India Political Highlights: Would have been good if the Sengol was given due respect after independence, says PM Modi

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PM Modi meets Adheenams at his residence

TMC MP Santanu Sen responds to Ravi Shankar Prasad's criticism of Oppn for boycotting new Parliament inauguration

"Ravi Shankar Prasad is in the mood to score more marks to get a ministerial berth. BJP is talking about the voice of people which they are throttling every now and then. Does BJP believe in cooperative federalism?..," said Sen.

TMC MP and Mamata Banerjee's newphew Abhishek's convoy attacked in West Bengal's Jhargram. Read the full story here!

Oppn trying to provoke people by boycotting inauguration of the new Parliament, says Goa CM Pramod Sawant

"Would have been good if the holy Sengol would have been given its due respect after independence," says Modi

"But this Sengol was kept on display as a walking stick in Anand Bhawan, Prayagraj. Your 'sevak' and our Govt have brought the Sengol out of Anand Bhawan..." said the Prime Minister

Yechury, Pawar blast Centre on new Parliament inauguration

Yechury has said, "Parliament is a composite unit, headed by the President of India. The PM is only a leader of the Govt...In all rightness, respecting the Constitution of India, the President of India must inaugurate the new Parliament Building..,"

Meanwhile the NCP Supremo said,"I have been a Member of Parliament for years. We used to sit in the House but we got to know about the construction of the new Parliament building through newspapers. While taking such an important decision, the Members should have been spoken to, but that didn't happen".

Kamal Hasaan miffed with 'The Kerala Story'

The actor has said that "It is not enough to just write ‘true story’ in the logo, it really has to be true" in reference to the controversial film.

President lookalike in Kolkata!

An INTUC Sevadal activist dressed as President Droupadi Murmu with others participates in a protest march against the Central Government over new Parliament building inauguration issue, in Kolkata

A total of 11 chief ministers have not attended the Niti Aayog meeting, says NITI Aayog CEO

"You should ask Siddaramaiah" says Congress leader B K Hariprasad when asked why he wasn't given a position in the Karnataka Cabinet of Ministers

Actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Rishab Shetty attended the inaugural session of National Conclave on 9 years of NDA government, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi today

WB Minister Birbaha Hansda's car attacked; CM Mamata blames BJP

"Minister Birbaha Hansda's car was attacked by the Kurmi community yesterday. I believe BJP did this in the name of Kurmi community, raised slogans and attacked Birbaha Hansda's car. Kurmi community never does this," said Banerjee from a rally inPaschim Medinipur.

AAP dissolves its organisational structure in Goa

The Aam Admi Party has dissolved its organisational structure in Goa with immediate effect, with its national general secretary Sandeep Pathak announcing that the new organisational structure will be announced soon.

The CBI has claimed that arrested former Delhi Minister Manish Sisodia has admitted to destroying two mobile phones. For details on this case and more such stories from India and around the world, do follow our News Live blog here!

AIADMK Gen Secy Palaniswami thanks Modi for installing Sengol in Lok Sabha

The AIADMK general secretary has writter a letter to the Prime Minister expressing his"gratitude on behalf of people of Tamil Nadu for installing the historic golden #Sengol near the Speaker's seat elucidating the Tamil pride, legacy & cultural heritage..."

Mamata Banerjee says the BJP will not be able to win in Bengal by fueling hatred among communities

Banerjee was speaking at a rally in West Bengal's Medinipur.

Kamal Haasan slams BJP government for not inviting the President to the Parliament inauguration

"This moment of national pride has become politically divisive. I ask my Prime Minister one simple question; “Please tell the country, why the President of India should not attend the inauguration of our new Parliament?” I see no reason why the President of India as Head of the State should not be part of this historic occasion," said the veteran actor and politician.

KCR demands that ordinance regarding Delhi services row should be withdrawn

The Telengana CM further said that the BJP always shouts about the "black days" of Emergency, but they are provinfg to be no different now. This is not the "Achchhe Din" that Modi had promised, he further added. "You are not letting an elected government function. Not following the Supreme Court judgement means you are headed towards Emergency only. If you carry on like this, the country will teach you a lesson, like they did in Karnataka" he said.

Kejriwal thanks KCR at joint press conference for lending him support in the services row issue

The Delhi CM has thanked his Telengana counterpart for lending him support and said that this was not "just about Delhi, but about saving the democracy of the nation."

Decision to build new Parliament taken during Congress rule, says BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi

In an interview with ANI, Lekhi claimed that the budget for the same during the Congress rule was Rs 3,500 crores while the BJP government has completed the project within Rs 300 crores. She also claimed that this makes it clear the Cong government wanted to make it "it a big means of corruption".

Congress hid the fact that Sengol was given to Nehru as the symbol of power transfer from British to Indian authorities

"The controversy is that the Congress Govt hid that fact from the nation that when you talk about independence and the Tryst with Destiny speech of Pt Nehru, we never learnt anywhere in our school that there was a ceremony where a Sengol was handed over to Jawaharlal Nehru as a symbol of righteousness and just rule in a pooja overseen by C Rajagopalachari...This is erased out of history..." said the Union Minister of State.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar slams chief ministers who have decided to boycott the NITI Aayog meeting

"...What are they afraid of in participating in a discussion about the future of our country? Are they worried that the future of our country's discussion means they will have nothing to contribute?..." the Union Minister of State has said.

Rajeev Chandrashekhar slams Oppn boycott of Parliament opening as petty, desperate

Amid the ongoing row over the inauguration of the new Parliament building by PM Modi, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar on Saturday called the Opposition boycott of the event "petty politics" born out of "desperation" and "frustration".

Kejriwal, Mann meet KCR for support amid Centre-Delhi govt tussle

Amid the ongoing tussle between the AAP-led Delhi govt and the Centre, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday, along with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and other AAP leaders, met Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao in Hyderabad to seek support.

BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad slams CMs who boycotted NITI Aayog meet

Praveen Nettaru's wife loses job as Karnataka govt changes hands

With the Congress-led government ordering to cancel all the recruitments carried out on contract basis by the previous BJP-led government in Karnataka, widow of Praveen Nettaru who was hired on compassionate ground too has lost her job.

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Dr M C Sudhakar and B Nagendra take oath as Karnataka ministers

Santosh Lad, N S Boseraju, others take oath as K'taka ministers as induction ceremony continues

Congress leaders Mankal Vaidya, Rahim Khan, and D Sudhakar take oath as K'taka ministers

Laxmi Hebbalkar, sole woman in K'taka Cabinet, takes oath as minister

S S Mallikarjun, Dr Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil, others take oath as Karnataka ministers

MLAs Kyathasandra N Rajanna, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, others take oath as Karnataka ministers

Former state Cong chief Dinesh Gundu Rao takes oath as Karnataka minister

N Chaluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, others take oath as K'taka ministers as induction continues

Congress leaders N Chaluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, Dr H C Mahadevappa, andEshwar Khandre take oath as Karnataka ministers as induction ceremony continues.

MLAs H K Patil and Krishna Byre Gowda take oath as ministers in the Karnataka Cabinet

Ceremony to induct ministers into Karnataka Cabinet begins

Siddaramaiah, DKS arrive at Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru

24 ministers to be inducted into Karnataka Cabinet shortly

24 MLAs will be inducted into the Karnataka Cabinet as ministers on Saturday. The induction ceremony is slated to begin at 11.45 am.

See no need to attend NITI Aayog meet, Parliament inauguration, says Nitish

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that he doesn't see the need for a new Parliament building, and added that he would be skipping both the NITI Aayog meet today and the Parliament inauguration tomorrow.

WATCH | Senior Congress leaders pay tributes to Nehru on his death anniversary

Senior Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge paid floral tributes to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Friday to mark the occasion of his death anniversary.

Rudrappa Lamani's supporters protest, demand ministerial post for Cong leader

Congress leader Rudrappa Lamani's supporters on Saturdaystaged a protest outside KarnatakaPradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office demanding a ministerial post for the leader, ahead of the induction of ministers into the Karnataka Cabinet.

"Our banjara community leader Rudrappa Lamani's name was there on the list till last night, but today we saw that his name was not there on the list. If our leader will not get the Ministerial post, we will protest against this because we gave our 75 per centvote to Congress in the election, so there should be at least one leader from our community," a supporter was quoted as saying.

Lamani won the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections from the Haveri constituency. (ANI)

Cong leader to be inducted as K'taka minister vows to deliver on party's promises

Mamata to visit firecracker unit blast site; to attend TMC mass outreach programme

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit Khadikul village in Purba Medinipur district on Saturday to speak to the family members of those killed in a blast at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit, besides taking stock of the situation, a senior official said.

After her visit, the Trinamool Congress supremo will attend the party's mass outreach programme 'Trinamool-e naba-jowar' (new wave in Trinamool) at Salboni in Paschim Medinipur district, where party MP Abhishek Banerjee will also be present, he added. (PTI)

Kejriwal praised BJP when Oppn was together; must realise his mistake, says Delhi Congress chief

With Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal looking for the support of the Congress in his government's tussle against the Centre, the Delhi unit of the grand old party on Saturday said that the party high command would decide whether to entertain Kejriwal.

"Congress high command will take a decision on whether they will meet Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal or not. When all opposition parties were together, he kept praising BJP, Arvind Kejriwal should realise his mistake," saidDelhi Congress President Anil Chaudhary.

PM Modi pays tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary

Congress yet to decide on Kejriwal's request to meet Kharge, Rahul over ordinance row

The Congress on Friday said that it is still considering Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal's request for an appointment with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi to seek support over the Centre's ordinance to negate the Supreme Court judgement placing 'services' under the control of the state government in the national capital. (IANS)

AAP threatens defamation case against BJP leaders for 'lying' about theft of files from Delhi secretariat

Hours after the BJP alleged that files were stolen from Special Secretary, Vigilance, YVVJ Rajasekhar's office at the secretariat building, the Delhi government on Friday said it will file a defamation case against the leaders of the saffron party and officers for "lying blatantly".