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Monday, Nov 29, 2021 | Last Update : 04:43 PM IST

Winter Session of Parliament to begin on stormy note on Monday

The session beginning Monday will conclude on December 23

28 Nov 2021 12:08 PM

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla during their meeting in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug 12, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Eight ministers target Opposition, ask it to 'apologise' for Parliament ruckus

The government rebutted the allegations by NCP chief Sharad Pawar that 'outsiders' had been called in to 'manhandle' Opposition members

13 Aug 2021 7:21 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks in the Lok Sabha, on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 19, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo)

Introduction of ministers halted, PM Modi slams Opposition 'mentality'

As the Opposition members continued their uproar, Mr Modi laid the list of the newly inducted ministers on the table of the House

20 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 addresses the media, as it rains on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 19, 2021. Union Ministers Prahlad Joshi and Jitendra Singh are also seen. (PTI Photo)

Those who get jabbed become 'Baahubali': PM

Over 40 crore people vaccinated against COVID

19 Jul 2021 10:12 PM

The session is slated to conclude on August 13. (Photo: rstv.nic.in)

Monsoon session of Parliament to have 19 sittings

Lok Sabha will meet from 11 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm unless directed otherwise by Speaker Om Birla

04 Jul 2021 9:23 AM

Parliamentarians in Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (Photo:PTI)

Govt hopeful of holding Monsoon Session of Parliament in July: Minister Joshi

Since the pandemic began, three sessions of Parliament were curtailed and the winter session last year had to be cancelled

09 Jun 2021 12:57 AM

The court will get the opinion of the state governments based on the position of the parties that run them. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Quotas: Let Parliament decide

Reservation is essentially a political question; its legal aspects are addressed by Article 15 (4) of the Constitution

11 Mar 2021 4:20 AM

An extremely emotional speeches by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rajya Sabha Opposition Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad of the Congress, it augured well for a sense of dignity and decorum to be ushered back into India’s increasingly polarised polity. (Photo:PTI)

AA Edit | Modi & Azad: Civility back

Not often in the recent past has Parliament been invaded by an outbreak of civility

11 Feb 2021 4:47 AM

Question Hour is definitely an invaluable institution, central to democratic functioning, and must be reinstated at the earliest. But is that enough? (PTI Image)

Shruti Lakhtakia |A new mantra? Seek, and you shall find; ask, it will be given

The value of Question Hour, as an institution that offers the opportunity to question the government and to demand accountability is immense

15 Oct 2020 7:26 PM

There will also be no breaks during the session, which will be held from September 14 to October 1. (PTI Photo)

Parliament monsoon session: No question hour, curtailed Zero Hour

There will also be no breaks during the session and both Houses will function on Saturdays and Sundays as well

02 Sep 2020 3:19 PM

Suspended Congress MPs Gaurav Gogoi (C), T N Prathapan (2L), Dean Kuriakose (R), Manicka Tagore (2R) and Gurjeet Singh Aujla (R) stage a protest at Parliament during the ongoing Budget Session, in New Delhi (PTI)

Revoke suspension of Congress MPs: Opposition

Lok Sabha had on Thursday passed a motion suspending the seven Congress members for their “utter disregard” for House rules

06 Mar 2020 3:47 PM

The Union Cabinet on November 20 approved the import of 1.2 lakh metric tonnes of onion in view of the high prices of the essential commodity in the market. (Photo: Representational)

Varanasi shops give onions on loan by keeping Aadhaar Card as mortgage

This comes after the Congress party workers in Lucknow on Friday sold onions at Rs 40 per kg outside the Assembly.

01 Dec 2019 5:18 PM

Three Rafale fighter jets have been handed over to the Indian Air Force and are being used to train IAF pilots and technicians in France, the government said on Wednesday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh received the first Rafale jet at an air base in France on October 8. (Photo: File)

3 Rafale jets handed over to IAF: Centre in Parliament

However, he said two contracts have been signed with HAL for procurement of total 40 LCA and a separate lot of 20 jets.

21 Nov 2019 9:25 AM

'The BJP govt is running 90 per cent of the business in this country with a few industrialists,' senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said. (Photo: File)

Disclose all details about electoral bonds before Parliament: Cong to govt

Describing electoral bonds as a 'political bribery scheme', the Oppn party said it was a scam that tarnished image of the Indian democracy.

20 Nov 2019 3:58 PM

A discussion on air pollution and climate change is expected to take place in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday afternoon on the second day of the Parliament's winter session. (Photo: File)

Discussion on air pollution, climate change in Parliament today

Congress MP Manish Tewari and BJD MLA Pinaki Misra are expected to initiate discussion in the Parliament at around 2 pm.

19 Nov 2019 9:57 AM

Hundreds of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students in Delhi were stopped near campus soon after they began marching towards the Parliament on Monday. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Protesting JNU students stopped by cops during march to Parliament

Police officials said adequate security arrangements have also been made along the route of the march.

18 Nov 2019 12:58 PM

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said his party must lead the Opposition in Parliament to expose the "utter mismanagement" of the economy by the Modi government. (Photo: File)

Cong must lead Oppn in Parliament to expose 'mismanagement' of economy: Chidambaram

'The government seems knowledge proof and refuses to accept valid criticism and genuine advice,' the former FM said in another tweet.

18 Nov 2019 11:23 AM

As the Winter Session of Parliament will start on Monday, the government seeks to pass more than 30 bills amid the opposition’s plan to raise the issue of the detention of political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir, a slowing economy, rising unemployment and farmers’ distress among others. (Photo: File)

'Want frank, high quality debates on all matters,' says PM ahead of Winter Session

The Winter Session is scheduled to go on till December 13 and will provide a total of 20 sittings spread over a period of 26 days.

18 Nov 2019 8:59 AM

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will hold a meeting on Saturday with the leaders of all parties in the House for the smooth functioning of Parliament during the winter session which is beginning from Monday. (Photo: File)

Lok Sabha Speaker to chair all-party meeting today ahead of winter session

The meeting will be held in the Parliament Library Building at 3.30 pm.

16 Nov 2019 11:32 AM

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