Tag: Monsoon Session

Besides Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union minister and Leader of House in Rajya Sabha Piyush Goyal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi were present at the meeting.

Earlier this month, the Chinese displayed banners near the Line of Control in Demchok during celebrations of the birthday of the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on July 6.

The government is going to introduce 17 new Bills in the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which begins on July 19. With the much-awaited Cabinet reshuffle finally done and dusted, it is time for governance again.

New Delhi: The Monsoon session of Parliament saw 20 bills being passed by the two Houses, out of which 22 were introduced in the Lok Sabha and one in the Rajya Sabha, according to an official release. The 20 bills passed by the two Houses includes four bills related to Goods and Services Tax (GST) […]

Bhubaneswar: The monsoon session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly will commence from September 4. A notification in this regard was issued by the State Parliamentary Affairs Department on Wednesday. The monsoon session will have a total of 11 sittings. It will continue till September 20, said the notification. “In exercise to the powers conferred on […]

New Delhi: The monsoon session of the Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Friday. The Speaker said the House worked for 71 hours and passed 14 Bills.

New Delhi: The monsoon session of Parliament beginning from Monday is expected to be stormy with the Opposition parties all set to corner the government over a range of issues concerning national security, foreign policy and other domestic matters while the ruling alliance is gearing up to counter the onslaught on it. Eighteen Opposition parties, […]

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will on Friday brief opposition parties on the India-China standoff in Doklam and the situation in Kashmir ahead of Parliament’s monsoon session that begins on Monday. The all-party meeting to take the opposition leaders into confidence on the two issues would be held at […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will introduce a land leasing legislation during the monsoon session of the state assembly to safeguard the interests of sharecroppers, Revenue Minister Bijayshree Routray said on Friday. “Since the sharecroppers do not get compensation during natural calamities, the Bill would enable them to get compensation. Besides, the sharecroppers will get input […]

The Monsoon session of Parliament is likely to commence on its usual timing this year with signals coming from the government to hold the session in the third week of July, sources said.

Bhubaneswar: The fortnight-long monsoon session of Odisha Assembly beginning September 7 is likely to witness uproar over the Mahanadi river water dispute with Chhattisgarh. Police firing at Gumudumaha village in Kandhamal and death of children allegedly due to malnutrition at Nagada village in Jajpur district are also likely to feature at the session, which will […]

Bhubaneswar: The proceedings of the monsoon session of Odisha Assembly were disrupted following ruckus created by ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) over fuel price rise and also by Congress members on teachers’ agitation in the State. The monsoon session of the Assembly witnessed uproarious scenes after BJD members staged protest over rising prices of petrol […]

Bhubaneswar: The Monsoon session of Odisha Assembly today kick-started with a controversy over obituary references to former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The proceedings of the House began with a minute’s silence after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik moved the obituary references for the departed souls. Speaking on the motion, CM Naveen said death of […]

Sambalpur: Intensifying the long-standing demand of a permanent High Court bench, members of the Western Odisha Lawyers’ Association today informed that all the courts in the town will remain closed till the end of the Monsoon Session of Odisha Assembly on September 20. However, the Association notified that all government offices will remain open during […]

New Delhi: The Union government is considering to extend the ongoing Parliament session by 10 days, sources said on Tuesday. Several MPs of the ruling dispensation were unofficially conveyed of such a possibility at the BJP Parliamentary Party meeting. Asked about the likelihood of the session’s extension, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters after […]