Tag: Parliament

Budget session of Parliament to begin today with President’s address to both Houses at 11 am

As per the list of business by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the proceedings of both the Houses will start half an hour after the President's address.

January 31, 2024

All-party meeting underway ahead of Budget Session of Parliament

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the interim Union Budget on Thursday.

January 30, 2024

2024 Lok Sabha elections: Congress appoints Parliament coordinators in Andhra Pradesh

All India Congress Committee (AICC) in charge of Andhra Pradesh, Manickam Tagore took to X and said, "Mission 2024 is on."

January 8, 2024

Three new laws unshackled criminal justice system from colonial legacy: V-P Dhankar

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya bills received the assent of President Droupadi Murmu after they were passed by the Parliament.

December 28, 2023

Year Ender 2023: Indian Democracy turning pages with inauguration of new Parliament Building

The need for a new Indian Parliament building was long overdue.

December 25, 2023

Turkish Parliament to discuss Sweden’s NATO bid next week

The committee said on Friday in a statement that the review of the bid is scheduled for December 26.

December 23, 2023

Parliament passes bill on appointment of CEC, election commissioners

Major opposition political parties did take part in the debate on the bill, as 97 of their members have been suspended for "misconduct" for the remainder of the winter session.

December 21, 2023

Suspended MPs’ protest: Opposition cries foul, Tharoor says moment to start writing ‘obituaries for Parliamentary democracy’

The suspended MP termed the passage of three criminal law bills-- the Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita Bill, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita Bill and the Bharatiya Sakshya (Second) Bill -- in the absence of 97 MPs in Lok Sabha, as 'disgrace'.

December 21, 2023

INDIA bloc leaders to hold march from Parliament to Vijay Chowk against suspension of 143 MPs

On December 13, coinciding with the 22nd anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, two people jumped from the visitors gallery into the Lok Sabha Chamber during the Zero hour proceedings and also sprayed yellow colour smoke.

December 21, 2023

LS Speaker Om Birla meets RS Chairman, expresses concerns, anguish over mimicry incident

Kalyan Banerjee had mimicked Vice President Dhankhar during the opposition's protest on the stairs of Parliament on Tuesday.

December 20, 2023