New Delhi: The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned on Monday as soon as they met for the second part of the budget session of Parliament amid opposition protests over the Punjab National Bank fraud and special status to Andhra Pradesh. Soon, Parliament House to have a creche[Read More…]
Tag: Lok Sabha
Voting for 3 Lok Sabha seats in UP, Bihar on March 11
New Delhi: By-elections to the Lok Sabha seats of Gorakhpur and Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh and Araira in Bihar will be held on March 11, the Election Commission announced on Friday. Polling will also be held in the Jehanabad and Bhabua Assembly constituencies of Bihar the same day. The poll[Read More…]
Maharashtra Lok Sabha MP Chintaman Vanga passes away
New Delhi: Advocate Chintaman N. Vanga, BJP Lok Sabha MP from Palghar in Maharashtra, passed away following a massive heart attack in a New Delhi hospital on Tuesday afternoon, a party official said. According to an official, Vanga was rushed to a Delhi hospital after he suffered a heart attack but[Read More…]
BJP responsible for RS impasse; treats Parliament as rubber stamp: Congress
The Congress on Friday said that BJP was responsible for the “impasse in Rajya Sabha” due to which triple talaq bill could not be discussed, while alleging that BJP wanted to treat the Parliament as a “rubber stamp”. “They (BJP) are squarely responsible for this impasse in Rajya Sabha. For[Read More…]
Budget session to start on January 29; budget to be tabled on Feb 1
The Budget Session of Parliament will start on January 29 and the Budget will be tabled on February 1, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said on Friday. President Ram Nath Kovind will address a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on January 29. The Economic Survey[Read More…]
Bill to protect consumers introduced in Lok Sabha
Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday introduced a bill to protect the interests of consumers that proposes stricter action against misleading advertisements and food adulteration. The Consumer Protection Bill, 2018, was introduced after Paswan withdrew an older bill, The Consumer Protection Bill 2015. The bill would amend the[Read More…]
War of words in LS over making Hindi official language at UN
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor traded barbs in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday over making Hindi an official language at the United Nations. Tharoor questioned the need to push it while the Minister called his remark “ignorant”. Sushma Swaraj, in her reply to a question,[Read More…]
Shiv Sena MP demands judicial probe into Mumbai pub fire
Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant on Friday demanded a judicial probe into the fire at a pub in Mumbai in which 14 persons were killed, while raising the issue in the Lok Sabha. The issue was first raised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kirit Somaiya who said the pub[Read More…]
Triple talaq Bill introduced; ‘history was being created’, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday introduced the triple talaq Bill in the Lok Sabha, saying that “history was being created” with the legislation. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 was introduced after a voice vote following opposition by some members, including BJD’s Bhatruhari[Read More…]
Bill to guard Delhi slums against punitive action tabled in Lok Sabha
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…]
Lok Sabha takes up bill amending regulations for government acquiring property
A bill to amend the regulations concerning compensation payable for acquisition of immovable property by the central government for public purpose was moved for passage in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Moving The Requisitioning and Acquisition of Immovable Property (Amendment) Bill, 2017, Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the[Read More…]
Lok Sabha passes two bills to remove obsolete enactments
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed two repealing and amending bills that seek to remove enactments which have ceased to be in force or have become obsolete. Replying to the brief debate, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the bills were “a great initiative to make the country reform[Read More…]
LS disrupted over PM’s allegation against Manmohan Singh
The Lok Sabha was disrupted again on Tuesday as Congress members sought to raise the allegations levelled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi against his predecessor Manmohan Singh. Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, unhappy over the uproar, adjourned the House briefly. As soon as the House met, Congress members again tried to raise[Read More…]
Parliament’s winter session begins, LS adjourned till Monday
The winter session of parliament began on Friday and after obituary references the Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day till Monday. Soon after the house met, newly elected member Sunil Jakhar took the oath of office. Jakhar is the son of former Speaker Balram Jakhar. He won the by-poll[Read More…]
Rape victim should not boarded auto-rickshaw sitting three men already: Kirron Kher
Chandigarh’s BJP MP Kirron Kher has stirred a controversy by giving unsolicited advice to a young woman who was gang-raped earlier this month by an auto-rickshaw driver and his two accomplices. Kher said on Wednesday that the victim should have been more cautious and not boarded the auto-rickshaw in which[Read More…]
Let the lawmakers make laws
Louis XVI in 1787 reminded the Parlement of Paris in vain that it was a mere registering body of royal edicts. Indian Parliament needs no such reminder, for it has, of its own free will, reduced itself to that position. In the Westminster system that we follow, the executive is a creation[Read More…]
Sonia Gandhi writes letter to PM Modi, urges him to pass Women’s Reservation Bill
In a bid to get the Women’s Reservation Bill passed in Lok Sabha, Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, on Thursday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In her letter, she urged PM Modi to use the majority of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the lower house of Parliament[Read More…]
I support two-phase Lok Sabha and Assembly elections: Nitish Kumar
JD(U) chief and Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar, on Monday said that he supports Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s stand on holding simultaneous elections to Parliament and state assemblies. “I favour and support in principle a synchronised two-phase Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the country,” Nitish told the media. The[Read More…]
Nishikant Dubey’s lawyer sent notice to Hindustan for bringing his name in Srijan Scam
Lok Sabha MP, Nishikant Dubey’s lawyer has sent a legal notice to publication house, Hindustan for circulating false news, titled, “Saansad Nishikant Dubey Par Barse Lalu Yadav“, dated 18 Aug 2017. The news piece is said to be ‘derogatory’ in nature and has made several allegations against the veteran politician.[Read More…]
Sharad Yadav’s ‘anti-party activities’ replaced him in RS: JD(U) MP
The Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) on Saturday said that senior party leader Sharad Yadav was replaced by Ram Chander Singh in the Rajya Sabha because of his anti-party activities. “This was important and was done owing to Sharad Yadav’s anti-party activities”, MP Vashistha Narayan Singh said, as quoted by ANI.[Read More…]
A sense of insecurity among Muslims, says outgoing VP Hamid Ansari
Retiring vice-president Hamid Ansari said on Wednesday that there is a feeling of unease and a sense of insecurity among the Muslims in the country, asserting the “ambience of acceptance” is now under threat. Ansari, whose second five-year term as the Vice-President ends on Thursday, stated that he had flagged[Read More…]
Make all language languages national: AIADMK leader M Thambidurai
Deputy speaker of Lok Sabha and AIADMK leader M Thambidurai demanded that all languages must be called national and given an official status. On Wednesday, during a discussion to mark the 75th anniversary of the Quit India movement in Lok Sabha, Thambidurai said people from all languages had fought for[Read More…]
Secularism, free speech in danger: Sonia Gandhi slams BJP at Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha began its Wednesday session with a commemorative discussion on the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement. The House was addressed by both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president addressed Sonia Gandhi. The lower house is expected to introduce the National Sports University Bill, while it[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…]
Banking Regulation Amendment Bill 2017 passed by Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Banking Regulation Amendment Bill 2017. The bill was introduced in the lower house of the Parliament by minister of finance, Arun Jaitley on 24 July . It seeks to reform the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to insert provisions for handling cases related to stressed[Read More…]