Parliament session
- India
Women’s reservation bill back in focus ahead of Parliament session
New Delhi: The women’s reservation bill is back in focus ahead of Parliament’s Winter session with several opposition parties, including the JD(U) which had once opposed the move, demanding that it be…
- Middle East
Iraq’s new parliamentary bloc nominates presidential, PM candidates
Baghdad: A new parliamentary bloc led by Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s Sadrist Movement announced the nomination of Rebar Ahmed Khalid and Jaafar al-Sadr for the posts of President and Prime Minister, respectively.…
- Middle East
Iraqi parties to boycott parliament session
Baghdad: A Kurdish political party and a Sunni political alliance have decided to boycott the Parliament session slated for Monday to elect a new President for the country, threatening to postpone the…
- India
Congress demands Rs 4L compensation to families of Covid victims
New Delhi: Ahead of the winter session of Parliament, the Congress on Wednesday raised the issue of Covid victims and demanded that the government should pay Rs 4 lakh compensation to the…
- India
JNU students defy Section 144, march to Parliament
New Delhi: Demanding complete rollback of the hostel fee hike, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) on Monday carried out a march to Parliament, as the winter session begins. “It’s a…
- Kashmir
Sonia to chair meeting to discuss strategy for ongoing Parliament session
New Delhi (India): Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to chair a meeting of her party’s Parliament strategy group on Tuesday morning to chalk out an approach for the ongoing…
- Politics
A day left for Parliament to begin, Congress indecisive on its Lok Sabha leader
New Delhi: With just a day left for the Budget Session of Parliament to begin, Congress party has yet to appoint its Leader in the Lok Sabha. Earlier there were talks that…
- News
AAP demands special Parliament session over upper caste reservation
New Delhi: Calling the upper caste quota an election stunt by the BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday demanded a special session of the Parliament to bring constitutional amendment for…
