Chennai, Aug 11 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging the Centre to abolish the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) for admission to undergraduate medical courses, reiterating the state’s long-standing opposition to the centralised entrance examination.
Lucknow, Aug 11 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has attacked both the ruling establishment and the opposition over the ongoing student and youth agitations in the country, and urged young people to raise their own voices on issues that affect them.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The NDA and Opposition MPs came face to face on Tuesday as both sides staged separate protests outside Makar Dwar of Parliament over various issues, ranging from Opposition's selective outrage pertaining to Jharkhand students stir to disruption of Parliament.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Former Union Education Minister and Sambalpur MP Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Congress, alleging that the party’s commitment to democracy is 'selective'.
Lucknow/New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav launched a bitter critique of the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government, over the worsening condition of potato farmers in the state, claiming that falling market prices, rising input costs and inadequate government procurement have pushed growers into severe financial distress.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA MPs staged a protest on Tuesday, with multiple lawmakers heading towards the Parliament's Makar Dwar, carrying placards with slogans like "Grah Mantri ki Charcha se Rahul Gandhi bhago mat (Rahul Gandhi, don't run away from Home Minister's reply)".
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday raised questions over the arrest of one of the accused in the alleged Jharkhand paper leak case and sought answers from Chief Minister Hemant Soren regarding the involvement of senior officials.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said that history will indeed remember former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh kindly as a quiet, gentle, but a most consequential Prime Minister.
Ranchi, Aug 11 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday called for a statewide bandh in Jharkhand to protest the alleged police action against students during the JPSC-JSSC aspirants' protest in Ranchi.
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The NDA Parliamentary Party's 'Mangal Milan' meeting is underway at the Parliament Library Building (PLB). This comes as the ruling alliance chalks out a strategy for the remaining two days of the ongoing Monsoon Session.
