Tag: Parliament

Sources said that opposition parties raised issues of Pegasus snooping row, price rise, unemployment, and extended jurisdiction of the Border Security Force (BSF) in some states.

The prime minister also pushed the idea of having a separate time for quality and healthy debates in legislatures which should be serious, dignified and devoid of political potshots at others.

The Monsoon session of parliament was short-terminated last week following days of relentless protest by the Opposition over the Pegasus snooping row, farm laws, price rise and other issues.

The Union ministers in particular criticised the Congress, Trinamool Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for demeaning the parliamentary procedure.

According to the CBI FIR, IFFCO and IPL were importing huge quantities of fertilisers, running into several thousands of metric tons, along with raw materials for fertilisers from various foreign suppliers, for the country's farmers, and the government was providing subsidy on them to facilitate supply to the farmers at reasonable rates.

Kendrapara’s popular delicacy ‘Rasabali’ may soon get Geographical Indication (GI) tag.

Both Houses of parliament have witnessed little business except the government passing bills amid din without any proper discussion

New Delhi: In a bid to give push to its demand for 33 per cent reservation for women in State assemblies and Parliament, BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab today met former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chief, Akhilesh Yadav in New Delhi. Akhilesh reportedly visited the residence of Bhartruhari Mahtab in New Delhi to […]

Big relief for taxpayers as Finance Minister Piyush Goyal announced that individual taxpayers having annual income up to 5 lakhs will get full tax rebate now. As many as three crore taxpayers will be benefited with the decision. The interim Budget 2019-20 was the last budget of the Modi government ahead of the general polls. Finance Minister […]

  Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the no-confidence motion debate against the Narendra Modi led NDA government moved by the Opposition, the BJD members staged a walk out from the Parliament today saying that the discussion will not be fruitful for Odisha . “BJD during last 14 years has witnessed that UPA government’s role of 10 years […]

Bhuabaneswar/ New Delhi: Former Kendrapara MP Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda’s resignation has been accepted on July 18, informed Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on the second day of the ongoing monsoon session of the Parliament at New Delhi on Thursday. Mahajan today tabled Jay Panda’s resignation on the floor of the House and briefed all the […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Rajya Sabha member from Odisha AV Swamy was injured after he collapsed on Parliament premises on Friday. He was immediately rushed to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi. Sources said he has sustained injuries on his head and hand after he fell down. “He was inside the House and I was in […]

New Delhi: The details of the deal with France for the Rafale fighter jets cannot be disclosed as per the Inter Governmental Agreement as it is “classified information”, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told Parliament on Monday. Sitharaman’s response, in a written reply, came to a question by Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member Naresh Agrawal seeking to […]

Bhubaneswar: Countdown has begun for three Rajya Sabha seats from Odisha as the tenure of BJD MPs- AU Singhdeo, Dilip Tirkey and party-supported member AV Swami is scheduled to end in April. Keeping the number of MLAs in view, the BJD is hopeful of acquiring all the seats. Party insiders said probability of re-nomination of […]

New Delhi/ Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha has now intensified the ongoing stir against Centre over Mahanadi dispute with its members joining the All Party ‘Satyagraha’ Mahanadi Bachao Andolan in front of Parliament today. Moreover, the BJD members will again move an adjournment motion in both the houses – Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha […]