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- Middle East
Iraqi Parliament approves 2021 budget
Baghdad: The Iraqi Parliament has endorsed a bill for the 2021 budget with about $89 billion and a deficit of $19 billion after months of delay due to political differences. A statement by…
- India
Budget Session ends as both Houses of Parliament adjourned sine die
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Thursday was adjourned sine die ahead of the assembly polls in four states and one union territory, thus bringing an end to the Budget Session of…
- Delhi
AAP will move SC if GNCTD bill passed by parliament
New Delhi: The AAP will move the Supreme Court if the GNCTD bill is passed by Parliament, the party’s Rajya Sabha MP N D Gupta said. The Government of National Capital Territory of…
- India
Parliament passes bill to increase foreign investment limit in insurance to 74 pc
New Delhi: The Parliament on Monday passed a bill that raises the limit of foreign investment in Indian insurance companies from existing 49 per cent to 74 per cent. Insurance (Amendment) Bill,…
- India
RS: Oppn questions increase in number of sedition cases
New Delhi: Several Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday raised questions regarding the increasing number of sedition cases being registered. Congress MP Chhaya Verma during the Question Hour sought answers…
- Photos
Orientation programme for new Rajya Sabha members
New Delhi: Vice President and Chairman of Rajya Sabha M. Venkaiah Naidu during an orientation programme for newly elected and nominated members of Rajya Sabha, at Parliament Annexe in New Delhi, Saturday,…
- Hyderabad News
Uttam to raise lawyer couple’s murder issue in Parliament
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) President & MP Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday announced that he would raise the issue of lawyer couple’s murder in the ongoing session of the…
- India
Second part of Parliament’s Budget session starts today
New Delhi: The second part of the Budget session of Parliament will commence from Monday with all COVID-19 precautionary measures in place. The Rajya Sabha will function from 9 am to 2…
- India
Second part of Parliament’s Budget Session to commence from Monday
New Delhi: The second part of the Budget Session of Parliament will commence from Monday with all COVID-19 precautionary measures in place. The Budget Session of Parliament, which commenced with the address…
- India
LSTV, RSTV merger begins to create SANSAD TV, CEO appointed
New Delhi: The presiding officers of both houses of Parliament have set the ball rolling for the merger of Lok Sabha TV and Rajya Sabha TV into a single entity, SANSAD TV, which…
- India
Repeal farm laws or will march to Parliament with 40 lakh tractors: Rakesh Tikait
Sikar: Issuing a threat to the Central Government, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader, Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday said if the three laws are not repealed, the farmers will march to the Parliament…
- Photos
Budget Session of Parliament
**EDS: VIDEO GRAB** New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah in the Lok Sabha during ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (LSTV/PTI Photo) New Delhi: Mizo National…
- India
Andhra MP Ram Mohan Naidu petitions LS for 9-day paternity leave
Hyderabad: In perhaps a first, a Telugu Desam Party (TDP) member of Parliament (MP) from Andhra Pradesh (AP) has asked for nine days of paternity leave from January 29 to February 10, as…
- Opinions
Opinion: Budget is both challenge, opportunity to govt for mid-course correction
Venkat Parsa As Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman prepares to present the Union Budget on February 1, there are soaring expectations from across all sections of society. A nation recovering from the…
- Featured News
Stormy budget session begins from January 29
Kalyani Shankar The upcoming budget session of Parliament is likely to be a boisterous one with a lot of controversial issues that will be raised by the opposition. Although the Parliamentary Affairs…
- Photos
National Youth Parliament Festival-2021
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla addresses the finalists of National Youth Parliament Festival-2021 at the Central Hall of Parliament House, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. (PTI Photo/ Manvender…
- World
Afghan Parliament rejects 2021 budget
Kabul: The Afghan Parliament on Wednesday rejected the 2021 fiscal year’s budget, citing “serious problems”. The exclusion of 1,131 provincial projects, the allocation of Afs13 billion ($166 million) for the emergency code (an…
- India
An old obsession
By Gopalkrishna Gandhi “‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:/ Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’/ Nothing beside remains. Round the decay/ Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare/ The…
- India
No winter session of Parliament will be held this year due to COVID-19
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday has decided that there will be no winter session of parliament this time in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic prevailing in the country. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad…
- Top Stories
New Parliament building will be a symbol of self-reliant India: Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the new Parliament building will be a symbol of a self-reliant India and a centre for fulfilling hopes and aspirations of all Indians.…
- Photos
New Parliament Building foundation stone laying ceremony
**EDS: VIDEO GRAB** New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the foundation stone of New Parliament Building, in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. (PTI Photo) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
- Top Stories
PM Modi to lay foundation of new Parliament building on Thursday
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of a new Parliament building on Thursday at an event that will be attended by leaders from various political parties, cabinet ministers…
- Hyderabad News
Name new parliament building after Ambedkar: All India Confederation of SC/ST organisations
Hyderabad: All India Confederation of SC/ST organizations wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to name the new Parliament building as Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Parliament House. In the…
- Top Stories
SC allows PM Modi to lay foundation for new Parliament building on Dec 10
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the foundation-laying ceremony and perform ‘Bhumi Pujan’ of the new parliament building on December 10. The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Centre to…
- India
Parliamentary panel on Urban Development meeting today
New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development will hold a meeting here on Friday at 11 am to discuss ‘steps taken for prevention of air pollution in Delhi-NCR with emphasis on finding a permanent solution’. The…
- Delhi
Opposition’s shouldn’t have boycotted the Parliament: Javadekar
New Delhi: The Opposition’s politics has become directionless when they had the chance to express their opinions on farm bills and other issues in the Parliament they walked out, said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday. Javadekar added that the Opposition had…
- Delhi
Parliament can’t run on emotions, BJP-Cong should sit together: HD Gowda
New Delhi: Parliament can not be run on emotions and both the national parties — BJP and Congress — should realise that there is a larger interest of farming sector people, which needs to be addressed…
- Delhi
Opposition MPs stage protest over farm bills at Parliament
New Delhi: The Opposition parties staged a joint protest over the farm bills at the Parliament premises on Wednesday. The Opposition MPs, including Ghulam Nabi Azad and Derek O’Brien, among several others, carried placards with slogans like…
- Photos
New Delhi: Parliament Monsoon Session Day 10
New Delhi: Union Minister for Railways Piyush Goyal arrives at Parliament House to attend the ongoing Monsoon Session, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore New Delhi: Civil Aviation…
- Education and Career
Parliament passes bill giving national importance tag to five IIITs
New Delhi: Parliament on Tuesday passed legislation to declare the five new IIITs in Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala, and Raichur as institutes of national importance, enabling them to award degrees. The Indian Institutes…
