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New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, which empowers police to obtain physical and biological samples of convicts and those accused of crimes. The Act, which replaces the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920, was passed by Lok Sabha on April 4 and Rajya Sabha on April […]
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Chandigarh: Former cricketer and Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab Harbhajan Singh on Saturday said that he will contribute his Rajya Sabha salary to the education and welfare of the daughters of farmers. “As a Rajya Sabha member, I want to contribute my RS salary to the daughters of farmers for their education & welfare,” Singh […]
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Says the union Minister is ignorant about the pain and struggle of farmers
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Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) continued to its tirade against the double standards of the BJP-led union government and demanded for a discussion on categorisation of scheduled castes in the Parliament. The TRS MPs moved an adjournment motion in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Thursday in this regard. After the motions were […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday bid farewell to the retiring 72 Rajya Sabha, saying that they should come back to the House given their rich Parliamentary experiences. Speaking in the Upper House, the Prime Minister noted that the retiring MPs include those who have been members of the Rajya Sabha for three […]
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Hyderabad: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Wednesday demanded that the union government take up a nation-wide caste census and revise the reservations for various castes accordingly. The party moved a motion for suspension of rules to discuss caste census in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in this regard, reminding that the BJP government at […]
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Hyderabad: Rajya Sabha member KR Suresh Reddy has been appointed as the Deputy Floor Leader of TRS party in Rajya Sabha with immediate effect. TRS Parliamentary Party leader K Keshava Rao issued the orders following directions from the party President and Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday. Suresh Reddy has a political career spanning […]
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Hyderabad: Noted actor Prakash Raj has become the latest in the long line of celebrities joining the Green India Challenge initiated by Rajya Sabha MP J Santosh Kumar. On Saturday, Santosh Kumar tweeted a picture of Prakash Raj planting a sapling on the occasion of his birthday, apart from tweeting a recent picture of the […]
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Hyderabad: The TRS MPs on Friday staged a walkout from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha protesting against the Centre’s failure to sanction new Navodaya Schools to Telangana in the last eight years. TRS Parliamentary Party leader K Keshava Rao and Lok Sabha floor leader Nama Nageshwara Rao issued notices of adjournament motion […]
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New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha is likely to discuss the working of the Ministry of Labour and Employment on Tuesday. The Upper House of Parliament will also continue further discussion on the Ministry of Railways, which was raised by MP Prasanna Acharya last week. Reports related to the parliamentary standing committees of Commerce, Energy, Finance […]
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New Delhi: There is no plan by the government to introduce cryptocurrency, the Parliament was told on Tuesday. There is no plan to introduce a cryptocurrency and currently it is unregulated in India, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply. “Reserve Bank of India (RBI) does not […]
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New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the GST Council should not be politicised as it is a body in which every finance minister from every state sits in and decides on how the disbursements happen. While intervening during the question hour in the Rajya Sabha on the issue of GST […]
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Hyderabad: TRS Rajya Sabha MP K Keshava Rao demanded an unconditional apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the people of Telangana for hurting their sentiments with his comments on the AP Reorganisation Bill. The TRS MP asked the Prime Minister to withdraw his statements. The Prime Minister in his speech in Rajya Sabha on […]
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Holding placards and raising slogans, the TRS MPs demanded the Prime Minister to extend apologies to the people of Telangana for his comments.
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Hyderabad: Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers’ Association (TNGO) State president M Rajender demanded on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi withdraw his remarks made on Telangana in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The TNGO has also decided to stage demonstrations across the State in protest against Modi’s remarks and demanded that the Central government fulfill the promises made […]
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Hyderabad: TRS MP KR Suresh Reddy on Wednesday strongly responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks in Rajya Sabha on the bifurcation of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, stating that the latter cannot question the authority of Parliament which was the supreme authority. “What stopped the BJP government to correct the mistakes that it feels were committed […]
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Hyderabad: Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao on Wednesday demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks on Telangana Statehood in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Participating in a meeting at Ibrahimpatnam after taking part in various development works, he said Modi spoke lies and was resorting to creating hatred instead of instilling […]
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Hyderabad: Protests erupted across Telangana against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comments on the conception of Telangana. Elected representatives from TRS, Congress and other political parties except BJP along with students, farmers, and employees held demonstrations wearing black dresses, badges, headbands and scarves. On Tuesday, the Prime Minister had said in Rajya Sabha that BJP was […]
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Modi says division was unscientific, done behind closed doors with mikes going silent
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New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MPs on Tuesday made a demand to fill over eight lakh posts lying vacant in the Central government, saying vacancies are unjustified at a time unemployment rate is high. Raising the issue through a zero-hour mention, V Vijayasai Reddy said the government sector is overflowing with vacancies at a time there […]
