Hurriyat wants an early resolution The National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the separatist Hurriyat on Tuesday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for dialogue between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue. “It is indeed a welcome step. Any mediation in conflict resolution is not …

Amid uproar, senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who is also the Minority Affairs Minister, rued that the Opposition parties did not trust their Prime Minister and government and said the Opposition could not dictate terms. He said Mr. Jaishankar’s statement was a collective response of the government. When the …

Re-verification would have caused a lot of misery, says AAMSU Various organisations in Assam welcomed the Supreme Court’s order extending the deadline for publishing the final NRC to August 31 and turning down the request of the Centre and Assam government to conduct 20% sample re-verification of listed names in …

BJP keen on clearing its legislative agenda even as Opposition parties question urgency to pass Bills The Union government plans to extend the ongoing Parliament session by 10 days as it is keen on clearing its legislative agenda, and party MPs should gird themselves for it, BJP president Amit Shah …

They flag certain provisions of the Motor Vehicles Bill passed by the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2019 by a voice vote. Several members cutting across party lines supported the safety and traffic violation aspects of the Bill, but said that through …

Refer drafts to the Standing Committee on Labour, says Opposition The government on Tuesday introduced the Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Bill, 2019 and the Code on Wages Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha amid protests from the Opposition that the move was being made at the …

Trump’s Chief Economic Adviser dismisses questions on PM Modi’s request to mediate on J&K U.S. President Donald Trump “does not make up things”, a top presidential adviser said on Tuesday when asked about his statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to mediate on the Kashmir issue. India …

No easy passage for the proposed amendments in the Rajya Sabha The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 is going to be the next flash point in the Rajya Sabha with the Opposition members moving a resolution to send the legislation to a select committee. The resolution was signed by …

No ‘sample re-verification’ though as Supreme Court turns down pleas of Centre and Assam The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the deadline for the publication of the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) for Assam from July 31 to August 31. A Special Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan …

Beats Hunt inConservative Party vote Boris Johnson won the race to become Britain’s next Prime Minister on Tuesday, heading straight into a confrontation over Brexit with Brussels and Parliament. The former London Mayor easily beat his rival, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, in a vote of members of the governing Conservative …