As first time the Railway Budget is merged with General Budget. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley termed it as “ridding us of the colonial era practice of separate budgets”. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley made a slew of announcements for Indian Railways – from doing away with service charge for IRCTC ticket[Read More…]
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Budget 2017: Autonomy of railways to be maintained, says Jaitley
House will mourn E Ahamed on Thursday: Speaker
Kerala MP E Ahamed dies after cardiac arrest; family aghast after hospital denies visiting permission
Veteran Kerala MP, E Ahamed, who suffered a heart attack and collapsed in Parliament’s Central Hall on Tuesday, died after undergoing treatment at the city-based Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. “Ahamed died despite being tried to revive. He was on life support system since Tuesday evening,” said sources as per a[Read More…]
Government completely failed to create jobs: Rahul
Launching scathing attack on Modi government, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi alleged that the government has been completely failed to create jobs. “The main question in India today is creation of jobs for young people. It is a big issue today to provide jobs for youth in India,” Rahul said outside[Read More…]
Discuss, debate but do not disrupt: Govt
We are proud of forces, says Pranab Mukherjee on surgical strikes
Praising government’s decision of surgical strikes, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that the defence forces successfully conducted strike to prevent infiltration by terrorists. “We are proud of the forces, and the exemplary courage and valour displayed by them,” President said while addressing joint session of parliament. He added that[Read More…]
Budget Session of Parliament to commence from January 31
The 2017 Budget session of Parliament will begin from January 31, a day before the Union Budget is likely to be presented. President Pranab Mukherjee has summoned the Rajya Sabha to meet on January 31, an official notification said. A similar notification is also expected from the Lok Sabha secretariat.[Read More…]
President upset as ordinance comes to him for 5th time: Sources
President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday expressed his displeasure signing the same ordinance or executive order for a record fifth time in a row. According to sources, Mukherjee has faulted the government for failing to convert the ordinance into law. The President, say sources, signed the ordinance to amend the Enemy[Read More…]
Parliament 2016: Bills that failed to see the light of the day
In three Parliament sessions of 2016, the government failed to pass important bills like Surrogacy (Regulation) bill, Maternity Benefit (Amendment) bill and Transgender bill. With regular disruptions, the people’s representatives once again failed to carry out their duty. In some good news, the GST Bill was passed amid uproar and[Read More…]
We are a ‘bunch of computer g33kz addicted to crime and drugz’: Legion
Legion, an unknown hacker group responsible for twitter accounting of prominent persons such as Rahul Gandhi, Ravish Kumar, Vijay Mallya, claimed to have the access of sansad.nic.in a domain which is largely used by the government employees in India. “Next is a dump of sansad.nic.in emails Which is – quite big It[Read More…]
Decided to print plastic currency notes, government tells Parliament
The government on Friday informed Parliament that a decision has been taken to print plastic currency notes and procurement of material has started. “It has been decided to print banknotes based on plastic or polymer substrate. The process of procurement has been initiated,” Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram[Read More…]
For god’s sake, do your job… Pranab Mukherjee to lawmakers
As the Parliament logjam entered into its third week, President Pranab Mukherjee asked the Opposition to not disrupt Parliament over demonetisation issue. “For demonstration, you can choose any other places. But for God’s sake, do your job. You are meant to transact business. You are meant to devote your time[Read More…]
Paytm means ‘Pay To Modi’, Rahul Gandhi calls demonetisation a foolish decision
Opposition leaders on Thursday observed a ‘Black Day’ in Parliament premises to mark one month of the announcement of demonetisation, with Rahul Gandhi launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his “foolish decision” has “devastated” the country. Leading the protest, Gandhi accused Modi of shying away from[Read More…]
Mamata Banerjee’s flight delay: IndiGo says plane had adequate fuel
IndiGo on Thursday said the plane carrying West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was delayed due to congestion before making a normal landing on Wednesday and had adequate fuel. In a detailed statement, IndiGo said the flight 6E 342 with 174 passengers onboard made a “normal landing” at Kolkata airport[Read More…]
Yuvraj Singh in Parliament to invite PM Modi for his wedding
Indian cricketer, Yuvraj Singh, who is set to marry fiancee and Bollywood actress Hazel Keech, reached Parliament on Thursday to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other ministers for his wedding scheduled on November 29. Delhi: Cricketer Yuvraj Singh reached Parliament to meet PM Narendra Modi pic.twitter.com/cVj1LYXthS — ANI (@ANI_news)[Read More…]
SP lawmaker Akshay Yadav throws paper at LS Speaker, let off with warning
Samajwadi Party leader Akshay Yadav was censured on Thursday after he threw bits of paper at Speaker Sumitra Mahajan as opposition parties continued their protests against the notes ban when the parliament convened. An angry Mahajan adjourned the house. Shortly after the Lok Sabha met for the day, opposition members[Read More…]
When the ‘most educated’ politician speaks, shouldn’t the PM listen?
Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the currency ban decision of his successor Narendra Modi. He labelled the decision “a monumental management failure”. Dr Singh, a renowned economist, opened the debate in the Rajya Sabha on demonetisation on behalf of his party. Here’s[Read More…]
Mayawati hits out at PM, says demonetisation survey is fake, sponsored
BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling his survey on demonetisation as “fake and sponsored” and dared him to dissolve the Lok Sabha and face elections. “The survey of Modiji is fake and sponsored. If he has guts then he should dissolve the Lok Sabha[Read More…]
New rules! Lok Sabha Secretariat issues “Dos and Don’ts” for media
Ahead of the winter session of Parliament beginning on Wednesday, the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Monday issued a list of “dos and don’ts” for media persons covering the proceedings, with one directive asking media persons not to interact or interview or photograph “anyone else other than ministers or MPs” without[Read More…]
Cong, 7 oppn parties meet to formulate joint strategy
Seeking to corner the government in Parliament on the demonetisation issue, major opposition parties, including arch rivals TMC and CPI(M), on Monday held deliberations to finalise a common strategy alleging that the decision was a “scripted scam” which was leaked to the ruling BJP much in advance. The meeting, held[Read More…]
Government mulling to change law on Censor Board: M Venkaiah Naidu
In a welcome move, the government is planning to make changes in the six decades-old cinematography law to tone up the functioning of the censor board, which has been at the centre of many controversies. Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu says he is examining the recommendations made by[Read More…]
Union ministers asked to not carry mobile phones in Cabinet meetings
Union Ministers have been asked not to carry mobile phones in Cabinet meetings. The move is aimed at checking any possibility of leakage of information through hacking of communication devices. The Cabinet Secretariat has recently issued a directive to private secretaries of the concerned ministers in this regard. “It has[Read More…]
Cabinet nod for merger of the Railway & Union Budget from 2017-18
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the merger of the Railway and Union Budget from 2017-18 onwards. The Railways, which is the country’s largest employer, has to bear an additional burden of about ₹40,000 crore on account of implementation of the 7th Pay Commission awards, besides an annual outgo of[Read More…]
India-Pakistan tug-of-war involves J&K and Balochistan
The Congress has openly supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statements against Pakistan, where he raised the Balochistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir issues to counter its stance on Jammu and Kashmir and the on-going unrest. In 2009, India and Pakistan—Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and Yusuf Raza Gilani—signed a joint declaration at Sharm-el-Sheikh, which said that[Read More…]