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‘Shameful, ridiculous’: VP Jagdeep Dhankar reacts to TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee doing mimicry in Parliament premises and Rahul Gandhi’s videography of it
Jagdeep Dhankhar has called the act "shameful". He said, "Imagine, a senior leader of your party (Congress) videographing another member of another party, mimicry of the Chairman, mimicry of the Speaker, how ridiculous, how shameful, how unacceptable."
LK Advani and MM Joshi accept invitation to attend Ram Temple idol consecration ceremony extended by VHP
Alok Kumar, the International Working President of the VHP, has requested both Advani and Joshi to attend the 'Pran Pratishtha' programme of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on 22nd January next year.
Arvind Kejriwal likely to dodge ED summons in Delhi liquor scam for the second time, will go for 10-day Vipassana instead
The announcement for this year’s Vipassana sessions comes at a time when the party faced heavy defeat in the recently concluded assembly elections. It lost deposit in 201 out of 204 seats and scored less than NOTA in all 3 states.
49 more Lok Sabha MPs suspended for unruly behaviour in Parliament, over 110 MPs suspended so far during winter session
In a meeting with Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, the MPs of the opposition parties had promised they would not bring placards into the house but they failed to fulfill their promise
Jalgaon: Muslim crowd booked for ‘raising Hamas flags’, Sar Tan Se Juda slogans, SP MLA Abu Azmi demands withdrawal of complaint. What FIR, videos...
The participants in the rally including the 11 accused persons reportedly raised anti-India slogans and 'Sar Tan Se Juda' slogans. They also hailed Pakistan, Palestine, and Hamas during the rally and condemned India's support for Israel.
Digvijaya Singh comes out in support of urban naxals Shoma Sen and Umar Khalid: Here is what they are facing trial for
Digvijaya Singh suggested that Umar Khalid and Shoma Sen were incarcerated for supposedly speaking up for Dalits and minorities.
Congress kickstarts ‘Donate for Desh’ campaign, forgets to register the domains for the campaign
According to several Twitter users, the failure alludes to the callous or non-serious approach of the party for its own crowdfunding campaign as otherwise, it had enough time and resources to run basic errands.
‘Hamid Ansari used to help gangster Mukhtar Ansari despite being the Vice President’: BJP MLA Sushil Singh
BJP MLA Sushil Singh told OpIndia that Mukhtar Ansari got at least 100 of his political opponents killed. It is alleged that these murders continued unabated under the patronage of the Samajwadi Party government.
Adhir Ranjan, A Raja and more: Lok Sabha suspends 33 more MPs for misconduct during Winter Session, total suspension stands at 46
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The motion for the suspension of MPs was moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi.
Half of Bengal’s population will one day speak Urdu: Old video of Kolkata Mayor thanking Mamata Banerjee for making it second language goes viral
In February 2012, Mamata Banerjee made Urdu the second language in areas of West Bengal where the population of Urdu speakers was equal or more than 10%.