Parliament

The deadlock between the Opposition and the government deepened on Wednesday over Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee’s mimicry of Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar on a mobile camera held by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. The act has prompted…
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The controversial bill for the appointment of top election officers was not included in the list of eight bills given to the opposition by the government in the all-party meeting on Sunday, sources said. The meeting was held on the eve of…
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The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2023 which entrusts the management accountability of the institutes with the President of India giving more powers to the Centre, diluting the premier…
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As a newcomer, it is beyond my understanding and a matter of wonder that the Parliament has failed to hold deliberations over several issues so far amid constant unrest in both the Houses, cricketer-turned-politician Harbhajan Singh said…
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Union minister Piyush Goyal in the Parliament on Wednesday said that the nation deserves an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for discrediting the country and the parliament. The matter relates to Gandhi’s speech at Cambridge…
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The Union finance ministry has informed the Parliament that more than 95,000 fraud cases of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions were recorded in the country in 2022-23, an increase from 77,000 cases in 2020-21, and 84,0000 cases…
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No decision has been taken yet on preparing a National Register of Indian citizens (NRC) at the national level while the move to update the National Population Register (NPR) and the first phase of Census 2021 was postponed due to the…
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The Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government’s refusal to allow the opposition to raise its demand for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) into the Adani issue was to be blamed for the impasse in Parliament.…
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The Budget Session of Parliament will start from January 31 and will continue till April 6, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi said on Friday. The winter session was cut short last month amid multiple disruptions.…
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Amid a fresh Covid-19 threat due to the surge of cases in China, Parliament on Thursday saw the return of the mask mandate. Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla were seen wearing a mask as proceedings began…
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