Parliament
- India
Rajya Sabha lost 47 hours in the monsoon session due to interruptions
New Delhi: Over 47 hours of productive time was wasted due to interruptions and protests in the monsoon session of the Rajya Sabha that concluded on Monday even as business was conducted…
- India
Climate change making prediction difficult for weather agencies across world: IMD DG
New Delhi: Climate change has hampered the ability of the forecasting agencies to accurately predict severe events and weather bureaus across the world are focusing on augmenting the observational network density and…
- Tollywood News
R Madhavan’s ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ screened in Parliament
Mumbai: Actor-director R Madhavan’s recent flick ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ garnered a laudatory review as the film was screened in Parliament. The biographical drama was screened in Parliament on August 5, and…
- India
Oppn protests in Parliament against Centre’s ‘misuse’ of probe agencies
New Delhi: Both the Houses of Parliament on Thursday witnessed protests by opposition members against the alleged misuse of investigating agencies by the government against political opponents. Opposition members led by the Congress…
- Middle East
Iraqi Shiite cleric calls for dissolving Parliament, to hold early elections
Baghdad: Iraqi prominent Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for dissolving the parliament and holding early elections, urging his followers to continue their open sit-in in the Parliament building until their demands are…
- India
Bill to set up carbon markets introduced in Lok Sabha
New Delhi: A bill that seeks to make it mandatory for buildings with a minimum connected load of 100 kW to meet their energy requirements from renewable sources was introduced in the…
- India
Monsoon session: RS productivity falls further to 16% in 2nd week
New Delhi: The productivity of Rajya Sabha fell to 16.49 per cent during the second week of the Monsoon session from 26.90 per cent during the first, with the House witnessing repeated…
- India
V-P expresses concern over rising disruption, confrontation in Parliament
New Delhi: Expressing concern over the overshadowing of debates and discussions by rising disruption and confrontation in the Parliament, Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu has said people especially the youth are justifiably getting…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Vice Prez Naidu concerned over how Parliament functions “sometimes”
Hyderabad: Against the backdrop of a virtual washout during the ongoing monsoon session, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday expressed concern over the way the Parliament functions “sometimes”. Naidu, who was speaking…
- India
Will apologise to Prez, not pakhandis: Adhir Chowdhury
New Delhi: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, in the soup for the ‘rashtrapatni’ remark which he claimed was a “slip of the tongue”, on Thursday said he will apologize to President Droupadi…
- India
Suspended Rajya Sabha MPs begin 50-hour protest in Parliament complex
New Delhi: Twenty Opposition MPs, who were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for disrupting proceedings, started a 50-hour-long protest at the Gandhi statue in Parliament on Wednesday. Speaking to ANI, AAP MP…