The Lok Sabha adopted the motion to extend the term of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (amendment) bill on Thursday and to present their report at the end of the 2025 budget session instead.
Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar said on Thursday that everyone in the Parliament should have the highest regard for conforming to the rules of the House, as any such deviation in tantamount to being sacrilegious to the "temple of democracy."
After taking oath in Parliament as the MP from Kerala's Wayanad, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said that her priority will be to raise important issues concerning the nation.
As Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra began her maiden tenure as a Member of Parliament, party leader Sachin Pilot said that the Congress leader will raise issues relating to women and youth in the Parliament.
Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi expressed her happiness on Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra taking oath on Thursday as the MP from Kerala's Wayanad following her win in the recent Lok Sabha bypolls and said that she is "happy and proud."
As the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) seeks an extension on examining the Waqf (amendment) Bill and consult more stakeholders, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called it an "anti federal bill" in the state's assembly on Thursday.
Amid the ongoing winter session of Parliament, Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday raised questions to the Minister of Communication regarding the decision of the Indian government to allocate space (satellite broadband) spectrum instead of auctioning it as per the 2012 Supre
Security forces conducted extensive search operations in various vulnerable areas of the hill and valley districts in Manipur, the state police confirmed on Thursday.
The bill to amend the Waqf Act is unlikely to be taken up in the winter session of Parliament, with the joint committee set up to examine it set to seek an extension to present its report