Politics

House of Commons passes Brexit trigger Article 50

UK Prime Minister Theresa May won approval from Parliaments lower chamber on 8 February to trigger Britains exit from the European Union. The bill passed straight through the lower house despite attempts by pro-EU MPs to make amendments to the bill. Lawmakers (MPs) voted 494 to 122 in favour of legislation giving May the right to trigger Article 50, ending days of intense debate.

Feb 9, 2017

Kashmir shutdown: Essential services hit after separatists protest on Afzal Guru's death anniversary

The state remained tense with public transport and train services in certain areas shut.

Feb 9, 2017

Tamil Nadu's disputed CM Panneerselvam continues to issue executive orders

Panneerselvam's orders as caretaker CM can be overturned if there is a change in leadership following the assembly floor test.

Feb 9, 2017

Donald Trump's SC nominee calls attack on judiciary 'demoralising and disheartening'

Judge Neil M Gorsuch had made the remark to a Democrat senator in a private meeting.

Feb 9, 2017

J&K fires SC standing counsel for refusing to file review petition over 'sovereignty'

The Supreme Court had said that J&K "has no vestige of sovereignty outside the Constitution of India."

Feb 9, 2017

Narendra Modi's dig at Manmohan Singh: Has the protesting Congress always backed the former prime minister?

The Congress strongly protested against Modi's "bathing with raincoat on" jibe at Singh but it was its vice-president Rahul Gandhi who had once trashed his govt in public.

Feb 8, 2017

Sasikala Natarajan's interview: O Panneerselvam, Cauvery water issue and other takeaways

Sasikala Natarajan spoke to an English news channel on Wednesday (Feb 8) about her political tussle to become the CM of Tamil Nadu.

Feb 8, 2017

States, UTs will now be ranked for digital transactions by Niti Aayog

A Committee of Chief Ministers was made by Niti Aayog on digital payments and the interim report was sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 24.

Feb 8, 2017

Pakistan summons India's deputy high commissioner over "unprovoked ceasefire violation" by Indian troops

A 25-year-old construction worker reportedly died in the firing incident.

Feb 8, 2017

Elizabeth Warren reads 30-year-old letter on Facebook live after being sent out of US senate

Mr. President, Mr. President, Republican majority leader Mitch McConell interrupted Liberal Democratic Elizabeth Warren as she was reading a 30-year-old letter by Martin Luther King Juniors wife, Coretta Scott King. However, this wasn’t going to stop her reading the letter, which she did just outside the door on Facebook live.

Feb 8, 2017

Tamil Nadu: Amid feud between AIADMK chief Sasikala and former CM O Panneerselvam, Congress blames BJP for mess

Several Congress leaders have taken to Twitter to blame the BJP because TN Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, who also has charge of Maharashtra, is still in Mumbai.

Feb 8, 2017

PM Modi in Ghaziabad: 'Uttar Pradesh can become India's Uttam Pradesh if they choose the right government'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his third rally of 12 for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Wednesday in Ghaziabad.

Feb 8, 2017

Assembly and municipal elections 2017: Will Congress-SP and Hardik Patel-Shiv Sena come together against PM Modi?

Arch-rivals Nitish Kumar of the JD-U and Lalu Prasad of the RJD had in 2015 joined hands and countered the BJP's influence in the Bihar Assembly elections.

Feb 8, 2017

Tamil Nadu: AIADMK proposes, Sasikala disposes of Panneerselvam; Twitter rebounds with 'paneer' jokes

Sasikala has removed Panneerselvam from the post of AIADMK treasurer, and looks steady to take oath as TN chief minister.

Feb 8, 2017

Sajid Javid says John Bercow does not speak for the Government after Donald Trump comments

UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Sajid Javid has insisted Donald Trump is welcome to visit the country, despite House of Commons Speaker John Bercow labelling the US president racist and sexist. Javid insisted that Bercow does not speak for the government and that it doesnt matter who the president is, we want to work with that person. The Speaker came come under fire for his statements, where he also claimed he plans to block Trump from making a speech in the Commons.

Feb 7, 2017