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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 […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday came down heavily on the Congress saying that it could never think beyond its “dynasty”, while praising NCP leader Sharad Pawar and TMC for attending the all-party meeting on Covid-19. Replying to motion of thanks on President’s address in the Rajya Sabha, PM Modi said that during […]
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Rajya Sabha members also observed a minute's silence as they paid tribute to the legendary singer. The house will reconvene at 11:05 am.
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New Delhi: As many as 439 terrorists have been eliminated in Jammu and Kashmir so far after the abrogation of Article 370 while 541 terrorism-related incidents have been registered in the Union Territory, Minister of State for Home affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha. Rai, in a written reply to Rajya Sabha MP […]
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Hyderabad: Upping the ante against the Centre, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi members from Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha boycotted the joint session of Parliament addressed by President Ramnath Kovind on the first day of the budget session that commenced on Monday. They decided to stay away from the Presidential address to Parliament in protest against […]
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Prasad was a seven-term Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar and was also elected to the Lok Sabha once.
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New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021. The Presidential assent, which came on Saturday, was published in the government gazette immediately. The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha on December 17 after the Rajya Sabha passed it on December 8. According to the PRS research […]
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New Delhi: Eleven parliamentarians – six from the Lok Sabha and five from the Rajya Sabha – were awarded the annual Parliamentarians’ Group for Children Awards, in a virtual ceremony on Thursday. The Parliamentarians’ Group of Children (PGC) is a platform that convenes, informs and engages MPs on issues of children’s rights, and the award […]
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New Delhi: The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have been adjourned sine die ahead of schedule on Wednesday today. Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with top members of his cabinet in the Parliament to discuss various issues and the government’s strategy. Since the beginning of the winter session on November 29, both the […]
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New Delhi: Upset over alleged “personal” remarks made against her, Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan on Monday lashed out at the ruling BJP in Rajya Sabha with a “curse” that it will face bad days soon. An agitated Bachchan also told the chair that he should be fair and alleged that an attempt was being […]
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New Delhi: As the continuous Opposition uproar has been affecting Parliament proceedings regularly, the Centre is set to introduce the ‘Mediation Bill, 2021’ in Rajya Sabha on Friday to promote and facilitate mediation, especially institutional mediation. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju is slated to move the Bill which also seeks for resolution of disputes, commercial or […]
