Floor leaders of the opposition's INDIA bloc held a meeting on Monday ahead of the commencement of the 11th day of the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.
After the suspension of several MPs from both Houses for raising a ruckus on the major security breach in Parliament on Wednesday, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday clarified that one member was mistakenly included in the list of MPs suspended.
Four persons arrested in connection with the security breach in Parliament have taken common responsibility for the incident and are reportedly said to have been giving "rote answers" to the investigation team of the cell in the matter, police sources said on Thursday.
After a security breach at the new Parliament building sent shockwaves throughout the nation, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi revealed that she had previously flagged concern over a huge crowd pouring into the visitors' gallery of the Rajya Sabha Parliament.
The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the legislation on the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, while the Opposition walked out of the proceedings after markings its objection to the proposed law.
Union Minister for State Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday in a written reply that, as per the data provided by the Government of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, 46,631 Kashmiri migrant families comprising 1,57,967 individuals are registered with the Relief O
Following the explusion of TMC MP Mahua Moitra from the the 17th Lok Sabha in a 'cash for query' case, TMC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Friday said that justice has been denied to Mahua Moitra.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday issued three line whip to all its MPs of Lok Sabha to be present in the house on Friday to discuss very important legislative business and support government's stand.
"The statement made by me yesterday inadvertently if it had hurt the sentiments of the members and sections of the people, I would like to withdraw it. I request the words to be expunged and I express my regret," Senthilkumar said in the Lok Sabha today.
Reacting to the 'Gaumutra States' jibe at BJP made by DMK MP DNV Senthilkumar S, Congress leader Karti Chidambaram on Tuesday demanded an apology from the Lok Sabha parliamentarian and said that the choice of his words were unfortunate.
The data pertaining to the number of private security agencies in the country is not maintained centrally. This data is maintained at the level of State/UT, said Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
With the winter session of the Parliament set to begin in the first week of December, the Lok Sabha Secretariat on Thursday issued an advisory to House members stating that the Digital Sansad website will remain accessible only to the parliamentarians and not to their staff or any third part