Patil, 90, breathed his last at his residence in Latur on Friday morning after a brief illness. Born on October 12, 1935, in Chakur village of Latur district, he rose from regional politics to become one of the most respected figures in India's legislative landscape.
Railways has reached "record highs" in terms of safety with annual consequential train accidents dropping sharply from an average of 171 per year during 2004-14 to just 11 so far in 2025-26, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told Lok Sabha on Friday.
This follows Rahul Gandhi's announcement that he will be visiting Germany. The announcement kicked off a fresh political storm, with the BJP slamming him for going abroad even as the Lok Sabha continues its crucial winter session.
BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Thursday slammed the DMK government in Tamil Nadu over the Madurai Karthigai Deepam row, calling the state a "symbol of anti-Sanatan Dharma."
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday visited the families of those who lost their lives in the tragic road accident in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district. Several victims from Assam, including from the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency, died in the incident that has cast a shadow of
Retired Delhi High Court judge SN Dhingra on Friday criticised the Opposition MPs and termed the impeachment motion notice against Justice Swaminathan of the Madras High Court's Madurai Bench, an act to "gain publicity".
Azad questioned the validity of Thakur's claims and noted that Thakur had raised them during Zero Hour, the allotted time for all MPs to raise issues, and that the Speaker had reprimanded Thakur for wasting time.
Hailing the speech of the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over the matter of air pollution, Congress MP Jebi Mather on Friday said that such an issue needs to be discussed at length in the Parliament as the national capital has turned into a "gas chamber".
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday emphasised that he had brought up the issue of pollution in Delhi and other major cities during the parliamentary discussions. He asserted that this is an issue that every party will agree upon and urged them