PM Modi Sets Tone For Monsoon Session, Hails Op Sindoor, Says Terror HQs Flattened in 22 Minutes
Read More
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Time of India
5 minutes ago
- Time of India
Watch U.S. State Dept 'Change Tune' On India Tariffs Question
At a U.S. State Department briefing, Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Piggott addressed mounting concerns over India's growing alignment with Russia and potential overtures toward China. As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares for a landmark visit to China — his first in seven years — and with BRICS countries rallying against Washington's tariff regime, questions are rising about the future of U.S.-India ties. Piggott reaffirmed that India remains a strategic partner, but emphasised President Trump's repeated concerns over India's continued purchase of Russian oil and the persistent trade imbalance. Watch.#USIndiaRelations #Modi #TommyPiggott #RussianOil #TradeWar #BRICS #ChinaIndia #Geopolitics #StateDepartment #TrumpTariffs Read More
Indian Express
5 minutes ago
- Indian Express
Govt wants to pass sports Bill this session, but Opposition sticks to SIR demand: Can Parliament stalemate end?
With the Union government keen on passing the National Sports Governance Bill in the Monsoon session, members from the Treasury benches suggested Thursday that it could be taken up for discussion and passage early next week. The Opposition, which wanted the Bill to be referred to a Parliamentary committee for detailed study, may agree to participate in the discussions if a 'middle path' is found to end the stalemate over a debate on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The Treasury benches as well as a section in the Opposition want the sports Bill to break the deadlock so that both Houses return to normalcy, sources said, adding that informal discussions have taken place on the matter. 'With the government having categorically stated that there will not be any discussion on the election process in Parliament, we have to find a middle path,' said an Opposition leader. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has told Lok Sabha that a discussion on SIR can't take place in the House as the matter was pending before the Supreme Court and the rules did not allow a discussion on issues under adjudication. 'But a Bill such as the sports Bill and issues such as tariffs will have a far-reaching impact. There is a feeling among many parties that it will be worth discussing them even while keeping up the protest on SIR,' said a key leader in the INDIA bloc. This leader felt the government could favour a debate on tariffs ahead of the arrival of US negotiators for trade negotiations on August 25. Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, meanwhile, insisted that the sports Bill does not exempt the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from the RTI Act, but admitted that the Act would apply only if a sports federation uses funds or grants from the government. The BCCI has always resisted coming under the purview of the Act arguing that it's not dependent on government funds, unlike other sports governing bodies. 'The Bill has not kept the BCCI out of RTI. The amendments suggested are just to align the provisions with the mother Act (RTI). As long as government money is not used, financial matters of a federation cannot be brought under RTI. But all other matters related to the federation will be under the Act,' Mandaviya told The Indian Express. 'Everything else, the functions, appointments and powers of every federation will come under the purview of the Act.' When the National Sports Bill was tabled in Parliament on July 23, it had a provision to ensure that all sports bodies recognised by the Bill would be considered public authorities under the RTI Act. However, The Indian Express reported on August 7 that a clause — which stated: 'A recognised sports organisation shall be considered a public authority under the Right to Information Act, 2005 with respect to the exercise of its functions, duties and powers under this Act' — has been omitted from the Bill via an amendment. Sources in the government said they do not want to refer the bill to a Parliamentary committee and delay the process. 'We want the Bill to be passed in this session. The government is ready to discuss it and the Opposition can have its suggestions,' Mandaviya said. Leaders of Opposition parties have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and urged him to refer both the sports Bill and the National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill 2025 to a joint committee of Parliament. Although the Bill was listed in Thursday's list of business, sources in the government said it did not want the Bill to be passed amid protests over the SIR. 'There were suggestions that it could be taken up next week in the House or later before the Monsoon session ends,' said a Congress leader. With INDIA bloc leaders set to hold a protest march to the Election Commission office on Monday, the discussion could happen Tuesday, government sources suggested. 'However, a decision on ending the stalemate and cooperating with the government for legislative business is to be taken after consultation with our allies in the INDIA bloc,' added the Congress leader.
Indian Express
5 minutes ago
- Indian Express
At INDIA bloc dinner meeting, 50 leaders from 25 parties: What was discussed?
After mounting an attack on the Election Commission and BJP earlier in the day accusing them of perpetrating 'a huge criminal fraud' in elections, Lok Sabha leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi late evening hosted leaders of the INDIA bloc at his official residence on 5, Sunehri Bagh for a dinner meeting. The grouping met in Delhi after more than a year, during which Gandhi gave a presentation before the leaders showing 'bulletproof' evidence of 'vote theft' in a Karnataka Lok Sabha constituency, similar to what he did at the press conference. Last time the leaders of the Opposition bloc met was in June after they had made significant gains in the Lok Sabha elections. The meeting, which was attended by 50 representatives of 25 parties, signals unity among the allies, and is a step in the right direction, said leaders present at the meeting as the Opposition remained galvanised inside Parliament demanding a discussion on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. Present at the dinner meeting, among others, were Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra; SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, party leaders leaders Dimple Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav; TMC's Abhishek Banerjee and Derek O'Brien; Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray; NCP (SP)'s Supriya Sule and Sharad Pawar; RJD's Tejashwi Yadav; NC president Farooq Abdullah; PDP's Mehbooba Mufti; DMK's Tiruchi N Siva, CPI's D Raja; CPI(M)'s M A Baby, CPI(ML)'s Dipankar Bhattacharya and MNM chief Kamal Haasan. Even Chief Ministers Siddaramaiah (Karnataka), Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (Himachal Pradesh) and Revanth Reddy (Telangana) were also present. Congress Deputy Leader in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi said that though it was not a 'formal' meeting and other issues were also discussed, it was 'positive', and added that the SIR issue and the revelations made by Gandhi remained the main talking points. 'The way Opposition parties have been united in Parliament in national interest and have cornered the government, the same unity was visible in the meeting as well,' said Gogoi. Asked if the upcoming vice-presidential election also came up during discussions, he said, 'The main intention was that all leaders should come together… This is not a formal meeting, different issues are likely to be taken up.' Describing the meeting as 'very meaningful', CPI general secretary D Raja said, 'The issue was the ongoing controversy over SIR and how the EC has been functioning, how wrong things are being done as far as enrolment and identities of voters are concerned.' 'Rahul Gandhi made a powerpoint presentation and gave several examples. He also said what is happening in Bihar today can happen anywhere in the country,' said Raja. Farooq Abdullah said they raised the issue of statehood for Jammu and Kashmir, and the ban imposed on certain books in the UT, which he called 'unconstitutional'. 'I saw how votes have been stolen… Our concern is statehood (for J&K), we raised that issue. The statehood that was promised has not been given,' he said. The Jammu and Kashmir Home Department on Wednesday issued a notification identifying 25 books that 'need to be declared as 'forfeited' in terms of Section 98 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023'.
