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Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy's media manager quits days after new chief of staff announced

Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy has suffered another staffing setback with the resignation of his director of communications, just months out from the November election.

ABC News

Nitish Kumar will join long list of Opposition PM-hopefuls

Being from the Hindi heartland and having had the experience of running a State as well as being a Cabinet Minister in the past, Mr. Kumar could score over his rivals

The Hindu

Nitish Kumar dumps BJP for RJD, set to form government afresh

Mr. Kumar claims support of 164 MLAs from seven parties

The Hindu

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Opposition is not against just BJP but ‘authoritarian’ government too: Mehbooba Mufti

Opposition parties are facing the might of an authoritarian government that’s weaponising every agency be it NIA, ED, CBI etc., said the PDP chief

The Hindu

Monsoon session of Parliament extremely disappointing, government was in rush to curtail session: Congress

Party's chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh said, "There was no enthusiasm or appetite on part of the government to get Bills passed. Normally the Opposition says the House should be adjourned but this time the government had no appetite to run the house".

The Hindu

Uranium prices are soaring, and Australia's hoary old nuclear debate is back in the headlines. Here's what it all means

Last week, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton sought to revive the hoary old debate of nuclear power in Australia, announcing an internal review into whether the Liberals should back the controversial technology.

The Conversation

Pre-monsoon road repairs not done in State, says Kerala Opposition leader

Public Works Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas asked to do a stock-taking of what is going on in his department

The Hindu

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Letters to the Editor — August 9, 2022

The V-P election

The Hindu

New hopes: on the new Vice-President of India and parliamentary democracy

The Vice-President should forge better ties between the Opposition and the executive

The Hindu

Nitish calls JD(U) meet in Patna on Tuesday as political crisis brews in Bihar

Opposition RJD says it is ready to ‘embrace’ the Chief Minister if he ditches BJP

The Hindu

Parliamentary proceedings | Protests in Lok Sabha as Centre introduces contentious Electricity (Amendment) Bill

Opposition accuses government of not consulting States over amendments to a Concurrent List subject

The Hindu

All secular democratic parties should come together to defeat the BJP: D. Raja

Since 2014, the BJP-RSS combine has been destroying the secular character of Indian state... and Left unity is need of the hour, says CPI general secretary

The Hindu

Veering to conclusion Parliament 'dysfunctional'; democracy 'gasping for breath': Chidambaram

The Executive branch summoned the Leader of the Opposition when the Rajya Sabha was in session and one of the two heads of the Legislative branch “pleaded helplessness”, he said, adding that it was a “sad day”

The Hindu

Margaret Alva flays parties that backed BJP

Ms. Alva congratulates her rival Jagdeep Dhankar, thanks all parties that supported her

The Hindu

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The Hindu

Jagdeep Dhankhar steps into a polarised House

Jagdeep Dhankar will have to bank on his command over legislative affairs to handle the vastly deteriorated relationship between the Opposition and Treasury benches of the Rajya Sabha

The Hindu

Vice-President election 2022 | Updates

Jagdeep Dhankhar elected 14th Vice-President of India, securing 528 first preference votes against Opposition candidate Margaret Alva’s 182

The Hindu

India Vice-President election | Jagdeep Dhankhar has the edge

The NDA candidate is a clear frontrunner as the alliance enjoys a majority in the Lok Sabha, and has a clear lead over the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha.

The Hindu

‘Opposition and media unitedly can strengthen democracy’

Media plays a significant role in upholding the principles of democracy, says Priyank Kharge

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Peter Dutton said the cashless debit card has improved the lives of many users. Is he correct?

The Opposition Leader has been talking up the results of a survey on the cashless debit card, but the majority said the program had made life "worse".

The Hindu

Rajya Sabha passes Family Courts Bill amid din over ED actions

Bill will help setting up at least one family court in each district so that there could be speedy disposal of the cases: Law Minister

ABC News

Climate target bill passes lower house after being amended by Greens and 'teal' crossbenchers

The government has agreed to Greens and "teal" independent amendments to its climate target bill, despite not requiring their votes in the lower house, in a sign of what the crossbench hopes is a new approach to politics.

The Hindu

Parliament proceedings | Lok Sabha witnesses heated arguments between Opposition MPs and Union Minister over farm loan waivers

Union Minister Pratima Bhoumick accuses Ministers in Bengal Government of ignoring their calls

The Hindu

Parliament proceedings | No one is denying price rise, constant efforts on to control it: Nirmala Sitharaman

The Finance Minister said the Opposition was trying to build a narrative that the poor person was not being given anything from the cess and duties collected by the Centre

The Hindu

Opposition asks govt to acknowledge problem of price rise to fix it, BJP puts blame on global changes

“The inflation is ruling at 7% now and has not yet reached the double-digit level like in the previous UPA regime”

The Hindu

Government won't be able to see inflation as it's wearing 'blindfolds of arrogance': Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "Well, how will they see inflation? Wearing blindfolds of arrogance, they are selling the country's property in 'free fund' to 'friends'"

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