The meeting was held at the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's Chamber in New Delhi.
Congress MP Sonia Gandhi, and Union Minister Rajnath Singh and other top leaders also attended the meeting. (ANI)
Khalid was granted bail for attending his sister's marriage. He has to surrender on December 30.
He had sought an interim bail of two weeks for attending the marriage.
Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat of Karkardooma Court had granted Khalid bail for a period of one week, starting De
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar extended his greetings to the members of the House for the upcoming festivals, including Christmas, Pongal, Lohri and others, and suggested that there is a need to be vigilant of the rising cases of Covid pandemic and take necessary precautions.
CPI (M) Rajya Sabha MP, John Brittas, has given a Zero Hour Notice in the Rajya Sabha to discuss the recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language to implement Hindi as the medium of instruction in Central Universities and Institutes of National Importance like IITs, II
Joshi responded to Jairam Ramesh's remarks that the government had suddenly agreed to curtail the session by a week so that "it's use of Covid-19 to defam and derail Bharat Jodo Yatra acquires a shade of respectability".
During the meeting, close attention was paid to the implementation of the agreements following the results of the 11th Session of the Belarusian-Indian Intergovernmental Commission, aimed at further expanding cooperation in the field of trade, economy, science, technology and culture.
The House was first adjourned during question Hour. When the House met at 12 noon, Rajendra Agrawal, who was in the chair, went ahead with some of the listed business for the day. He repeatedly urged members to take their seats. As the opposition members continued their protest, the House wa
A total of 1,472 posts of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and 864 posts of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers were vacant till January 1 this year, the Ministry of Personnel informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.