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Rahul Gandhi unlikely to attend winter session due to Bharat Jodo Yatra

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to attend the upcoming winter session of Parliament due to the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra, the party said on Saturday. The winter session of Parliament is likely to commence in the first week of December in the old building and conclude by the end of the month, sources had said on Friday. There is a proposal to hold the session between December 7 and 29 and a final decision regarding the dates will be taken by the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, they had said. Asked whether party MPs participating in the yatra will attend the session, Congress general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh told reporters that it is unlikely that he and three other parliamentarians -- Rahul Gandhi, K C Venugopal, Digvijaya Singh -- who are walking in the yatra consistently would attend Parliament. Ramesh said they would inform the Speaker and the Chairman accordingly that they would not be able to attend the upcoming session. He said

Winter session likely to commence from Dec 1st week in old building

There is a proposal to hold the session between December 7 and 29 and a final and formal decision regarding the dates will be taken by the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs

Winter session may commence in first week of Dec in old Parliament building

The Winter Session of Parliament is likely to commence in the first week of December in the old building and conclude by the end of the month, sources said on Friday. A final decision regarding the dates will be taken by the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, they said. While the session is likely to take place in the old building, the government is also contemplating a symbolic soft inauguration of the new building, being built at an estimated cost of over Rs 1,200 crore, by the end of this month or early December, the sources said. The session usually starts from the third week of November with around 20 sittings. But there have been occasions when the session was held in December, during 2017 and 2018. This time, it is likely that the session will be held in the first week of December, the sources said. Elections to the Gujarat Assembly will be held on December 1 and 5, while counting for both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh will be held on December 8. The government ear

Centre likely to amend IBC in winter session to improve efficiency: Report

According to the data, 60 per cent of bankruptcy cases are pending for over 270 days under the IBC

Delhi air pollution in early winter down 20% compared to pre-Covid: Report

The report also states that the onset of winter has been much cleaner this year due to the rains which were witnessed in September and October

Govt amends Multi State Cooperative Societies Act to bring in transparency

Credit cooperatives constitute the bulk of the MSCS (610), followed by agriculture-oriented MSCS (244)

Ministry proposes to decriminalise law on collection of statistics

No imprisonment for offences like obstructing or deceiving officers, but fines will be increased

Centre likely to introduce the IBC amendment bill in winter session

The changes will will make amends to the cross-border insolvency regime. Among other changes, the bill will make it easier for overseas creditors to participate in the legal proceedings in India

Officials hopeful of having Winter Session in new Parliament building

All-out efforts are being made to finish the remaining work of the new Parliament building so that the Winter Session is held there, officials have said

Winter session troubles may hit House again; FM to present Eco Survey today

The Personal Data Protection Bill is eagerly awaited and may come up in the Budget session

Reform in three Acts with long-overdue Bill to improve audit discipline

The government introduces a long-overdue Bill to improve the audit discipline

Farmers' protest to snooping scandal: 2021, the year that was in politics

From deep digging in the heart of the capital to takeoff plans in its periphery - 2021 remained action-packed

Disagreements should be reflected in debates, not disruption, says Om Birla

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Wednesday that agreements and disagreements on issues may be reflected in debates and not through disruption

Winter Session ends a day ahead of schedule without win of any group

Lok Sabha productivity was approximately 82%, Rajya Sabha's 48%

Opposition not to attend meeting called by Centre to end RS logjam

Opposition parties have decided not to attend meeting called by the government to end the deadlock in Rajya Sabha in the ongoing winter session of Parliament.

The winter session of Parliament falls just short of a washout

Though both Houses were adjourned several times during the day, some business did get done. The Lok Sabha saw introduction of nine new Bills

RS adjourned for the day amid opposition uproar over suspension of MPs

The Rajya Sabha failed to transact any business on Thursday as opposition members forced adjournments in the house over the issue of suspension of 12 MPs

Three-day winter session of UP legislature to begin on Wednesday

This will also be the last session of the 17th Vidhan Sabha.

Parliamentary panel seeks details on status of Master Plan of Delhi-2021

A parliamentary panel has sought in detail the current status of the implementation of the Master Plan of Delhi-2021, outlining achievements, failures or delays.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 PM after Oppn uproar over MPs' suspensions

Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned twice during the pre-lunch period on Monday after Opposition members created uproar in the house over the suspension of some of their colleagues. The house was first adjourned soon after it met and then again a few minutes after the house met at 12 for the Question Hour. Opposition members belonging to the Trinamool Congress, Congress, Aam Aadmi Party and the Left trooped into the Well of the House, raising slogans against the government. The Opposition members carrying placards demanded the revocation of the suspension of 12 members while raising slogans. Deputy chairman Harivansh appealed to the protesting members to go back to their seats and allow the Question Hour to be taken up. TMC member Derek O'Brien rose to ask a supplementary question but sought to raise the issue of suspension of members instead, but was not allowed by the chair. "Why has democracy dried up in the country?" Derak asked anyway. Leader of the House Piyush Goyal sai