Triple Talaq bill in winter session of Parliament likely
File Pic New Delhi: The Centre is likely to introduce a bill in the winter session of Parliament to end the practice of Triple Talaq. A news agency reports that a ministerial committee has been constituted to frame a law...
BJP may defer Winter Session to prevent Congress raking up Jay Shah, DeMo issues amid Guj polls
New Delhi: The suspense over the winter session of Parliament may be over on November 17 when the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA), headed by home minister Rajnath Singh, is expected to meet. But speculation is rife that the delay...
GST Launch Live news updates from Parliament
12:13 AM IST GST Launch: GST a tribute to maturity, wisdom of India's democracy: President 12:07 AM IST GST Launch: Goods and Services Tax formally launched as the Parliament function ends with the National Anthem. Taxes like VAT, central excise tax etc no...
Opposition may boycott special Parliament midnight session on GST roll out
File Pic New Delhi: While NDA government is going all out to celebrate GST roll out, deliberations are on in Opposition camp whether to attend the much talked about event in the Parliament or not. Few opposition parties leaders are contemplating...
Parliament passes bill granting equal rights to HIV, AIDS patients
New Delhi: The Parliament on Tuesday gave its nod to a crucial bill to ensure equal rights to the people affected by HIV and AIDS in getting treatment, admissions in educational institutions and jobs. Terming the unanimous passage of the Human...
Opposition disrupts Parliament over Tarun Vijay’s ‘racist’ remarks
New Delhi: The proceedings of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned multiple times today over the purported racial remarks of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Tarun Vijay. As soon as the lower house took up Question Hour, Congress members...
मानवता का अपमान है, ई अहमद की ‘आत्मा’ का अपमान !
अगर आजाद भारत के संसदीय इतिहास की यह पहली घटना है कि पंरपरा का त्याग कर फरवरी के अंतिम दिन की जगह फरवरी के प्रथम दिन देश का आम बजट, वह भी 92 वर्ष की स्थापित पंरम्परा से इतर रेल...
Former Union minister E Ahamed passes away after collapsing in Parliament
New Delhi: Former Union minister and Indian Union Muslim League leader E Ahamed has passed away early on Wednesday after he suffered a cardiac arrest, a senior doctor has confirmed. The 78-year-old Ahamed died at 2:15 am at RML hospital where he...
Minister in UPA govt faints in Parliament during Prez speech
New Delhi: Former external affairs minister E Ahamed faints during the President's speech in Parliament. He was rushed to hospital. Ahamed served in the Manmohan Singh government and represents the Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala. He is 79. The...
‘I feel like resigning’, says an irked Advani
File Pic New Delhi: BJP veteran LK Advani is so unhappy over the state of the non-functioning of Parliament since demonetization that he told a group of lawmakers that he felt like resigning. Almost all of the month-long winter session has...
A quake will come if I speak in Parliament: Rahul Gandhi
File Pic New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the government of not allowing him to speak in Parliament despite his speech being ready, and said an "earthquake will come" if he gets the opportunity to speak. "For...
PM prefers to sit in his Parliament chamber than attend debate: Congress
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to stop addressing public meetings and be present in parliament to address the concerns of the opposition and the 130...
Awww! Sushma Swaraj’s husband drops in to meet her in Parliament
New Delhi/Nagpur: EAM Sushma Swaraj who is easily the most popular of PM Narendra Modi's ministers and has a mammoth fan following on Twitter, posted this lovely picture today with her husband Swaraj Kaushal. She writes, "Together after many years...
Mamata calls Una incident organised crime against Dalits, Parl adjourned
New Delhi/Nagpur: Parliament witnessed stormy scenes over alleged atrocities against Dalits in Gujarat. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said the incident in Una is organised crime against Dalits. Why was Gujarat Congress silent on Dalit issue, BSP chief Mayawati asked and...
Cong hums ‘sound of silence’ in parliament
New Delhi/Nagpur: Congress MPs in the Central Hall of Parliament have been rather silent during the ongoing Monsoon Session. Every other session of Parliament has been characterised by disruptions from the Congress-led Opposition, and in some instances the ruckus in...
Vijay Mallya resigns as Rajya Sabha MP
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Independent MP and liquor baron, Vijay Mallya, has resigned from his capacity as a member of parliament on Monday, a week after the Rajya Sabha ethics panel recommended his termination. The committee had given Mallya a...
RS Ethics Panel Recommends Terminating Mallya’s Membership
New Delhi/Nagpur: In yet another setback for business tycoon Vijay Mallya, the Rajya Sabha Ethics Committee on Monday recommended his membership in the Upper House should be terminated. Chairman of Ethics Committee Karan Singh said, "Ethics Committee meeting reached the conclusion...
Pappu Yadav’s wife Ranjeet Ranjan rides Harley to Parliament on Women’s day
New Delhi/Nagpur: On International Women's Day, politicians like Sonia Gandhi and Hema Malini delivered impassioned reminders in parliament about the stalled proposal that sets aside a third of all seats for women. Outside parliament, the high point belonged to Ranjeet Ranjan...
PM Modi addresses Lok Sabha; takes dig at Rahul Gandhi, Opposition
File Pic New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday invoked late Congress stalwarts and prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi to urge the opposition to let parliament function "peacefully and responsibly". "Parliament is a forum where different view points...
More people killed in road accidents in India than world over: Gadkari
File Pic Nagpur: More people are killed in road accidents in India than anywhere else in the world, with the national toll averaging at 1.3 lakh people in five lakh mishaps every year, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Gadkari,...
Budget session: Politics on protests; JNU row, Rohith Vemula suicide rock Parliament
New Delhi/Nagpur: There were angry exchanges, slogan-shouting, multiple adjournments, but no debate in the Rajya Sabha, which was scheduled to discuss the JNU controversy and the suicide of Hyderabad research scholar Rohith Vemula. The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till tomorrow...
