The first day of the winter session of Parliament saw repeated sloganeering, with the ruling party alleging that the Opposition MPs are not letting the house function. Between 11 AM to 2 PM, the house saw 3 total adjournments, and legislative business of just around 50 minutes took place.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday slammed the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena over Minister Gulabrao Patil's "Lakshmi Darshan" remarks ahead of the local body polls in the state, asking the Election Commission to take cognisance of it.
Chaudhary explained that she rescued the puppy while on her way to Parliament in the morning. She witnessed a scooter-car collision and noticed the puppy wandering near the road. To ensure the dog did not get hurt, she brought it along in her car. The dog remained inside the vehicle only
Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the ongoing SIR process is being conducted not to strengthen democracy, but to cut the votes of certain individuals.
Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Monday asserted that the government has no authority to dictate what issues the opposition should raise in Parliament, vowing that the opposition will continue to highlight matters of genuine public concern during the winter session of the Parliament.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday clarified that he did not intentionally skip the Congress strategic group meeting held a day earlier, stating that he was on a flight returning from Kerala when the meeting took place.
Indian Union Muslim League MP E.T. Mohammed Basheer on Monday called for taking a firm stand on the SIR process during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.
BJP MP Ravi Kishan on Monday said that the opposition should allow both houses to run smoothly in the Parliament Winter session, which began earlier in the day adding that if they are interested in doing "drama" then they must do it somewhere else and not on the infrastructure built by th
TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee hit back at PM Modi on his 'drama comment' on Monday. He said that for the opposition to ask for a debate on SIR should not be considered 'drama', and that if the government labels raising people's voices as 'drama', then they need to be ready to be removed from p
Multiple Opposition leaders raised the slogan of "vote chor, gaddi chod" in the House, while also demanding a discussion on the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls across the country.
As the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) prepares to announce its policy decision this week, the industry and economists remain divided on what the central bank will do.
A Dhaka court on Monday has sentenced Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 5 years imprisonment on corruption charges. The court also sentenced Sheikh Rehana, the younger sister of the former prime minister, to 7 years in prison in this case and Rehana's daughter, Tulip Siddi