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1 week, 4 days ago

DC Edit | Parl held to ransom by both govt & Opp.

The Winter Session of Parliament has witnessed a series of curious events with some having precedents but not the others. Most notable among them was the notice to remove Jagdeep Dhankhar as vice-president and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha but no less surprising were the Treasury benches disrupting proceedings even as the Opposition insisted it wanted the Houses to function …

Houses Dhankhar Opposition Members

1 week, 6 days ago

994 Waqf properties illegally encroached upon, govt tells Parliament

Hindustan Times

A total of 994 Waqf properties have been reported as alienated — or illegally encroached upon — across the country, with Tamil Nadu alone accounting for a maximum of 734 such properties, the Union government informed Parliament on Monday. 994 Waqf properties illegally encroached upon, govt tells Parl In a written response to a set of questions from Communist Party …

Properties Land State Parliament Waqf Waqf Properties Parl

4 weeks, 1 day ago

Another Cong setback further erodes its Parl polls advantage

Hindustan Times

The summer of 2024 is becoming a distant memory for the Congress. Congress’s drubbing in Maharashtra has, apart from reacquainting the party with its old bugbear –– it loses head-to-head contests to the BJP –– also raised questions about its standing to head the national opposition alliance. Back in June, the party managed to win more seats than it did …

India Maharashtra Haryana Lok Sabha North India Seats Lok

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Foreign Secy to Brief Parl Panel on India-Canada Ties: Details of India-Canada & India-China Relations to be Discussed

Hindustan Times

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will brief the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs on various aspects of New Delhi's relations with Canada and China. The meeting will take place on November 6, amid the worsening bilateral relations between New Delhi and Ottawa over a host of issues that have triggered a full-blown crisis between the two G20 member nations.

Global Foreign Relations India-China India-Canada New Delhi

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Oppn, NDA ally ask Parl’s OBC panel to discuss caste census

Hindustan Times

Opposition parties and National Democratic Alliance member Janata Dal have asked the parliamentary committee on welfare of other backward classes to discuss the caste census, people aware of the matter said on Thursday, marking a major push for a contentious issue that was a central narratives in the recently concluded general elections. According to functionaries cited above, the 30-member panel …

India Bihar Congress Caste Party Caste Census Bjp

6 months, 1 week ago

Political protests: Drive a tractor or ride a bullock cart to Parl, place an empty chair at meetings, switch off lights

Hindustan Times

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s home in Kolkata went dark on Sunday evening. But it wasn’t because of an unscheduled power cut at the chief minister’s home: It was Banerjee’s way of protesting against the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. And while the Lok Sabha was still buzzing with activity well past midnight, a group of eight …

India Congress Protest Modi Parliament Banerjee Tmc

6 months, 1 week ago

Will raise issue of law on MSP in Parl, Mamata assures Punjab farmers

Hindustan Times

A five-member delegation of Trinamool Congress leaders on Monday met protesting farmers at Khanauri border in Punjab, with West Bengal chief minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee speaking to the farm leaders over the phone. West Bengal CM spoke to farm leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal and assured him that her party will “always stand for justice for farmers and raise …

Farmers Haryana Mamata Punjab Msp Delegation Parl

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Prakash Ambedkar lays out agenda for MVA, demands OBC quota in Parl, state assembly

Hindustan Times

Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi chief Prakash Ambedkar has laid out a 39-point agenda for a Common Minimum Programme of the Maha Vikas Aghadi combine. The VBA leader has covered issues like social justice, agriculture and land reforms in the document. Besides demanding a caste census, Ambedkar has sought reserved seats for Other Backward Class in the Lok Sabha and state assembly. …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Parl. committee visits TS, protesting advocates submit memo against shift

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The parliamentary standing committee on personnel, public grievances, and law and justice, led by Sushil Kumar Modi and comprising MPs from both Houses, visited the Telangana High Court on Tuesday to examine, assess, and learn about infrastructure grievances. The committee faced heat from a section of advocates, who staged a protest over the recent decision by the Telangana government …

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1 year ago

Parl Security Breach: Sonia Gandhi Joins Suspended MPs' Protest | 'PM Modi, Shah Must...'

Hindustan Times

Parl Security Breach: Sonia Gandhi Joins Suspended MPs' Protest | 'PM Modi, Shah Must.' The suspended MPs said that they only demand a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on the issue of Parliament security breaches. Congress MP Sonia Gandhi also joined the protesting MPs in Parliament to support them. #soniagandhi #suspendedmps #parliamentsecuritybreach #parliament #loksabha …

Gandhi Parliament Suspended Sonia Gandhi Parl Mps Protest

1 year ago

Can’t count housing units without basic infra as ‘complete’ under PMAY (U): Parl panel

Hindustan Times

The Union government should not consider housing units built under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana as “completed”, when basic amenities such as accessible roads, sewerage, water and electricity connections are not provided, the Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs said in a report presented in the Lok Sabha on Friday. Launched in 2015, PMAY is one of the Centre’s …

Housing Pmay

1 year ago

Mahua Moitra Expelled from Parl, Ethics Panel Member Says, MP's 'Immorality was Visible'

News 18

Parliament News Updates: High drama is underway at Lok Sabha after the members voted in favour of the motion, leading to expulsion of Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in connection with cash-for-query case. • “During the UPA government in 2005, a report was presented and 10 Lok Sabha members were expelled on same day,” BJP MP Hina Gavit said on …

Ethics Congress Lok Sabha Report House Bjp Lok

1 year, 1 month ago

Online financial fraud value ballooned between 2002-2023: Govt tells Parl panel

Hindustan Times

The value of online financial frauds ballooned from ₹2296 crore in 2022 to ₹5574 crore in 2023, the Union home ministry has informed the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology. IT secretary S Krishnan, National Informatics Centre deputy director general Deepak Goel and officials from Reserve Bank of India, National Payments Corporation of India, Punjab National Bank, and …

Fraud Ministry Panel

1 year, 1 month ago

Jharkhandi Pitbull, Hiranandani's Car, Sister's Child 'Using Parl ID in UK': Mahua's Explosive Revelations

News 18

Darshan Hiranandani, the CEO of the real estate and infrastructure company Hiranandani Group, reportedly gifted Mahua Moitra “only a scarf, some lipsticks and makeup items”, and not a list of expensive presents as claimed by advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey. Calling Darshan a “close personal friend”, the TMC MP justified that a person will go to …

India Jharkhand Pitbull Questions Moitra Darshan Otp

1 year, 1 month ago

Parl Panel Defers Adoption of Bills Replacing IPC, CrPC & Evidence Act; Oppn MPs Seek Extension till March 2024

News 18

Amid the ongoing war of words between members of the opposition and the ruling party, the standing committee for home affairs on Friday decided to hold the next meeting on November 6 to discuss and adopt the draft report of the three bills referred to it by Union Home Minister Amit Shah-led Ministry in the last monsoon session of Parliament. …

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1 year, 2 months ago

‘Parl ID used in Dubai’: Nishikant Dubey moves Lokpal against Mahua Moitra

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: BJP lawmaker from Jharkhand, Nishikant Dubey, who lodged the first cash-for-query complaint against Trinamool Congress’s Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra, said on Saturday that he has filed a similar complaint with the Lokpal—a body to probe corruption cases against public servants including legislators. With complaints piling up against her, Moitra claimed on Saturday that she rejected a “deal” …

India Delhi Lokpal Cbi Group Fir Complaint

1 year, 2 months ago

Parl panel discusses issues with tech firms in Mumbai

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology on Monday met senior officials from all major social media platforms and discussed monopolistic practices, content and ad moderation, election misinformation, promotion algorithms and parental control, among others, people aware of the matter said. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology meets representatives of all major social …

Information Google Information Technology Koo Asked Facebook Chatterjee

1 year, 3 months ago

No agenda for Parl session, discuss nine issues raised by oppn: Sonia to PM

Deccan Chronicle

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to point out that no agenda was listed for the special Parliament session and to raise nine issues, including violence in Manipur and price rise, for discussion during it.The issues listed by Gandhi include Centre-state relations, rise in cases of communal tension, border transgressions by China …

India China Congress Gandhi Nda Parliament Session

1 year, 3 months ago

‘President of Bharat’ on G20 invite triggers row; govt. sources dismiss talk of name change in upcoming Parl. session as ‘rubbish’

The Hindu

September 05, 2023 01:19 pm | Updated 09:01 pm IST The Congress on September 5 attacked the BJP government over a G20 dinner invite referring to President Droupadi Murmu as “President of Bharat”, accusing the government of being “scared” of the INDIA bloc and diverting from issues such as price rise and “rising joblessness”. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan shared a …

India G20 President Bharat Parl

1 year, 4 months ago

Smriti Irani dubs Rahul Gandhi ‘misogynist’ for blowing ‘flying kiss’ in Parl

Live Mint

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and dubbed Rahul Gandhi "misogynist man" for allegedly blowing flying kiss to Parliament that seats female members; says action lacks dignity. Such undignified conduct was never before seen in the Parliament of the country.” Meanwhile, NDA women MPs had written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla demanding …

India Congress Gandhi Rahul House Bjp Rahul Gandhi

1 year, 4 months ago

Ex-Judge’s Statements Are Opinions, Not Diktats: CJI Chandrachud on Ranjan Gogoi’s ‘Basic Structure’ Remark in Parl

News 18

Amid the arguments before a constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday over pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370, senior advocate Kapil Sibal brought in a statement of former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, which raised doubts on the basic structure doctrine. “One of your esteemed colleagues has said that in fact the basic structure theory is also …

India Structure Constitution Court Parliament Sibal Chandrachud

1 year, 4 months ago

'US is India's Key Ally in Countering Terrorism': EAM Briefs Parl Panel; Cong Remains Absent

News 18

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday chaired a meeting of the Parliamentary consultative committee for external affairs, during which India-US relations and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Washington visit were discussed. PM Modi’s US Visit In the meeting, the members also inquired about what transpired during the recent visit of the Prime Minister to the US. In the meeting, the …

India Bengaluru Prime Indian Minister Members Visit

1 year, 4 months ago

‘Mere samajh se pare…': Harbhajan Singh wonders about logjam in Parl amid ruckus

Hindustan Times

As a newcomer, it is beyond my understanding and a matter of wonder that the Parliament has failed to hold deliberations over several issues so far amid constant unrest in both the Houses, cricketer-turned-politician Harbhajan Singh said amid the high-tension drama that ensued inside the Union legislature by both the ruling and Opposition parties on Thursday. AAP MP Harbhajan Singh …

India House Parliament Harbhajan Singh Parl Se Pare Singh Wonder

1 year, 4 months ago

Amit Shah writes to Oppn on Parl impasse, seeks cooperation to discuss Manipur

Live Mint

Home Minister Amit Shah has written to the leaders of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over the Parliament impasse, seeking cooperation to discuss the Manipur issue. In his letter to Opposition leaders of both houses, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Lok Sabha and Mallikarjun Kharge of Rajya Sabha, Amit Shah said that the government is ready for discussion …

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DC Edit | Parl held to ransom by both govt & Opp.

994 Waqf properties illegally encroached upon, govt tells Parliament

Another Cong setback further erodes its Parl polls advantage

Foreign Secy to Brief Parl Panel on India-Canada Ties: Details of India-Canada & India-China Relations to be Discussed

Oppn, NDA ally ask Parl’s OBC panel to discuss caste census

Political protests: Drive a tractor or ride a bullock cart to Parl, place an empty chair at meetings, switch off lights

Will raise issue of law on MSP in Parl, Mamata assures Punjab farmers

Prakash Ambedkar lays out agenda for MVA, demands OBC quota in Parl, state assembly

Parl. committee visits TS, protesting advocates submit memo against shift

Parl Security Breach: Sonia Gandhi Joins Suspended MPs' Protest | 'PM Modi, Shah Must...'

Can’t count housing units without basic infra as ‘complete’ under PMAY (U): Parl panel

Mahua Moitra Expelled from Parl, Ethics Panel Member Says, MP's 'Immorality was Visible'

Online financial fraud value ballooned between 2002-2023: Govt tells Parl panel

Jharkhandi Pitbull, Hiranandani's Car, Sister's Child 'Using Parl ID in UK': Mahua's Explosive Revelations

Parl Panel Defers Adoption of Bills Replacing IPC, CrPC & Evidence Act; Oppn MPs Seek Extension till March 2024

‘Parl ID used in Dubai’: Nishikant Dubey moves Lokpal against Mahua Moitra

Parl panel discusses issues with tech firms in Mumbai

No agenda for Parl session, discuss nine issues raised by oppn: Sonia to PM

‘President of Bharat’ on G20 invite triggers row; govt. sources dismiss talk of name change in upcoming Parl. session as ‘rubbish’

Smriti Irani dubs Rahul Gandhi ‘misogynist’ for blowing ‘flying kiss’ in Parl

Ex-Judge’s Statements Are Opinions, Not Diktats: CJI Chandrachud on Ranjan Gogoi’s ‘Basic Structure’ Remark in Parl

'US is India's Key Ally in Countering Terrorism': EAM Briefs Parl Panel; Cong Remains Absent

‘Mere samajh se pare…': Harbhajan Singh wonders about logjam in Parl amid ruckus

Amit Shah writes to Oppn on Parl impasse, seeks cooperation to discuss Manipur