Politics

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech proposed to exempt gold bonds from capital gains tax on redemption.

"We are not a weak government. We will give a befitting reply if any attempt is made to divide the country or if anti-national slogans are raised," he said.

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Maken claimed the people of Delhi are "regretting" their decision to elect the AAP as it hasn't fulfilled even a single promise.

Togadia demanded the Central government to pass laws providing for death penalty for cow slaughter and to build Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh said Kejriwal is trying to sell false dreams in Punjab instead of standing with his people and address their pressing problems.

While the Left-backed group had former Navy Chief Admiral (retd) Lakshminarayan Ramdas and Retired colonel Lakshmeswar Mishra to deliver lectures on 'demilitarisation of nationalism', members of the student wing of BJP organised a parallel series.

Congress along with CPI(M) and JD(U) accused Irani of "willfully misleading" Parliament, hitting back at the minister who had targeted Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and the Left during a debate on JNU and Hyderabad University controversies.

Swamy had accused the Congress leaders of cheating, conspiracy and criminal breach of trust.

There were only three occasions when India was deeply polarised -- 1947 partition, 1992 after Babri Masjid demolition and 2015, one of the most polarised years, he said.

The bench also rejected the plea for oral hearing of the review petition in the light of certain evidences.

In the name of nationalism, penalising the university as a whole is unfortunate: CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury.

The 40 MLAs who lent support to Pul comprised 27 Congress legislators, 11 from BJP and two Independents.