Politics

OROP seeks to ensure that a uniform pension is paid to defence personnel who retire at the same rank with the same length of service, irrespective of their date of retirement.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said his government has launched an agri-roadmap to pilot a rainbow revolution to give a fillip to the agriculture.

In a stinging attack, the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday dubbed Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi a "senior BJP leader".

The JDU has already made it clear that it will use the DNA barb as one of the poll planks for the Bihar Assembly elections.

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday urged the Centre to constitute a committee to chalk out an action plan to make agriculture a profitable venture.

BJP on Sunday said it would hold state-wide demonstrations on August 10 and 11 demanding prohibition and closure of state-run (TASMAC) outlets.

The Parliamentary committee examining the Lokpal Bill has got two months' extension till September. It is the second extension given to the panel after it could not finish its work by July end.

HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Friday criticised the Congress over its youth activists' conduct during a protest against Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.

In the 16 years since Sonia Gandhi and Sushma Swaraj first came face to face, their relationship has witnessed many ups and downs.

The incident happened at 6:30pm on Wednesday outside a temple at Daldali Road, Salimpur Ahra area of Patna.

The civil society is very active in Bengaluru which is facing several serious civic issues.

Calling External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj an "asset", Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said the government was "willing to walk the extra mile" to accomodate the opposition but could not accept its "unreasonable demands".

Prabhu said that he along with his junior minister would be "going personally" to the accident site to review relief and rescue operations.

AAP leader Somnath Bharti on Tuesday defended his controversial remark on women's safety saying that it was "not a big deal".

"I am fully confident that if Delhi government is given full freedom (over security), beautiful women will be able to go out even after midnight without any fear," said Bharti.

Amid controversy over subsidised food in Parliament canteen, an SP member on Monday said there was a "conspiracy" to sully the image of parliamentarians and asked the government to come out with details on how many MPs actually eat in the canteen.