A bill to extend the deadline for a law to protect slums and other unauthorised colonies in the national capital till 2020 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was tabled in the lower House by[Read More…]
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Parliament passes bill to let IIMs award degrees
Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill that will enable the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) to award MBA and Ph.D. degrees, with the Rajya Sabha’s nod to the legislation. The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bill 2017, passed in Lok Sabha in July, envisages greater autonomy to the IIMs than[Read More…]
Union cabinet clears bill making ‘Triple Talaq’ a criminal offence
A bill on Triple Talaq was cleared by the Union Cabinet on Friday, ahead of it being taken up in the Winter Session of Parliament. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, is popularly known as a bill on ‘Triple Talaq‘, a form of oral divorce among[Read More…]
PM Modi hopes for fruitful winter session
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed hope that the winter session of Parliament that starts here on Friday will be productive. “The time of the House will be utilised positively on debates in the interest of the nation,” Modi told the media ahead of the session. The session, which would[Read More…]
Parties must discuss need for minimum sittings of Parliament: Naidu
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said political parties should sit together and discuss if the minimum number of sittings of Parliament needed to be fixed, and also recommended automatic suspension of members who rush near the presiding officer’s podium in the house. The Vice President, who will preside[Read More…]
Rahul Gandhi to file nomination for top Congress post today
A host of party heavyweights will be present when Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi files his nomination for the party chief’s post at its headquarters on Monday, with over 90 sets of nomination papers likely to be filed to support his candidature. Six Chief Ministers — Punjab’s Amarinder Singh, Karnataka’s[Read More…]
Delay in winter session shows government is on defensive: TMC’s Derek O’Brien
The decision to delay the winter session shows the government is on the defensive, says Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien. He said the government has been on the defensive for the last two months and this is good for the opposition. “The petrol rollback, first time in three-and-a-half years, was[Read More…]
Delayed winter session to begin on December 15 and will continue till January 5
The delayed Winter Session of Parliament will begin on December 15 and continue till January 5, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said on Friday. “The Winter Session of Parliament will be held between December 15 to January 5. It will have 14 sittings,” Kumar told reporters. He also said that[Read More…]
Government keen to bring anti-triple talaq bill in winter session
The Narendra Modi government is planning to bring a bill in the winter session of Parliament banning “triple talaq” (instant divorce), government sources said on Tuesday. For this, the government plans to set up a group of ministers to work out the modalities of the legislation and its various implications.[Read More…]
Government avoiding Parliament due to Gujarat polls, says Congress
The Congress on Tuesday alleged the government is deliberately delaying the winter session of Parliament to avoid questions from the opposition benches which can hamper its prospects in the Gujarat assembly polls. “They do not want discussion in Parliament so they are giving different excuses for delaying the winter session.[Read More…]
Winter session will be held; delays happened earlier too: Jaitley
Countering opposition criticism, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the Winter Session of Parliament would “certainly” be held, adding that Parliament sessions have been delayed in the past as well. “It has happened several times that Parliament sessions are rescheduled when an election is happening and timing is decided[Read More…]
Congress urges President to prod government for winter session
The Congress on Friday said the Narendra Modi government is scared of convening the winter session of Parliament because of Gujarat polls and appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind to take notice of this and ask the government to convene the session. Asked if the party would approach the President[Read More…]
EC to hold Lok Sabha, assembly polls simultaneously by 2018
The Election Commission of India has confirmed that by the end of 2018, it will be ready to hold Parliament and Assembly elections simultaneously. The Centre had earlier sought ECI’s views on conducting simultaneous polls. The Election Commissioner of India, Om Prakash Rawat said that the ECI had told the[Read More…]
Now Amit Shah is here, all your leisure days are over: PM Modi to MPs
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has some really strict advice for his party lawmakers after BJP chief, Amit Shah has made it to the Rajya Sabha. “Now Amit Shah is here, all your leisure days are over,” said PM while addressing MPs during BJP parliamentary party meeting in Delhi on Thursday.[Read More…]
India set to vote for its new Vice-President tomorrow
The members of Parliament are ready to cast their votes for the vice-president’s poll which is scheduled on Saturday. According to speculations, the ruling NDA‘s candidate M Venkaiah Naidu is tipped to be India’s next vice president. Notably, the name of the next vice president of India will be known[Read More…]
Kerala has turned into ‘God’s Forsaken Country’: BJP lawmaker
BJP lawmaker, Meenakshi Lekhi, in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday slammed the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in the state for “failing” to contain the killing of RSS and BJP workers. She added that from God’s own country, Kerala has transformed into “God’s forsaken country”. Tossing the issue in the[Read More…]
Monsoon session: Kapil Sibal denounces lynchings, calls them ‘grotesque violence’
Discussions on issues of national importance continued in the Rajya Sabha on the fourth day of the monsoon session of Parliament. Debates and discussions were held on issues like H1-B visa, India-China border standoff and mob lynchings. The Opposition led by Congress targeted the ruling BJP, where former law minister,[Read More…]
Monsoon session: Against Dalit atrocity, Mayawati threatens to quit
The second day of monsoon parliament session was stormy as BSP chief, Mayawati threatened to resign from Rajya Sabha. Soon after, the Opposition troops in the well of the House started shouting slogan ‘Dalit virodhi yeh sarkar, nai chalegi.” The opposition raised slogan in Rajya Sabha against the Narendra Modi government[Read More…]
Parliament monsoon session: Congress passes adjournment motion over plight of farmers
Before the second day of the Parliament monsoon session began, the Congress moved an adjournment motion notice in the Lok Sabha over the poor condition of farmers across the country. The Opposition seems to attack the Narendra Modi-led NDA government on several issues like farmer’s protests, lynching incidents, Jammu-Kashmir unrest[Read More…]
Monsoon Session of Parliament: Lok Sabha adjourned for the day
After paying obituary to victims of the Amarnath attack and former members of the Parliament, the Lok Sabha was adjourned on Monday. The Monsoon Session of the Parliament, which began today, will continue till 11 August. Issues like border standoff with China, J&K and Darjeeling unrest, impact of GST are[Read More…]
Monsoon session begins: Opposition to take on govt over lynching, cow slaughter ban, Doklam standoff
The united opposition is prepared to take on the government over issues such as lynching incidents and vigilantism, the Kashmir situation and the border stand-off with China during the monsoon session of Parliament that begins on Monday. The session will continue till August 11 and is also likely to see[Read More…]
Monsoon session of Parliament likely to commence from July 12, final call yet to made
The monsoon session of parliament is likely to begin from July 12, which is five days before the date of Presidential elections. According to government sources, the session will start from July 12 and will conclude on August 11, as proposed before the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA). Read[Read More…]
Ministers to be penalised for overstay in public homes
On Wednesday, the Cabinet declared that ministers and members of Parliament who overstay in public homes on time will be penalised. According to new orders, those ministers & MPs who refuse to vacate these homes can further be prosecuted. Ministers who overstay their tenure in such public homes and continue[Read More…]
Parliament condemns remarks on WB CM
Congress passed adjournment motion to discuss Kulbhushan Jadhav issue
The Congress-led Opposition raised the issue of former Indian Navy Officer Kulbhushan Jadhav’s death sentence by Pakistan, in the Parliament on Tuesday. Following the previous reports, Congress also tossed the matter of Kashmir unrest on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha. The Congress leaders on Tuesday passed an adjournment motion notice[Read More…]