Parliament
- India
‘Not here to please any section of polity’, SC refuses plea for uniform marriage age
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking direction to ensure uniform age of marriage for men and women, saying it can’t issue mandamus to the Parliament…
- India
Adani row: Any committee other than JPC will be exercise in ‘exoneration’, says Congress
New Delhi,: The Congress on Thursday said a thorough investigation into the Adani issue is necessary, holding that any committee other than a JPC will be nothing but an “exercise in legitimisation…
- Pakistan
Pakistan govt calls emergency session of parliament; introduces bill to raise Rs 170 billion taxes
Islamabad: The cash-strapped Pakistan government on Wednesday introduced a money bill in parliament to raise Rs 170 billion in taxes by June this year as part of conditions by the IMF to…
- India
Sitharaman asks states to expedite formalities to seek GST compensation
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday came down heavily in Parliament on states complaining about delay in getting GST compensation, saying that rather than blaming the Centre for delay in…
- India
Gujarat leads with 80 cases of custodial deaths in five years
Gujarat has reported the largest number of custodial deaths in the last five years, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre told in the Parliament last week. Gujarat is currently headed by BJP with…
- India
Nothing unparliamentary in what Rahul said on Adani: Kharge
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said that there was nothing unparliamentary about what Rahul Gandhi had said about billionaire Gautam Adani and his relationship with…
- India
Will keep raising Adani issue inside and outside Parliament, it’s a big scam: Kharge
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said his party will keep raising the Adani issue inside and outside Parliament and added that if the government does not work democratically, “people…
- Delhi
AAP, BRS protest in Parliament; seeks JPC probe into Adani issue
Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MPs on Thursday staged a protest in front of the Gandhi statue in the Parliament demanding a Joint Paliamentary Committee (JPC) probe…
- Photos
Budget Session of Parliament
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Ministers and other MPs after replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address in the Rajya Sabha during Budget Session of Parliament, in…
- India
Rising number of Indians renouncing citizenship, 2.25L in 2022
New Delhi: The number of Indian citizens renouncing citizenship has gone up significantly in the last couple of years, with 1.63 lakh doing so in 2021 and 2.25 lakh in 2022, the…
- India
No coal shortage in country, says Centre
New Delhi: There is no shortage of coal in the country, the Parliament was informed on Wednesday. In the current financial year up to January 2023, the country has produced about 698.24…
- India
No month in India without threat to Muslims’ lives: Owaisi in LS
Hyderabad: Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday in his address to the Lok Sabha said that no month goes by in India without a threat to the lives of Muslims. Speaking during…
- India
Defence expenditure was 14.08 pc of central government expenses in 2022-23: Govt
New Delhi: In 2022-23, the defence expenditure was 14.08 percent of the central government expenses, Parliament was informed on Monday. The expenditure-related data for 2022-23 referred to the budget estimate figures, according…
- India
Opposition to demonstrate outside Parliament to seek JPC probe into Adani issue
New Delhi: Opposition parties will stage a demonstration on Monday outside the Parliament House to demand a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) into the allegations of fraud and stock manipulation…
- India
‘Want debate, not disruption’: TMC’s Derek O’Brien on Parliament stalemate
New Delhi: Amid repeated adjournments of the Parliament following opposition ruckus, Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien on Sunday said that his party wants a debate, not disruption. The TMC…
