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Month-long Winter session of Parliament likely from fourth week of November

The month-long Winter session of Parliament is likely to commence from the fourth week of November following all COVID-19 protocols, Parliamentary sources said on Friday. The session, which is likely to have around 20 sittings, would conclude ahead of Christmas, they said. In the wake of the pandemic, the Winter session of Parliament was not held last year and all the subsequent sessions -- Budget and Monsoon -- were curtailed due to Covid. Though, an official decision has not been taken yet, the sources said the session could commence from November 29 and would end around December 23. Though, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will sit simultaneously, the members will follow social distancing norms. In the first few sessions, both the Houses used to meet at separate time to ensure that not many people were present inside the Parliament complex. In the Winter session, those entering the complex and the main Parliament building will have to wear masks all the time and may have to un

PM should express grief in Parl over farmers' death during protests: Tikait

To a question that MSP has not been a legal guarantee during previous governments, Tikait replied that is why those parties are not in power now.

Gadkari favours raising speed limits on expressways to 140 km/hour

A Bill will soon be introduced in Parliament to revise the speed limits for vehicles for different categories of roads: Gadkari

Rajya Sabha proceedings see average daily attendance of 78%: Study

The analysis of attendance of Rajya Sabha MPs reveals that around 30 per cent members had full presence in a session and only less than two per cent had zero attendance

Iceland misses out on Europe's first female-majority Parliament

Predictions failed to pan out that Jakobsdottir's coalition would struggle in face of calls from left for higher health-care spending and worries over climate change in North Atlantic island nation

PM Narendra Modi visits new parliament building construction site

The new parliament building will have an area of 64,500 square metres

Citizen scorecards for better accountability

The CAG's auditing standards highlight the importance of performance audits for promoting transparency and evaluating outcomes

Parliament more about policy than politics: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that Parliament is not only about politics but policy too and noted that content is about "connect"

Parliament more about policy than politics: PM Modi at Sansad TV launch

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that Parliament is not only about politics but policy too and described content as "connect"

Sushmita Dev, ex-Congress leader who joined TMC, nominated to Rajya Sabha

Dev, who was one of the national spokespersons of the grand-old party and its women's wing chief, switched over to the Mamata Banerjee-led camp last month.

Sign FTAs with US, EU for helping domestic exporters: Parl panel to govt

The government should iron out the issues hindering the signing of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with the US and the EU nations: panel

Decoded: How VPN secures our virtual lives & why a ban is unlikely

Would banning VPN impact WFH? Yes, since it has enabled remote working for many sensitive industries

Parliamentary panel, Sebi likely to discuss action in key cases

Franklin Templeton fiasco, brokers' default, outcomes of IL&FS & DHFL may be taken up during today's meet

Newsmaker: Meet Pralhad Joshi, a minister who needs to step up his game

Joshi's name was mentioned in despatches as a possible B S Yediyurappa successor when the BJP replaced the stalwart

'Sorry state of affairs': CJI N V Ramana on lack of debate in Parliament

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana Sunday said it is a "sorry state of affairs" as the absence of quality debate leaves many aspects of laws unclear and increases the burden on courts

Parliament is 'temple of country's democracy': Kovind on eve of 75th I-Day

Parliament provides us highest forum where we discuss, debate and decide issues for well-being of our people, says President

'SC is only hope': Chidambaram on no Parliament discussion on snooping row

With a tumultuous Parliament session ending with unruly scenes, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said the Chair in both Houses was "not as neutral as it should be"

Oppn accuses govt of crushing its voice in Parl, 'murdering' democracy

Leaders of several opposition parties stepped up their offensive accusing the government of crushing their voice in Parliament

Caste in stone

States should not misuse the power vested in the 127th Amendment

Of political cycles and four-wheel drive

'Cyclists are especially insulting to the "Billionaire Raj" (citing The Economist) over which Mr Modi presides', says the author