statehood Day on May 16, as it comprises only one…

Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s participation in the recent ‘Sadbhav Yatra’ in Gurgaon gave some much-needed energy to the Congress cadres.

IN STEP with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for austerity measures to reduce fuel consumption, Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil has decided not to use pilot vehicles in his convoy.

Almost four months since his appointment as the national president of the BJP, Nitin Nabin is all set to lead his maiden organisat-ional team.

The work of the Joint Committee of Parliament examining the Bills on simultaneous elections, known as the One Nation One Election Bills, is expected to gather speed in the coming months.

CABINET briefings by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw are often loaded with regional flavours, including street food, from different states. Tuesday was no surprise after the BJP’s thumping victory in the West Bengal Assembly polls a day before.

AS THE early trends indicated the Congress-led UDF would emerge victorious in the Kerala Assembly polls, the party announced a press conference at its Akbar Road office at 5 pm, to be addressed by Congress’s communication department head Jairam Ramesh.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday made several key appointments related to Parliamentary Standing Committees for a yearlong tenure beginning May 1.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has announced that he would meet President Droupadi Murmu next week to seek the recall of seven Rajya Sabha MPs who had left AAP to “merge” with the BJP.

Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay, training guns on the ECI represented by Senior Advocate D S Naidu who too hit back, it was left to CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to cool tempers.