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New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor offered an apology after he posted his picture on the first day of the winter session of Parliament. Tharoor posted a selfie with six women MPs, including Trinamool’s Nusrat Jahan and Mimi Chakraborty, Congress’ Preneet Kaur and Jothiman Sennimalai, NCP’s Supriya Sule and DMK’s Thamizhachi Thangapandian and wrote: “Who […]

Soon after the Lok Sabha commenced, Speaker Om Birla administered the oath of office to the new members.

New Delhi: An all-party meeting convened by the government ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament started on Sunday with most opposition parties demanding a discussion on the Pegasus snooping row, price rise and unemployment. Sources aware of the deliberations at the meet said opposition leaders also raised the issue of extended jurisdiction of the […]

By B Yerram Raju The Centre recently passed the Account Aggregators’ Bill in Parliament and claimed that the subjects of the Bill, viz, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, would get easy access to the credit window through Open Credit Enablement Networks. Last June, the MSME Development Act, 2006, was amended to give credence to the […]

There is a strong case for undertaking caste census to enable policymakers to fine-tune affirmative programmes

With disruptions continuing, the productivity of Rajya Sabha fell to 13.70 per cent during the second week of the ongoing monsoon session from 32.20 per cent during the first week, resulting in an overall productivity of 21.60 per cent

A group of 200 farmers will travel to Jantar Mantar from their Singhu border demonstration site in buses with a police escort and hold protest there from 11 am to 5 pm.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh raised an objection against the uproar while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was introducing his Council of Ministers in Lok Sabha.

The TRS Parliamentary Party will adopt a multi-pronged approach to raise its concerns over the Central government's decision to take over the irrigation projects.

Cabinet opposes illegal construction of Rayalaseema lift scheme and RDS by Andhra Pradesh govt

New Delhi must closely monitor the emerging political drama in Nepal for a calibrated response, given the bilateral tensions

The National Commission for Allied and Healthcare Professions Bill, 2021, seeks to provide for regulation and maintenance of standards of education and services by allied and healthcare professionals.

Piloting the Bill, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said hiking the FDI limit in the insurance sector will help insurers raise additional funds and tide over the financial problems.

The FDI limit in the insurance sector, the minister said, has increased significantly after the government decided to raise the cap from 26 per cent to 49 per cent in 2015.

Since morning, senior citizens accompanied by their children or grand children, stood in queues to cast their vote at the polling booths

While the Rajya Sabha had passed the Bill on February 9, it sailed through the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

The Upper House will meet at its normal hours of 11 am to 6 pm from Tuesday. The timings were changed to 9 am to 2 pm from last year's monsoon session due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge sought a discussion on the matter.

"I appeal to all the members, please make it a point to be in the House and then observe debates, enrich your knowledge," he said.

Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu did not allow the discussion, saying the issue can be debated "during the course of discussion on the Appropriation bill."