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In April, a petition signed by over 60 parliamentarians called for Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra's impeachment six months before he retires, on five specific charges. (Photo: PTI)

Congress challenges Venkaiah Naidu's impeachment move against CJI

Decision to reject impeachment motion against Chief Justice Dipak Misra is 'illegal and arbitrary', Congress told SC.

07 May 2018 11:45 AM

Supreme Court of India (Photo: Asian Age)

Stand united SC, don’t let apex judiciary be split down the middle

While the Loya judgment is now a closed chapter, murmurs about its legality subsist.

29 Apr 2018 7:14 AM

Supreme Court judge Jasti Chelameswar along with justice Ranjan Gogoi Madan Lokur and Kurian Joseph at the press conference in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

The beginning of a never-ending row

The motion was supported by 71 MPs of the Rajya Sabha, including those from the Congress, SP, BSP, RJD, CPI(M) and NCP.

29 Apr 2018 7:13 AM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in a Facebook post that the Chairman/ Speaker of either House of Parliament has the sole discretion whether to admit the motion or to decline to do so. (Photo: File)

Arun Jaitley calls Cong decision to move SC on CJI impeachment 'suicidal move'

Arun Jaitley termed impeachment notice 'a poorly drafted motion' and rebutted all 5 charges levelled in motion.

24 Apr 2018 8:56 PM

Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Monday rejected the notice submitted by the Congress and six other parties seeking the impeachment of the Chief Justice citing lack of substantial merit in it. (Photo: File | PTI)

Dismissing notice for impeaching CJI not hasty: Venkaiah Naidu

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said the decision came after over a month of 'due diligence'.

24 Apr 2018 5:13 PM

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu (Photo: PTI)

V-P’s order justifiable: Experts

Sorabjee: Naidu has rightly applied his mind, gone into depth of matter.

24 Apr 2018 12:50 AM

Vice president and Rajya Sabh chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Monday rejected the Congress-led opposition parties' notice to impeach CJI Dipak Misra. (Photo: File/AP)

Venkaiah Naidu rejects Cong-led opposition parties' notice to impeach CJI

On Friday, as many as 64 MPs from 7 political parties signed notice for impeachment proceedings against the CJI.

23 Apr 2018 10:14 AM

A year on, plan for car-free CP still on paper

Stiff resistance from traders among few reasons cited for non-implementation.

23 Apr 2018 1:40 AM

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said as per the Indian tradition, the country is called 'Bharat Mata' (Mother India) while major rivers were given female names and worshipped. (Photo: File/PTI)

Foreign, colonial rule responsible for lack of respect for women: Venkaiah Naidu

The Vice President said it was shameful that despite Indian traditions, women were not getting respect they deserved.

20 Apr 2018 3:42 PM

Since January, several opposition parties have been pushing for impeachment of Justice Dipak Misra. (Photo: File)

Oppn hands over notice for CJI Dipak Misra's impeachment to RS chairman

Over 60 MPs belonging to seven political parties signed the notice seeking impeachment of CJI Dipak Misra.

20 Apr 2018 1:04 PM

Oli is scheduled to meet External Affairs' Minister Sushma Swaraj, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and other delegation level officers over the course of the day. (Photo: ANI)

Nepal Prime Minister given ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan

President Ram Nath Kovind will later hold a meeting with the Nepal PM to discuss upon a range of bilateral issues of India and Nepal.

07 Apr 2018 10:28 AM

Chairing a meeting of Hindi advisory committee of Rajya Sabha, Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu said the best way of propagating Hindi was encouraging its use instead of forcing others to adopt it. (Photo: File/PTI)

Don’t fear grammatical mistakes: Venkaiah Naidu urges MPs to speak in Hindi

Naidu urged RS members from non-Hindi speaking areas to speak in Hindi if they chose to do so, without fear of making grammatical errors.

04 Apr 2018 12:49 PM

When the House met for the day, Naidu said he has received a letter from Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar stating that the Prime Minister has appointed Jaitley as the Leader of the Rajya Sabha. (Photo: PTI

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley re-appointed Rajya Sabha leader

Incidentally, Jaitley did not take oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

03 Apr 2018 2:53 PM

No laughing matter

Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury, whose Parliamentary tenure ends soon, talks about being mocked at and insulted repeatedly by her male colleagues.

03 Apr 2018 12:05 AM

During her farewell speech, Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury said, 'He (Naidu) knows me from many kilos before. Sir, many people worry about my weight but in this job, you need to throw your weight around.' (Photo: File)

Reduce weight, make efforts to increase Cong: Venkaiah to Renuka Chowdhury

In February, PM Modi had taken a dig at Chowdhury comparing her loud laughter to that of Surpanakha from Ramayana.

29 Mar 2018 8:34 AM

While the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day in less than 20 minutes after it assembled on Thursday morning, the Lok Sabha was first adjourned till noon and then for the day after laying of the listed papers. (Photo: ANI)

Stalemate continues; RS adjourned till Monday, LS till Tuesday

This is the third straight week that both the Houses were adjourned without undertaking any significant business.

23 Mar 2018 2:24 PM

Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu (Photo PTI)

All is not well that ends up in the Well, says Venkaiah Naidu

Naidu cautioned that if the trend continued, the “people would lose their trust” in legislators and the political class.

12 Mar 2018 4:51 AM

Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD is all set to nominate rebel JDU leader Sharad Yadav to Rajya Sabha from Bihar, sources said on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)

Can give up MP house, live in jungle: Sharad Yadav

I’ll continue to fight to save Constitution, says the septuagenarian MP.

12 Mar 2018 4:11 AM

He was delivering the Sree Chithira Thirunal Memorial Lecture in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Religion is ‘personal’; don’t mix it with politics: Venkaiah Naidu

In socio-economic context of pre-Independence India, removal of barriers to social integration of Dalits was a big challenge, Naidu said.

17 Feb 2018 2:35 PM

Opposition parties scale up coordination efforts

Due to these complexities of politics, it’s hard to see a serious effort at Opposition unity.

08 Feb 2018 2:17 AM

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