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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her seventh Union Budget on Tuesday, outlining a roadmap for 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047. Post presentation, she will address a press conference with key finance officials. The Budget is expected to focus on rural economy, taxation reforms, and infrastructure. Experts see a need for investments in rural areas and highlight GDP growth at 6.5-7% for 2024-25.

The 18th Lok Sabha commenced with PM Narendra Modi and MPs taking oaths in the new Parliament building, marking a historic session. Modi emphasized the BJP's third consecutive term post-2024 elections, democratic values, youth participation, and lessons from the Emergency.

Delhi Police are investigating after three laborers were caught using forged Aadhaar cards to enter the highly secure Parliament. The incident, which occurred on June 4, involved individuals named Kasim, Monis, and Soyeb, all hailing from Uttar Pradesh. They face charges including forgery and criminal conspiracy.

In his customary remarks to journalists before the Budget Session's start, Modi greeted them with "Ram Ram" (an invocation of Lord Ram) and noted that there is a tradition of not presenting a full budget before the polls.

The Lok Sabha has passed three revised Bills to replace the existing British-era criminal laws or the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and the Indian Evidence Act.

In a letter to NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Dhankhar also voiced his anguish over the "widespread perception of 'politicisation'" of the issue of security breach in Parliament on December 13 instead of display of "collective concern" on the incident.

Parliament's Winter Session was adjourned sine die on Thursday, a day ahead of schedule ending three frenetic weeks that saw a security breach in Lok Sabha, suspension of 146 MPs and the expulsion of Trinamool Congress member Mahua Moitra in the "bribe-for-query" case.

The Lok Sabha on Thursday suspended three more opposition MPs for the remainder of the Winter Session, taking the total number of MPs suspended from both houses to 146.

With the fresh suspension of 49 MPs from the Lok Sabha for the remainder of the Winter Session, the Opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc has lost almost two-third of its strength in the House.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar is unhappy after a Trinamool MP on Tuesday mocked him during an opposition protest in the Parliament premises.

He will be produced before the Patiala House Court later in the day and police are likely to seek his custody to interrogate him.

The source also said that the Special Cell is also likely to recreate the crime scene outside Parliament to understand how they managed to go inside the Lok Sabha with the smoke canisters.

All the five accused involved in the security breach were connected through the 'Bhagat Singh Fan Club' page on Facebook.

The father of Sagar Sharma, one of the accused in the Parliament security breach case has claimed that his son was influenced by a friend from Bengaluru to undertake the disruptive act.

The eight personnel were suspended after the lapses were identified at multiple levels.