New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 4 pm on Thursday amid ruckus created by the BJP over Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's remarks addressing President Droupadi Murmu as "Rashtrapatni".
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday demanded an apology from Sonia Gandhi claiming that the controversial remark by Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury against President Droupadi Murmu was a "deliberate sexist insult".
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): After the Bharatiya Janata Party demanded an apology from Sonia Gandhi for insulting President Droupadi Murmu by referring to her as 'Rashtrapatni', Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi said, "Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has already apologised."
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday hit out at the Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, who was present in the Lok Sabha and said that the latter sanctioned the humiliation of President Droupadi Murmu through male Congress leaders.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Both the Houses of the Parliament were adjourned till 12 noon on Thursday as BJP MPs demanded for an apology from the Congress over Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury's controversial remark against President Droupadi Murmu.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday said that there is no question of apologising as he had mistakenly referred to President Droupadi Murmu as 'Rashtrapatni'.
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday slammed the Congress and demanded an apology for maliciously targeting President Droupadi Murmu and said the country knows that the opposition party is "anti-tribal, anti-Dalit and anti-women".
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Jagat Prakash Nadda on Tuesday asserted that instead of importing bulletproof jackets in the country, India is now exporting them and said "Attack and then report to us is the policy now".
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, for the first time after her assumption of office.
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): As India on Tuesday commemorated 23 years of its victory over Pakistan in the Kargil War, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh paid tribute to soldiers who lost their lives in the 1999 Kargil War and laid a wreath at the National War Memorial in Delhi.
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu paid tributes to the brave soldiers who laid down their lives in the 1999 Kargil War against Pakistan on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas on Tuesday.
Dharamshala (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 26 (ANI): Heaping praise on the successful running of Indian democracy, Penpa Tsering, President of the Tibetan government-in-exile on Tuesday lauded the elevation of Droupadi Murmu for becoming the first tribal woman President of India.