Tag: Parliament
At least 16 new bills are listed for introduction in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, including to implement the GST in Jammu and Kashmir, and a bill to amend the Citizenship Act to allow certain illegal immigrants get Indian citizenship.....
On the third day of the Parliament monsoon session on Wednesday, Rajya Sabha is expected to take up mob lynchings for discussion. ....
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to hold parliamentary board meeting on Wednesday at 09:30 AM to discuss the agenda of the party in the Parliament and other matters. ....
Persistent opposition ruckus on Thursday forced Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to adjourn the House for the day, after two brief adjournments earlier.....
Chairman Hamid Ansari accepted the resignation of BSP supremo Mayawati’s from the Rajya Sabha , a senior official of the Upper House said.....
Rejecting opposition criticism, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that Parliament's winter session will be held and it will be a regular session not overlapping with the Gujarat Assembly election dates.....
In the midst of a raging controversy over his film "Padmavati", its director Sanjay Leela Bhansali on Thursday appeared before a Parliamentary committee here and maintained that the row over his yet-to-be released movie was just based on rumours, strongly rejecting criticism that he had distorted historical facts about the 16th century Rajput queen.....
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the Rajya Sabha Chairman, on Monday disqualified rebel Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav and Ali Anwar as members of the upper house of Parliament, party leader R.C.P. Singh said.....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed hope that the winter session of Parliament that starts here on Friday will be productive.....
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Wednesday amid sloganeering by Congress members demanding an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks against his predecessor Manmohan Singh.....