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Rahul Gandhi writes to Lok Sabha Speaker, seeks permission to respond to "
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"I had written to you on March 17 seeking your permission to respond to totally baseless and unfair charges hurled at me by senior ministers in the Lok Sabha," Rahul Gandhi said.
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Budget session: Rajya Sabha adjourned, to meet on March 23
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Amid a series of disruptions in the Parliament, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned on Tuesday to meet at 11 am on Thursday.
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National Pension System: 567,116 beneficiaries at present
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
There are 567,116 beneficiaries above the age of 60 years currently under the National Pension System (NPS), Union Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad informed Parliament in a written reply to a question on Monday.
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Defector explains how North Korea's weapons overshadow human rights abuses
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"North Korea is a living hell," Jung Gwang-il, a North Korean defector and president of the No Chain rights organization, told DW on the sidelines of an EU Parliament event last week investigating the dire human rights situation in North Korea.
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Budget session: Speakers of both houses call all-party meeting amid repeat
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"I invite the floor leaders of all parties to my chamber at 11.30 am today. The House is adjourned to meet at 2 pm today," Jagdeep Dhankhar said.
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DMK MP gives Suspension of Business notice in RS to "discuss govt's failur
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In a notice addressed to the Rajya Sabha chairman, MP Siva said, "I seek your consent under Rule 267 of the Rules of Procedure and the Conduct of Business in the Council of States to suspend rules 15,23, and 51 and any other business listed under any other rules in the Revised list of busine
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PM Modi holds meeting with top ministers
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The PM arrived in Parliament to conduct the meeting before proceedings of both Houses resumed on the seventh day of the second leg of the Budget Session.
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Congress MP Manish Tewari gives Adjournment Motion notice in LS over issue
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"That this House do suspend Zero Hour and other businesses of the day to have a discussion on the essence, substance and spirit of Freedom of Speech accorded to Members of Parliament under Article 105 of the Constitution", the notice added.
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"Rahul Gandhi is present-day Mir Jafar", Sambit Patra over Cambridge row
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"Rahul Gandhi will have to apologize in Parliament. He always defames the nation. He is the present-day Mir Jafar of India Polity, said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra.
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BJP MP blames Andhra govt for neglecting Visakhapatnam metro rail project
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP GVL Narasimha Rao on Monday blamed the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government in Andhra Pradesh for neglecting the Visakhapatnam metro rail project.
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Sanjay Raut objects to Maharashtra Assembly disciplinary panel, calls it a
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After a breach of privilege notice to Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut over his alleged remarks against the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the Uddhav Thackeray camp leader objected to the disciplinary panel, saying it was against natural justice and parliamentary democracy.
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Two no-confidence votes against French President Emmanuel Macron's govt fa
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The French President on Thursday pushed the unpopular pension reform scheme which proposed to raise the retirement age for most workers to 64 from 62 without a vote of lawmakers in the National Assembly, defying mass protests throughout the country, The New York Times reported.
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