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Covid-19 impact: No all-party meeting ahead of Parliament's monsoon session

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi will not be holding the meeting which is conferred before the commencement of parliamentary sessions

Pitch ready for JDU Vs RJD battle for Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman's post

The Opposition had earlier discussed the name of DMK MP Tiruchi Siva, but the Upper House leader from Tamil Nadu had refused to contest

Ahead of Parliament's monsoon session, Telangana CM to meet TRS MPs today

Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao will meet with Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) MPs, from both the Houses of the Parliament, today

Oppn likely to field DMK MP Tiruchi Siva in RS Deputy Chairman election

The election for the post of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman is slated to take place on September 14 and the opposition parties are planning to field DMK MP Tiruchi Siva as their candidate

Covid-19 test report mandatory to enter Parliament during Monsoon session

The members have been requested to get their RT-PCR tests conducted 72 hours prior to arrival at Parliament after September 11 onwards

Shiv Sena supports govt on no Question Hour during monsoon session

Shiv Sena came out in support of the Centre's move to drop Question Hour from the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, and said the decision was taken due to an "emergency situation"

BJP using Covid-19 as excuse to cancel Question Hour in Parliament: NCP

The NCP accused the BJP of using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to cancel the Question Hour in the forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament to "hide its failures" on multiple fronts

Govt wants Parliament to be a 'notice board': Tharoor on 'no Question Hour'

Reacting to the development, Tharoor said, "I said four months ago that strongmen leaders would use the excuse of the pandemic to stifle democracy and dissent"

Prakash Javadekar, Jitendra Singh to brief media on cabinet decisions today

Prakash Javadekar and Dr Jitendra Singh to brief media on cabinet decisions at 3 pm on Wednesday

No question hour in monsoon session of Parliament due to coronavirus

However, zero hour and other proceedings will be held as per schedule. Monsoon session of Parliament is scheduled to begin from September 14 and conclude on October 1

German leaders condemn far-right attempt to storm Parliament building

Senior German officials on Sunday condemned attempts by far-right protesters and others to storm the parliament building following a protest against the country's pandemic restrictions. Hundreds of people, some waving the flag of the German Reich of 1871-1918 and other far-right banners, breached a security barrier outside the Reichstag late Saturday but were intercepted by police and forcibly removed. Reich flags and right-wing extremist provocations in front of the German Bundestag are an unbearable attack on the heart of our democracy, Germany's president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, said Sunday. We will never accept this. Steinmer said people had the right to express their anger about the coronavirus restrictions and to question them publicly, including with demonstrations. My sympathy ends where protesters allow themselves to be used by enemies of democracy and political agitators, he added. Police used pepper spray to drive back the protesters, who earlier in the day had ...

CAG report on defence offset performance in next Par session: Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the CAG report on defence offset performance will be tabled in the forthcoming session of Parliament. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) on offset performance was scheduled to be tabled in the last session of Parliament but could not be done as the session had to be curtailed following the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. "The C&AG Report No 20 of 2019...Defence Offset Performance was scheduled to be tabled in Parliament during the budget session (2020). The session ended, before date, due to COVID. Now the report will be placed in the next session. The contents will be known only after that, Sitharaman said in a series of tweets. Observing that the first Rafale fighter jet was handed over to India in October 2019, the minister said, There is a year-wise phasing of how much offset obligation the companies/OEMs have to fulfill. MoD informs me that claims of such obligations being fulfilled are ...

Parliament monsoon session may begin from first week of September

The monsoon session of Parliament may begin from the first week of September and is unlikely to see the two Houses assembling simultaneously

Fire breaks out on sixth floor of Parliament annexe building, under control

After seven fire tenders rushed to the spot, the flame was doused down after some time

Current academic year will not be 'zero year' for colleges: Officials

The current academic year will not be a "zero year" for colleges and higher education institutions, Education Ministry officials told a parliamentary panel Monday

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Why are Netas admitted even when not critical?

From shutdowns hitting low-income private schools, to resumption of parliament to learning where migrants returned to

Covid-19: Centre considering proposal on physical Parliament session

Both sessions of Parliament are likely to be functional from the Central Hall daily except on a vacation day

Parliamentary panel submits final report on Social Security Code

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour on Friday submitted to the Lok Sabha speaker its final report on the Code on Social Security

OBC quota: Parliamentary panel bats for raising creamy layer ceiling

Not including salary and agricultural revenue while calculating the annual income ceiling for the creamy layer category of OBCs are some of the recommendations made

New education policy 'unilateral' drive to destroy Indian education: CPI(M)

The party alleged that Parliament has been completely bypassed in the process of forming the policy