Tourists are allowed to visit Campbell Bay in Great Nicobar Island and a total of 8,026 tickets were issued to islanders and non-islanders since January 2023, Centre told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Day 1 of the debate on the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government saw the Congress and Union Ministers locking horns over the situation in Manipur which has been witnessing ethnic clashes since May.
In a special mention about the issue told the Rajya Sabha that there have been 10, 732 suicide cases of students below the age of 18 years in 2021 only showing a growth of 4.5 per cent from 2020.
The minister further slammed the previous UPA government at the Centre for “racial discrimination and atrocities” faced by the people from Northeast in the national capital.
The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2023 which entrusts the management accountability of the institutes with the President of India giving more powers to the Centre, diluting the premier Business-schools’ autonomy.
With only months to go for the Assembly polls in five states-- Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram-- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is planning to hit the ground just after the conclusion of ongoing Monsoon Session of Parliament, sources said on Tuesday.
The Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill, 2023, was passed by voice vote. Earlier, the Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 4.
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal on Tuesday said that Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to his Lok Sabha constituency in Wayanad, Kerala, from August 12 to August 13.
The decision on suspension of TMC’s Derek O’ Brien from the Rajya Sabha for remainder of the monsoon session “for unruly behaviour” is still pending with Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar stating that the process did not fructify as he didn't take the sense of the House
"RLD Chief Jayant Chaudhry could not go to Rajya Sabha on Monday as he had to attend his wife's operation. Rashtriya Lok Dal is with the I.N.D.I.A alliance. He wanted to vote but could not reach," party spokesperson said.