Meanwhile, Rijiju on Thursday moved a motion for consideration of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill of 2025 and the Musalmaan Wakf (Repeal) Bill in the Rajya Sabha.
According to an order, Ajay Mahawar will head the Committee on Public Accounts, Gajender Drall has been named the Chairperson of the Committee on Government Undertakings, and Harish Khurana will lead the Committee on Estimates.
Tamil Nadu BJP chief K. Annamalai on Thursday said the ruling party DMK protest in the state assembly today against the Waqf Bill, is a "predictable misadventure" aimed at appeasing the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK's) minority vote bank.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, along with other DMK MLAs, wore black badges during the Assembly session on Thursday to protest the Waqf Board Amendment Bill passed by the Union Government.
The Congress leader said that 14 party MLAs were suspended from the legislative assembly after they had planned to gherao the assembly amid their protest on the issue of crime against women.
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to establish one Adarsh Swasthya Sansthans in every assembly constituency and two in Lahaul-Spiti district as part of efforts to provide quality health services to people of the state.
"AIADMK has supported the resolution moved by the government to retrieve Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka. During Congress's tenure, DMK leaders were also Central ministers. At that time, why didn't they take any steps to retrieve Katchatheevu island?" Palaniswami said while talking to
While hearing a plea regarding the defection of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs to the Congress, the ruling party in Telangana, the Supreme Court on Wednesday criticized Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for his alleged statement in the State Assembly that no by-elections would be held even if
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh has slammed the Centre over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, calling the bill "illegitimate". He alleged that the BJP-led government brought the bill, intending to reap electoral benefits in the coming Assembly elections in Bihar and West Bengal.
AIADMK National Spokesperson Kovai Sathyan on Wednesday called Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin's urging the Centre to retrieve Katchatheevu island from Sri Lanka "election drama". However, Sathyan said that his party would support any effort to retrieve the island from Sri Lanka.
The Tamil Nadu Assembly passes a resolution to retrieve Katchatheevu island. CM MK Stalin responds to Edappadi Palaniswami's criticism, questioning why the AIADMK did not raise the issue during their time in power.
The resolution highlights that the retrieval of Katchatheevu is the only permanent solution to safeguard the traditional fishing rights of Tamil Nadu fishermen and to alleviate the challenges they face due to the Sri Lankan Navy's actions.