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Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, while justifying that the bill in no way meddled with the basic structure, said that 'basic structure has nothing to do with reservation'.

Reacting to the prime minister's scathing criticism, Gandhi, in his tweet, said, "With all due respect Modi Ji, in our culture respect for women begins at home."

City bus service and other vehicle movements would be banned on MG Road from Hariparvat crossing to PWD roundabout after 2 pm till PM's departure for the airport.

Apsara Reddy, a former journalist, had joined the AIADMK party in May 2016.

The Congress president said efforts were on to bring the Opposition together and the 'first aim is to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi'.

West Bengal Congress chief Somen Mitra said, 'It is a reflection of tacit understanding between both the parties in the state. We have been saying this for a long time but now the cat is out of the bag.'

Tharoor said the BJP must realise that when even "your friends are unhappy with you, the rest of the country will be even more negative about your performance".

At present, the TMC has 34 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats from West Bengal. However this time, party chief Mamata Banerjee is working on winning all the 42 seats, while BJP's Amit Shah has set the target at 23 seats.

As the general elections are approaching, controversy over BJP's next PM candidate has surrounded the party. Recently, the chief of a Maharashtra government panel demanded that RSS replace PM Modi with Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.

However, the AIADMK is yet to announce their candidate. In a statement, DMK President MK Stalin announced the candidature of Poondi K Kalaivanan and said his nominee had the support of the party's allies, including the Congress party.

The BJP has an emotional connect with the public, quipped the senior politician who has remained active and conducted public meets after he tendered his resignation as the CM after three terms.

The Congress chief urged Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to answer the questions raised by the Congress on the multi-million dollar fighter jet deal.

The Congress president drew sharp criticism from media personnel and the BJP after he termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's television interview as "staged" and said that it was conducted by a "pliable journalist".

Modi said democracy was a festival of "creating our own future" and youth formed the core of the endeavour of building India's destiny. He also said the BJP alone understood the aspirations of youth and was working hard to build an India of their dreams.

The Speaker suspended the AIADMK members under rule 374(A), which allows the speaker to punish those found causing a commotion in the house. The parliamentarians were protesting against the Karnataka government's move to construct a dam over the Cauvery i...

Earlier Wednesday, the Congress in Delhi made public the audio tape of a purported conversation between Goa health minister and an unidentified person.