Extending New Year greetings to the Vice President of India, Bhagwant Mann expressed hope that the New Year will bring happiness, peace and prosperity to him and his family.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar extended his greetings to the members of the House for the upcoming festivals, including Christmas, Pongal, Lohri and others, and suggested that there is a need to be vigilant of the rising cases of Covid pandemic and take necessary precautions.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla wear a mask as the proceedings of the Parliament begin today. Few other MPs have also been seen wearing masks in the wake of a sudden surge in cases in China and other countries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday enjoyed a millet lunch at Parliament along with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other MPs.
The father of deceased Sagar Dhankhar on Tuesday withdrew petition seeking cancellation of interim bail granted to Sushil Kumar from the Delhi High court. Sushil was granted interim bail on the grounds of the treatment of his wife. He had surrendered on November 13.
The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to transfer the Sagar Dhankhar murder case to a Fast Track court while requesting the trial court to go with a trial of the case expeditiously. The case involves former Olympian Sushil Kumar alongwith several other criminals.
Fifty years ago, the day marked the largest military surrender after the Second World War, as 93,000 soldiers of the Pakistan Army laid down their arms before the Indian forces -- resulting in the liberation of Bangladesh, formerly East Pakistan.
Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar urging them to suspend today's Parliamentary business to discuss women's safety issues as Friday marked 10 years of Nirbhaya gang rape.
Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil has written to Vice President and the chairman of the Upper House, Jagdeep Dhankhar, underlining the lack of 'precaution' in the ongoing construction of the new Parliament building as part of the Central Vista project.
Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday led the nation in paying tributes to the security personnel and victims who lost their lives while defending the Parliament 21 years ago.