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Anyone violating the norms will face action under relevant sections of the Disaster Management Act and the Indian Penal Code, the EC warned.

Randeep Surjewala said the Modi government through three black laws has launched a brutal attack on farmers, farm labourers and their livelihoods.

The JD-U on Thursday put up a poster through which the RJD has been criticized. This poster with a yellow background has a picture of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with the caption 'The whole of Bihar, our family'. In one corner of this poster, the slogan '...

During the one-day monsoon session of Assembly on Monday, Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel had submitted a written reply stating that farm loans amounting to Rs 11,600 crore of 26.95 lakh farmers were waived off by the previous state government.

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill to remove cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oils, onion and potato from the list of essential commodities.

Expressing anguish over the 'humiliating' conduct that he was subjected to, Harivansh wrote that he couldn't sleep the entire night as he was troubled over the unruly proceedings of the House.

The support for Harivansh from BJP-JD(U) leaders comes on the day when opposition MPs were demanding the sacking of the deputy chairperson by moving a no-confidence motion against him, which was denied by the chairperson of Rajya Sabha M Venkaiah Naidu.

The decision follows a meeting of the opposition parties at the DMK headquarters in Chennai. At the all party meeting, leaders decided to hold demonstrations across district headquarters of the alliance parties.

While Parliament has witnessed such chaotic scenes in the years before, what’s unprecedented is the independent filming and narration of the events by opposition MPs protesting against the farm bills in the Rajya Sabha.

In Tamil Nadu, while cocoa, sugarcane and poultry contract farming was already in vogue, the Centre'sbill on empowerment would help streamline it, he said, adding, it shall also further strengthen the objectives of a 2019 Tamil Nadu law of a similar natur...

BJP spokesperson on economic affairs Gopal Kirshna Agarwal said the SAD came under local politics after the way Congress spread lies in Punjab.

The protest that lasted for around 15 minutes saw leaders like Akhilesh Yadav, Supriya Sule, Manoj Jha, Sanjay Singh among others holding banners and thalis to show what the states were paid by the Centre as GST dues.

Making a special mention in Rajya Sabha, Venugopal said media reports have revealed about Facebook India's "blatant biases and dubious practices" in content regulation.

It could put down the template for reservations while outsourcing jobs in government sectors, specially in Prasar Bharati, where many jobs are being increasingly outsourced.

The tragedy of the Akali Dal is that it wants to make its mark among farmers and at the same time, it also does not want to give up a ministry in the central government, said the minister in a statement.

The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday notified the creation of a special force empowered to search any premises or arrest any person without any warrant or orders of a court, said an official. The move prompted a strong reaction from the Cong...