Parliament
- India
Over 1500 obsolete and archaic acts to be repealed in coming Par session: Rijiju
Shillong: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Saturday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants lesser government role in people’s lives and the Centre will repeal more than 1500 obsolete and archaic laws during…
- World
Finnish Parliament backs proposal to build fence along Russian border
Helsinki: A proposal to build a fence along parts of Finland’s border with Russia received wide support from parties in Parliament. Prime Minister Sanna Marin convened a meeting on Tuesday to discuss…
- World
Special attention given to Indian community: Malaysian PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia pays special attention to its Indian community, especially in terms of its education and economy, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. He said the 2023 Budget which was recently…
- Middle East
Lebanese PM urges parliament to elect new President in time
Beirut: Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called for the election of a new President for Lebanon within the constitutional time frame before President Michel Aoun’s tenure ends on October 31, a…
- Politics
Watch: When PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi came face-to-face in Parliament
New Delhi: The relationship between the ruling BJP and the principal opposition party Congress has been quite bitter in the last few years, with both parties slamming each other at regular intervals…
- Middle East
133 injured in clashes as Iraq’s Parliament reconvenes
Baghdad: At least 122 security members and 11 protesters were injured in clashes as the Iraqi Parliament reconvened after nearly two months of suspension amid a political deadlock. In a statement on…
- India
Replies to Parliament questions to be gender neutral, ‘No Sir’ not to be used
New Delhi: The replies to questions asked in Parliament in the Rajya Sabha will be gender neutral after the issue was raised by MP Priyanka Chaturtvedi. The Rajya Sabha secretariat has replied…
- India
Mentality of north India and Parliament still not conducive for women’s quota: Sharad Pawar
Pune: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar has said the “mentality” of north India and Parliament seems not conducive yet to giving reservation to women in the Lok Sabha and legislative…
- Kashmir
Article 370 did not obstruct J-K’s development: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Srinagar: Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said Article 370 was not an obstacle in the development of Jammu and Kashmir, and claimed that the erstwhile state had performed better…
- Andhra Pradesh
Former Andhra MP, husband get five-year jail in bank fraud case
Hyderabad: A CBI court here on Wednesday sentenced former Member of Parliament from Andhra Pradesh, Kothapalli Geetha, her husband P. Ramakoteshwara Rao and two bank officials to five years imprisonment in a…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan meeting with former CIA analyst raises eyebrows
Islamabad: Former Prime Minister and Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan has claimed repeatedly that the reason behind his ouster from power through a no-confidence motion by opposition alliance in the…
- India
Kashmir’s special status will not return: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Former senior Congress politician Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is planning to form his own political party, said on Sunday that Article 370 of the constitution, which provided more autonomy to Jammu and…
- India
Kashmiri carpets to adorn new parliament building
Khag: The famed traditional hand-made Kashmiri carpets are all set to adorn the new Parliament building in the national capital as artists in a remote village in Budgam district are in the final…
- World
Sri Lanka parliament passes 2022 interim budget amid economic crisis
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Parliament passed the interim budget presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe for 2022 on Friday, a day after the IMF announced it will provide a loan of about USD 2.9…
- World
12 members of SLPP join opposition in Sri Lankan Parliament
Colombo: A group of 12 members of parliament from the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) coalition, including former minister GL Peiris who had broken from the party in April, on Wednesday officially…
