ASSOCHAM President Ajay Singh said, "Though India remains the fastest-growing nation amongst the major economies, growth is uneven even as the global headwinds from volatile energy prices, geo-political developments and threat of recession in major economies need to be watched with an abunda
Amid the ongoing second leg of the budget session, the Congress party has called out a meeting of steering committee members, Pradesh Congress Committee presidents, Congress Legislative Party leaders and Frontal Organisation Chiefs to be held on Friday
Hailing the government's initiative of self-reliance, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that for a long time, everything was being imported, but the recent geo-political developments show that India has set its foot in the defence sector.
Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) MP Pradeep Kumar Singh on Tuesday claimed that Bihar will soon witness a political game like Maharashtra. The MP from Araria further stated that all Janata Dal (United) (JDU) MLAs and MPs are in touch with BJP.
While addressing the ceremony organized with regard to the development projects for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Monday, an audience stood up and shouted during Sharif's speech, after which the PM said, "Please sit down, the food will be served soon."
In the new coalition, the CPN-UML has 78, Maoist Center 32, Rastriya Swatantra Party 20, Rastriya Prajatantra Party 14, Janata Samajbadi Party 12, Janamat Party 6 and Nagarik Unmukti Party has 4 MP's in support of Prachanda. The total weightage is 166.
Confirming the decision of the Maoist centre's chairman over the phone with ANI, Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel said that Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda has said that "the coalition has lost its relevance" and walked out of the meeting venue.
The meeting where Leaders of four political parties onboard Nepal's caretaker government came together today to come to an agreement ended with no result.
"If the Congress is adamant on their demand of holding the position of President and PM then there's no need for a coalition. We would simply walk out from it. This same statement was made in Saturday's meeting and is also conveyed today. We have come to the conclusion in the meeting to walk
Notably, the discussion between political leaders and the incumbent governmnet is going on at the Prime minister's residence in Baluwatar to break the ice and seal the agreement about who will lead the government first.
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) has also been making overtures to the coalition members including the Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre), coalition leaders are under pressure to strike a power-sharing deal among themselves.