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Opposition parties prepare ground to counter Citizenship Amendment Bill

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance is comfortably placed to ensure the Bill's passage not just in the Lok Sabha, but Rajya Sabha as well

Corporation tax cut: Rajya Sabha members not sure about investment flows

Congress member Jairam Ramesh alleged that corporate tax reduction was a curtain-raiser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Howdy Modi event in Houston

RS okays Taxation Laws Amendment Bill, paves way for expediting growth

The Upper House passed the legislation without any changes

Venkaiah Naidu pulls up MPs for low attendance in parliamentary panels

After holding a meeting with chairpersons of these panels in the morning, Naidu said only 18 members each from both houses of Parliament attended eight Rajya Sabha committees' meetings

Post release, Chidambaram to attend Parliament after taking care of health

Besides Crohn's disease, Chidambaram also suffers from Dyslipidemia, Coronary Artery Disease, Hypertension, Glycemia and Prostatomegaly according to his advocates

234 prisoners from J&K in UP jails, 27 in Haryana: Govt tells Rajya Sabha

The cases against those lodged in various jails were related to murder, attempt to murder, culpable homicide not amounting to murder, rape, theft, burglary, dowry death

RS passes bill to amend SPG Act; Amit Shah says no vendetta against Gandhis

The Congress, which criticised the amendment, walked out of Rajya Sabha saying it is dissatisfied with the Home Minister's reply on the amendment to the SPG Act.

RS MPs want ban on conventional cigarettes, other tobacco products too

The bill seeks to replace an ordinance the government had issued on September 18 banning the use of e-cigarettes

2,015 pedestrians lost their lives due to potholes in 2018: Govt

The worst state for pedestrians in 2018 was West Bengal with 2,618 deaths.

Govt aims to generate additional 50 mn job opportunities in MSMEs sector

The target is also increase the share of MSMEs in the country's export and growth to 50 per cent, Gadkari said

Rajya Sabha reports 89% productivity in first half of winter session

Members of Rajya Sabha also made a record 51 zero hour submissions and 30 special mentions on various issues of public importance.

No provision for financial aid to family of farmers who commit suicide

Agriculture credit targets have also been enhanced from Rs 9 trillion in 2016-17 to Rs 13.5 trillion in 2019-20

Railways saw least number of accidents in last two and half years: Goyal

"The last 2.5 years have been the safest in the history of Indian Railways. There have been least number of accidents in the last 2.5 years", the minister said

Parliament highlights: Chit fund Bill passed, Pragya faces action, and more

Parliament Winter Session 2019: Lok Sabha passes bill to grant ownership rights to residents of Delhi's 1,731 unauthorised colonies

Efforts are on to revive BSNL, MTNL and make them professional: Govt in RS

Communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said a total of 79,000 employees of BSNL and 14,000 out of 20,000 employees of MTNL have applied for the VRS scheme

GDP growth seen slipping under 5% in Sep quarter; may be in 4.2-4.7% range

A look at six indicators shows all of them have collapsed from positive growth in April to contraction in Sept

Opposition's habit of walking out remains unchanged since 2014: Sitharaman

The Union Minister asserted that there will never be a recession in the country

RS debate: Opposition attacks Centre on economic slowdown, PSU divestment

Asserting that the consumption and investment engine was stuck, he stressed that an economy growing at 5 per cent was not acceptable in India

Parliament highlights: SPG Bill, UT merger, FM's views on economy, and more

Parliament Winter Session 2019: In the Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that growth in India may have come down, but the country is not facing recession

Rajya Sabha sees productivity of over 90% in first week of Winter Session

Based on the discussions that Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu had with leaders of various parties, the Rajya Sabha is likely to discuss the state of the economy and the Pegasus spyware issue next week