Tag: Parliament

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs today recommended that the Winter Session of Parliament be held from December 15 to January 5. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh today met here to decide on the dates of the Winter Session. “We request and seek cooperation from all […]

Parliament on Wednesday stood as one in condemning the killing of 141 persons, including 132 children, by terrorists in a school in Peshawar in Pakistan

Prominent Dalit leader, former Odisha minister and ex-MP Laxman Mallick passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday following illness, family sources said

Ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday sought to take the sting out of the Opposition attack on the 2G issue, saying Parliament should not "pre-judge" it as the matter is before courts. "The matter is before courts.

New Delhi: An all-party meeting called by the Narendra Modi government on Monday failed to break the parliamentary logjam, with the Congress and the NDA government reiterating their positions on resignations over the Lalit Modi and Vyapam issues. While the Congress demanded the resignations of Sushma Swaraj and chief ministers of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, […]

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Sunday that he has officially asked Canadian Governor General David Johnston to dissolve parliament. He asked to dissolve the parliament kicking off an 11-week campaign ahead of the country's 42nd election slated for October 19.

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is planning to bring a bill in the winter session of Parliament banning “triple talaq” (instant divorce), government sources said on Tuesday. For this, the government plans to set up a group of ministers to work out the modalities of the legislation and its various implications. The Supreme Court […]

Chennai: BJP leader P.P. Chaudhary, a first-time Lok Sabha member from Rajasthan, has been selected for the Sansad Ratna 2015 Awards for his performance in the house till the end of the budget session. “Chaudhary is among four Lok Sabha members selected for the Sansad Ratna 2015 Awards for outstanding performance in the 16th Lok […]

Amid controversy over Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's leave during parliament's budget session and demands that he be elevated, party president Sonia Gandhi said today that everyone will get to know when such a decision is taken

Facing the crucial budget session where half a dozen ordinances have to be replaced by relevant laws, the NDA government today reached out to the opposition over various issues, including the contentious land acquisition ordinance, even as prime minister Narendra Modi noted said it was the "collective responsibility" of all parties to run parliament

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday moved a resolution in the Assembly for providing 33 per cent reservation for women in State Legislatures and the Parliament. “Today is a historic day. The members of the Assembly have unanimously passed a resolution to give 33 percent reservation to women in the assemblies and the Parliament. […]

Politicians must be heaving a huge sigh of relief at the Supreme Court decision to lob the ball to the court of Parliament on the question of disqualification of candidates charge sheeted in criminal cases. They know Parliament is their ‘playground’ and they can frame their own rules of the game. Many of them must […]

Sambalpur: The Congress party today raised questions over BJD ticket to former Works department secretary Nalini Kant Pradhan for Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency. Addressing a presser, Congress Media Cell Chairman Satya Prakash Nayak alleged that Pradhan’s selection proves how the bureaucrat extended undue favours to the BJD. Nayak also alleged that Pradhan worked more for […]

Bhubaneswar: The stage is set for the second phase of polling for five Lok Sabha and 35 Assembly seats in Odisha today. A total of 76.93 lakh voters are eligible to cast their franchise for Bargarh, Sundergarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal and Aska Lok Sabha seats and 35 Assembly seats under these parliamentary constituencies spread across western […]

New Delhi: The 17th Lok Sabha will have 300 first-term members, compared to 314 in 2014, as 197 members of the outgoing House have got re-elected while 54 others were members of previous houses. According to PRS Legislative Research, which tracks the work of parliament, the average age of members in the new Lok Sabha […]