Parliament

The second part of the Budget session is set to commence from today, March 14, in the Parliament, and the Opposition remains prepared to corner the government on several issues such as unemployment and inflation in the country. Apart from…
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Canada’s parliament on Monday backed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to invoke rarely-used emergency powers to end pandemic-related protests that have blocked streets in the capital Ottawa for more than three weeks. The…
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As many as 655 “encounter killings” have been reported from across the country over the last five years, minister of state for home Nityanand Rai told Parliament on Tuesday. Rai was responding to Bharatiya Janata Party member Varun…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a no-holds barred attack on the Congress today, accused it of adopting the "Divide and rule" policy of the British to rule a multicultural, diverse country. Hurling back the words of Jawaharlal Nehru in…
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Union home minister Amit Shah will make a statement in both the Houses of Parliament regarding the recent attack on All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s convoy in Uttar Pradesh. Owaisi’s car was fired upon…
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The Lok Sabha secretariat last week asked its branches to furnish quarterly reports on the economic use of paper as Parliament seeks to go greener. “It is...brought to the notice of all concerned that the requisite quarterly reports for…
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The Budget Session of parliament will begin on January 31 with the address of the president to both the Houses, and conclude on April 8. The Union Budget will be presented on February 1. The first part of the session would conclude on…
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The climate crisis took centre stage in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday as opposition parties raised questions on how India plans to meet its commitments made at the recent climate conference in Glasgow and why states weren’t consulted before…
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will brief Parliament today (Thursday) on the crash of the military chopper which was carrying Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 other persons. The Defence Minister visited CDS Rawat's residence…
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The government has no record of the farmers who had died during the year-long farmers’ protests and hence there was no question of providing compensation to their families, the Union government informed Parliament on Wednesday. “The…
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