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Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw seapks on Pegasus in Parliament. (ANI)

Pegasus rocks Parliament for second day as Opposition starts furore

The Opposition also demanded the sacking of the Union home minister Amit Shah

21 Jul 2021 7:06 AM

Parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha, on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 19, 2021. (RSTV/PTI Photo)

Houses erupt over snooping, government denies any surveillance

Opposition parties did not accept the response and have demanded an independent investigation into the allegations of snooping

20 Jul 2021 7:03 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an all-party meeting, a day before the monsoon session of Parliament begins, in New Delhi, Sunday, July 18, 2021. BJP leader Rajnath Singh also seen. (PTI Photo)

PM’s joint address plan angers Opposition

Centre lists 29 Bills for monsoon session

19 Jul 2021 1:36 AM

Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan arrives to meet party leader Pashupati Kumar Paras at his house, in New Delhi, Monday, June 14, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Coup in LJP; Chirag Paswan gets ejected, uncle in saddle

The group of five MPs has conveyed their decision of electing Paras as the LJP leader in Lok Sabha to the Speaker

14 Jun 2021 10:05 PM

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (PTI)

FM slams critics who saw Budget tilting to ‘cronies’

Calls Rahul ‘doomsday man of India’

14 Feb 2021 4:15 AM

Shah assures statehood to JK at appropriate time; says its development top priority

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021 has already been passed by Rajya Sabha

13 Feb 2021 10:05 PM

Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur speaks in Lok Sabha during the ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, amid the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi, Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. (LSTV/PTI)

Anurag Thakur’s remark on Nehru-Gandhis sets off Lok Sabha furore

Thakur accused Gandhis of corruption after Opposition criticised Centre for PM-Cares Fund

19 Sep 2020 12:04 PM

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu conducts a mock session of the Rajya Sabha, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. (PTI)

COVID-19 effect: Coming Monsoon Session of Parliament to be a unique affair

Staggered timings: proceedings in the Rajya Sabha will be held from 9 am till 1 pm while that of the Lok Sabha will be from 3 pm to 7 pm

11 Sep 2020 3:48 AM

Pandemic used as an excuse to murder democracy: Opposition

In a scathing attack, Congress MP Mr. Shashi Tharoor said questioning the government was the oxygen of parliamentary democracy

03 Sep 2020 11:40 AM

Get tested for COVID-19 at least 72 hours before Monsoon Session: Om Birla tells MPs

The Monsoon Session is likely to start from September 14 and conclude on October 1.

29 Aug 2020 4:09 AM

BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi in the Speaker chair conducts proceedings in the Lok Sabha (PTI)

Mines and Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill passed in Lok Sabha

The bill will open up the coal sector fully for commercial mining for all domestic and global companies

06 Mar 2020 3:16 PM

Parliamentary affairs minister Prahlad Joshi then moved a motion to suspend the members from the House for the remaining period of the Budget Session, that was passed by a voice vote amid protests by the Opposition. (Photo: File)

7 Cong MPs suspended in Lok Sabha for rest of session

Congress’ Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary told the media his party would be reaching out to other Opposition parties for a joint protest.

06 Mar 2020 2:59 AM

Trinamul Congress leaders protest over Delhi violence at Parliament during the ongoing Budget Session in New Delhi on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha uproar over Delhi riots

Oppn MPs demand discussion on riots, resignation of home minister Amit Shah.

03 Mar 2020 3:48 AM

On the occasion, he also hailed Vajpayee as a consensus-builder who worked to take everyone along and noted that people may have given strong majorities to different parties since 1952 but over 50 per cent of them have never voted for one party. (Photo: File)

Ex-Prez bats for raising LS strength to 1,000, cautions against 'majoritarianism'

Mukherjee noted people have given strong majorities to different parties since 1952 but 50 pc of them never voted for one party.

17 Dec 2019 8:15 AM

Union Minister Smriti Irani in Lok Sabha. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

'Will not apologise, BJP want to deflect attention': Rahul over 'rape in India' remark row

BJP lawmakers stood and raised slogans demanding an apology from the former Congress president.

13 Dec 2019 12:17 PM

'The ministry has emphasised that not only shall the campus return to normalcy but a foolproof system shall be put in place for non-recurrence of such issues in the future,' a senior HRD Ministry official said. (Photo: File)

JNU fee-hike: 'Need a fool-proof system for non recurrence of issues,' says HRD

The ministry has asked the university to consider and give a relaxation of 2 weeks to make up for the lost academic period.

12 Dec 2019 7:08 PM

Internet cut off, people in Assam can't read your 'reassuring' message: Cong to PM

Congress said, 'Our brothers and sisters in Assam cannot read your 'reassuring' message Modiji, in case you've forgotten.'

12 Dec 2019 12:44 PM

'No one can take away your rights': PM assures Assam on Citizenship Bill

'Centre and I are totally committed to constitutionally safeguard political, linguistic, cultural rights of Assamese people,' Modi said.

12 Dec 2019 10:19 AM

Asked about the change in Sena's stand, Chidambaram said, "We are certainly happy that the Shiv Sena did not vote in favour of the Bill". (Photo: File)

Happy that Shiv Sena did not vote in favour of Citizenship Bill: P Chidambaram

The Shiv Sena opposed it in Rajya Sabha, saying draft law should have been debated on basis of 'humanity not religion'.

12 Dec 2019 10:05 AM

IUML, in its petition, requested the apex court to stay the Bill and its operation. (Photo: File)

'Unconstitutional': IUML challenges Citizenship Amendment Bill in SC

The Muslim League also pleaded to declare it 'illegal and void' for violating Article 14, 15 and 21 of the Constitution.

12 Dec 2019 9:28 AM

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