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Reacting sharply, Congress leader Anand Sharma said, “the unwarranted, uncharitable and provocative statement by the Finance Minister and BJP, accussing Congress of disruption makes it abundantly clear that the government is neither serious nor honest in breaking the...

Greece’s prime minister said his country was in the “final stage” of talks for a new bailout, as his left-wing government on Wednesday rejected the idea of extending the negotiations beyond this month.

The goods and services tax (GST) bill has been listed for discussion and passage in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.

The speaker of India’s Parliament on Monday barred 25 opposition legislators from its sessions for the rest of the week for causing “grave disorder” after they created noisy scenes. There were indications that even the Real Estate Bill could be brought in.

Prospect of an immediate end to the parliamentary logjam appeared bleak on Saturday with both the government and the Congress sticking to their guns ahead of an all-party meeting on Monday.

But this could dilute the two-week-long campaign of the Congress, Left and others on the issue of the resignations of Union minister Sushma Swaraj and Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje in the “Lalitgate” and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan...

Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Sharma said Parliament is not functioning because of his “arrogance and obduracy” as he has refused to end his “maun vrat” (vow of silence) on the issue.

Government wants to be the King and they expect the Opposition parties to behave like the subjects.

Such an action, rare in the history of Lok Sabha, prompted Congress party president Sonia Gandhi to call it a “Black day for Indian democracy”.

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Rejecting the opposition’s charge the government had not reached out to them, Naidu said he had called a meeting of various parties on Friday morning as well but Congress backed out at the last moment and added that he was looking to call a meeting on Monday.

Greek crises has many unanswered questions and silent reservations, where the bailout plan of €86 billion could still be scraped and further developments may experience criminal proceedings, regarding the former finance minister.

If the talks are not completed in time, European authorities may have to provide further temporary financing as they did with a July bridge loan, though Avgi said that possibility had not been discussed with lenders.

An IMF official said the Fund would approve new loans for Greece only if Athens reached a deal with European governments that would ensure it can pay its debts, and there was “no expectation” that talks over the next couple of weeks would get to the point where the...

On Saturday, the Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House of Parliament, Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, was tight-lipped on whether the Congress would take part in the meeting.