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New Delhi: Amid a stalemate in Parliament, the Congress on Tuesday asked why the government is not allowing an urgent debate on price rise and GST when the entire opposition was demanding it. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said a debate under Rule 267 has been held several times in the past on issues of […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao left for New Delhi from Begumpet airport on Monday evening. He is likely to stay in the capital for a couple of days. During his stay in the national capital, K Chandrashekhar Rao is expected to meet wtih the TRS MPs and discuss the strategy to be adopted in […]
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New Delhi: Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday urged political parties must rise above a partisan approach and work with the spirit of “nation first”. At his farewell function in the Central Hall of Parliament, he said that he remains eternally grateful to the people of India and for giving him an opportunity to […]
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Hyderabad: TRS MPs on Tuesday staged a protest in Parliament against the rise in prices of essential commodities, GST on food items and inflation besides rising prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinder. They staged the demonstration with placards in front of the Gandhi statue on the Parliament premises. Soon after the session began, the […]
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Hyderabad: Exposing Central Government’s conspiracies against Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said State Government’s Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) limit was cut down from Rs.53,000 crore to Rs.23,000 crore and wanted TRS MPs to raise voice against the BJP’s treacheries during the Parliament session, which begins on Monday. Annually, the Central Government announces […]
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New Delhi: As many as 24 new bills will be introduced in the upcoming monsoon session of the Parliament, including Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2022. “The Bill seeks to replace the Press and Registration of Books (PRB) Act, 1867 by decriminalisation of the existing Act, keeping the procedures of the extant Act simple from […]
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New Delhi: After the Opposition’s criticism over the guidelines to the MPs to refrain from the activities like dharna-demonstration, strikes, and fasting inside the Parliament premises, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla clarified that it is a “routine procedure”. “Such guidelines and appeals are issued before every session. Therefore, it should be seen as a normal […]
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Hyderabad: The State Emblem of India, which was recently unveiled on the new Parliament building, has triggered quite a debate. Citizens are letting their dissent known on social media, with many criticising the new design, especially what appears to be bared fangs of the lions. The State Emblem of India is an adaptation from the […]
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New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the Vice Presidential election to be held on August 6 (Saturday). The date on which counting, if required, shall be taken on the same day, said the EC in an official statement. The term of the office of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu is ending on August […]
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Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expects the Verkhovna Rada, or parliament, to adopt European integration bills as a priority. The President’s remark came a day after the European Union’s (EU) decisded to grant the candidate status to Ukraine for the nation’s accession to the 27-member bloc In his regular video message to the nation, he […]
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Hyderabad: For the second consecutive day on Friday, the TRS continued with its tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi ridiculing him for his remarks Pariwaarwad (dynasty politics), development and protocol issues during his visit to Hyderabad as also the Centre’s complete neglect of Telangana. Animal Husbandry Minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav told mediapersons here that it […]
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Hyderabad: TRS working president and Minister KT Rama Rao on Sunday said Union Home Minister Amit Shah issued an unconstitutional threat by saying that paddy will be purchased in the State only if people vote BJP to power. “If needed, the State government will consider approaching the Supreme Court for justice,” he said. “We will […]
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Mancherial: Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Adilabad Soyam Bapu Rao has threatened that his party MPs would ‘assault’ their TRS counterparts in the Parliament. He was speaking to pressmen after consoling the leaders of the BJP in Chennur, here on Monday. Referring to the recent alleged attacks on BJP leaders, Bapu Rao said that the […]
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By Shikara Academy Hyderabad: This article is on Lokpal and Lokayuktas as part of the series that deals with Constitutional and Statutory bodies. LOKPAL AND LOKAYUKTA: The Lokpal and the Lokayuktas Act 2013 passed by the Parliament in December, received assent of the President on January 1, and will come into effect on January 16, […]
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Hyderabad: This is in continuation of the last article on Constitutional Bodies and focuses on the functioning and duties of Comptroller and Auditor General. DUTIES AND POWERS OF CAG According to Article 149, the CAG shall perform the duties related to the accounts of the Centre and the States as specified by the Parliament. Accordingly, […]
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Hyderabad: TRS MPs on Monday served notice to move a privilege motion against union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal for deliberately misleading the Parliament and Members over the issue of export of boiled rice to other countries. In a letter to Lok Speaker Om Birla, the TRS MPs including Prabhakar […]
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Hyderabad: Women and Child Welfare Minister Satyavathi Rathod lashed out at the Opposition parties for a well-planned and malicious campaign against the K Chandrashekhar Rao government in Telangana through misleading statements in Parliament. She clarified that the State government was supplying fortified rice and also wheat to all the Anganwadi centres in Telangana. She was […]
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Gadkari assured that 'Green Hydrogen' will be manufactured in India, and refuelling stations will be established, generating sustainable employment opportunities in the country.
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Hyderabad: The Centre’s denial of receiving any proposal from the Telangana government seeking an increase for the reservation of Scheduled Tribes to 12 per cent in Lok Sabha on Monday, kicked off a fresh row in the State. The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Tuesday has not only demanded for the removal of union Minister […]
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Hyderabad: Several BJP-ruled States in the country took more loans than Telangana, contrary to the allegations leveled by the local BJP and Congress leaders in the State. The statement of the union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary’s in Lok Sabha on Monday was apparently unpalatable for the opposition parties leaders, as it laid […]