"Parliament is the country's largest panchayat. Our country is a cultural country, a country with 'tehzeeb'. Parliament has an Ethics Committee that is investigating this matter. Action will definitely be taken in this," Khatana told ANI.
Answering queries during a press conference here on the upcoming Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Commonwealth, he also said that steps have been taken to cut down on wasteful expenditure and capabilities and capacity of the staff are being enhanced.
Answering queries during a press conference here on the upcoming Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of Commonwealth, he also cautioned members that there will be action if the dignity of the House is not maintained
"The Speaker will look into this matter and check whether the allegations being made by BJP MP Anurag Thakur are true or not," Anwar told reporters, underlining that the issue falls squarely within the Speaker's jurisdiction.
Azad questioned the validity of Thakur's claims and noted that Thakur had raised them during Zero Hour, the allotted time for all MPs to raise issues, and that the Speaker had reprimanded Thakur for wasting time.
Hours after BJP MP Anurag Thakur complained in Lok Sabha that a TMC MP had been smoking E-Cigarettes for several days and Speaker Om Birla promised action in the matter over any such occurence, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said that smoking E-Cigarette is prohibited outside the House also
After BJP MP Anurag Thakur accused a Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP of "smoking" an e-cigarette inside the Parliament, BJP National Spokesperson, Shehzad Poonawalla, on Thursday demanded that TMC take action against the MP who "lowered the dignity" of the House and Constitution.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 45,984 prohibited e-cigarettes worth Rs 10.42 crore at Tuticorin Port, uncovering a major smuggling racket and arresting three people linked to the operation. According to information from the Ministry of Finance, the goods were found
According to officials, the passenger, identified as Jafar Mobilewala was travelling in an Air India flight from Bangkok and Surat, and was found on Tuesday to be carrying two bags in which over 8 eight packets totalling to 4 kg of hydro weed (hybrid) valued at ₹1.41 crore. The accused ha
Around 250 Kgs of NDPS drugs (Heroin, Cocaine, Ganja, Charas, etc.), Gutkha/ Pan Masala, 26 Lakhs cigarettes of foreign origin, and e-Cigarettes valued at Rs. 1,011 Crores approx. The safe destruction of the field formations of CBIC is also a main milestone.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) urged the Mumbai Police to register an FIR against actor Ranbir Kapoor, producers, production company and OTT platform Netflix for allegedly airing the use of banned e-cigarettes on screen without a warning or disclaimer in the recently released sh
Ben Gurion Airport Customs officials arrested two suspects for importing e-cigarette liquid disguised as makeup remover while evading tax payments of 1.2 million Shekels (USD 360,000).