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Govt may extend ongoing Parliament session by 10 days till August 6th

If the session is extended by 10 sittings, then it will be extended by two weeks

Centre to fix a single mandatory floor on minimum wages for states

Overhaul in salary structures of private sector firms on cards

Current LS session records 128% productivity, highest in 20 yrs: Think Tank

The Lok Sabha, chaired by Speaker Om Birla, has been working for more than its scheduled time and has sat till midnight on two occasions to complete its legislative business

Bypassing Parliament scrutiny

The inclusion of non-tax proposals in the Finance Bill undermines the legislative process

963 terrorists, 413 security personnel killed in 5 yrs in J&K: Govt to LS

He said security forces were taking proactive action against terrorists, pursuant to the government's zero tolerance policy towards terrorism.

LS passes bill to allow NIA to probe terrorist acts against Indians abroad

Home Minister Amit Shah said Parliament should speak in one voice in giving powers to the NIA to send out a message to terrorists and the world

Approved 187 new cold chain projects in last 5 years: Govt tells Lok Sabha

Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal Tuesday said that under the scheme for integrated cold chain and value addition infrastructure, 292 projects have been approved so far.

Lok Sabha passes Aadhaar Bill amid Opposition protest over privacy

Proposed amendments allow, among other things, for voluntary use of the Aadhaar number as a know-your-customer (KYC) mechanism for opening bank accounts and buying SIM cards

Lok Sabha clears Finance Bill; FM says tax proposals aimed at helping poor

Goyal also took a swipe at the Congress, saying unlike the previous UPA dispensation, the Modi government in its interim Budget did not reduce levies on SUVs, which are used by the rich

Poetry in Parliament

Does political poetry have any value at all?

Delhi HC refuses urgent hearing for plea seeking LoP's appointment in LS

A vacation bench of justices Jyoti Singh and Manoj Kumar Ohri said "looking at the relief sought, there is no urgency". The bench instead listed the petition for hearing on July 8

In 30 minutes Lok Sabha clears Finance bill, 218 amendments without debate

The bills were the contentious Finance Bill, 2018, and the Appropriation Bill, 2018

Govt initiates process to set up parliamentary panels in Lok Sabha

Arjun Ram Meghwal moved a resolution that MPs of the Lok Sabha elect 15 members among themselves for the Public Accounts Committee

When Ram became a battering ram

It was not uncommon in the 1920s and 1930s for communal riots to start with just the kind of provocation evident in the Lok Sabha when members took the oath

Two-term BJP MP Om Birla set to become Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha

With Birla's nomination, the National Democratic Alliance has departed from the decade-and-a-half old trend of nominating an experienced parliamentarian to the post

Role of active Opposition is important in Parliamentary democracy: PM Modi

The Lok Sabha is set to spend the next two days with the process of all MPs taking the oath

MPs in traditional attires add colour on first day of the 17th Lok Sabha

Bihar MPs Gopal Jee Thakur and Ashok Kumar Yadav came in traditional Maithili attire and headgear, while most of the Assam MPs donned traditional Assamese 'gamocha'

Don't bother about numbers, every word you speak is valuable: PM tells Oppn

'We should think about issues with a 'nishpaksh' (non-partition) spirit,' said PM Modi

First session of 17th Lok Sabha begins; PM Modi, other members take oath

As soon as the House met, the Members stood in silence for a few minutes as per the convention after the assembling of the new Lok Sabha

First session of 17th Lok Sabha likely to start June 6 after Prez address

President Ram Nath Kovind will address the joint sitting of the two houses of Parliament on June 6, the first day of the session