Tag: Bills

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly’s eight-day monsoon session is scheduled to start from September 7 when the government is expected to table several bills. The Parliamentary Affairs department released a notification following which the Assembly Secretary issued summons for the monsoon session. During the eight-day session, six days are for official members and two are private […]

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed acrimonious scenes over several issues, including farmers’ plight and incidents involving cow vigilantes, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House for the day. Earlier, the House was adjourned soon after it met in the morning, on the second day of the monsoon session. Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly has passed two bills for conduct of direct vote for the elections of mayors in municipal corporations and chairpersons in the municipality and notified area councils. The Odisha Municipal (amendment) Bill 2018 and the Odisha Municipal Corporation (amendment) Bill 2018 were passed on Tuesday in the House in the absence of […]

New Delhi:The Lok Sabha was today adjourned sine die, bringing to an end the short Winter Session during which the House passed 12 bills, including the ‘triple talaq’ legislation that seeks to criminalise instant divorce in the Muslim community. Announcing the adjournment, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said the session, which commenced on December 15, had 13 […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday wished the Winter Session of Parliament to be a productive one with constructive debates and innovative suggestions which would help resolve the country’s problems. The government is expected to table 25 pending bills and 14 new ones, including a bill providing Muslim women the right to seek […]