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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today ruled out the possibility of a Joint Parliamentary Committee on Rafale deal. Briefing media in New Delhi, Mr Jaitley said investigations and reviews of this kind cannot be done when allegations are made by a body capable of partisan divisions. He said it has to …

Manipur Government yesterday honoured AIBA World Women Boxing Gold medalist  MC Mary Kom with the title “Meethoileima” (par excellent queen) at a function in Imphal yesterday. On the occasion, State Chief Minister N. Biren Singh handed over a cheque of ten lakh rupees to her. The Chief Minister also declared …

Hectic parleys are on for the government formation in five states where results of assembly elections were declared on Wednesday. In Madhya Pradesh, outgoing Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has taken the sole responsibility for the BJP’s defeat in the state assembly elections. Mr Chouhan was speaking in his first …

Hyderabad, Dec.12 (PMI): Declaring to fill vacant government posts very soon, TRS president and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today said the Rythu Bandhu program will be replicated across the entire nation if the Federal Front assumes power at the Centre after the ensuing Lok Sabha polls in 2019. …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India stands ready to support its fellow countries in the march to achieving their development goals through skill building and training programmes, provision of affordable medicines and vaccines, knowledge transfers and exchange programmes. Inaugurating the fourth Partners’ Forum in New Delhi today, Mr …

The process of formation of governments begins in five states after the declaration of results of assembly polls yesterday. In Chhattisgarh, after winning the clear majority in the Assembly Elections, Congress has now shifted focus on forming the government in the state. The process to elect the new leader of …

Hyderabad, Dec.11 (PMI): Having won two-thirds majority in the December 7 Assembly elections in the State, a jubilant TRS supremo and caretaker Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao today attributed his party’s huge success in the polls to all sections of people, including women, youth, farmers, Minorities and others and vowed …

Winter Session of Parliament begins today. The nearly month-long session will continue till the 8th of next month.  Briefing media after an all-party meeting in New Delhi yesterday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said 45 Bills and one Financial item will be taken up during the session. Three Bills …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the government is always receptive to the issues raised by all political parties and is ready to discuss all issues of national importance on the floor of both Houses of Parliament. Addressing the all-party meet convened by the government ahead of the Winter …

 Jaipur/Hyderabad: Campaigning in the high-stakes December 7 Assembly elections, dubbed as the semi-final before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, ended in Rajasthan and Telangana on Wednesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi making a concerted attempt on the last day to win the contest for their parties. The …