Chandigarh [India]/London [UK], December 15: The House of Commons in London's Palace of Westminster reverberated with distinguished voices emphasising India's pivotal role as a transformative global player - as several lawmakers and political leaders of the United Kingdom (UK) affirmed India
The opposition MPs were demanding a statement in the House on Prime Minister Narednra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the Parliament security breach incident.
"This is a clear hypocritical attitude of this government. On one side, a very big breach of security happened in the Parliament and the person responsible for this is sitting in the House MP Pratap Simha, who had recommended allowing these people entry into the House. On the other hand, the
"When such an act takes place in the House, it is not just a Parliamentary matter - it is related to security. A government that can't keep its Parliament secure, can't keep the country safe. Mark my words...We would tell you - the country is not safe in your hands," he said.
Amidst uproar in Parliament on Thursday over the suspension of 13 MPs in the wake of the security breach in the Lower House, the Opposition has demanded a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah whereas Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that the Speaker is the custodi
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday reiterated the demand for a statement from Home Minister Amit Shah in the House on the issue of a security breach in which two men jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the visitor's gallery.
After five Congress Lok Sabha members were suspended from Lok Sabha for the remainder of winter session earlier in the day on Thursday, nine more opposition MPs were suspended from the House for the same period for "unruly conduct".
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday asked Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien to withdraw from the House as he had been named, terming his continued presence "outrageous defiance" of his directions and rules
The defence bill was finalized by conference negotiators in the House and Senate last week, after the chambers passed vastly different versions over the summer, with House Republicans slipping in provisions on the culture wars engulfing America.
Around 9:00 am on Wednesday, the victim was alone at home with her grandmother due to some work. At the time of the incident, the victim was cleaning her house when the neighbouring photographer Ashish Rajoria alias Harsh entered her house from the back door of the house and started pressuri
Following a major security breach in Parliament, a team of police reached the house in Gurugram, where all four accused reportedly stayed briefly before the incident.
After the security of Parliament was breached, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla ordered a "high-level inquiry" into the incident in which two people jumped into the house chamber from the visitor's gallery with coloured smoke canisters.