NEW DELHI,JULY 24: Reiterating its demand for a comprehensive statement by Prime Minister Modi on the Manipur crisis, the Congress on Monday termed Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in the Lok Sabha expressing his willingness for a discussion on Manipur as a “desperate bid to manage headlines”. Amit Shah had earlier said that the government […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,MAR 25 : Addressing the media a day after being disqualified as the Lok Sabha MP from Kerala’s Wayanad, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said he was not afraid and did not care about disqualification or being jailed. “I am not afraid and I don’t care about being disqualified for life or being jailed. […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,MAR 24. : Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified as Lok Sabha MP a day after a Surat court sentenced him to two-year jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case. The Wayanad MP was convicted over his “why all thieves have Modi surname” remark. After the Congress MP was disqualified as an MP, […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MARCH 8 : Parliament has been functioning without a deputy speaker, a post usually held by the main Opposition party, for nearly four years. The tenure of the current Lok Sabha is set to expire in just over a year. Constitutional experts and opposition parties have termed the ‘non-election for the post of […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,FEB 7: Tearing into the Modi government, senior Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday raised multiple accusatory questions in the Lok Sabha on the US short seller Hindenburg’s report, which alleged stock manipulation by the Adani group of companies. Rahul’s attack came on a day when the Opposition parties decided to end the logjam […]Continue Reading
Bhubaneswar, Jan. 28: Three Lok Sabha seats and as many as 25 assembly constituencies in Odisha are in the radar of Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS). Headed by Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, the BRS which on Friday enrolled former Odisha Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang, his wife Hema Gamang, son Shishir Gamang, Koraput’s ex- Lok Sabha […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,AUG 3: The government on Wednesday withdrew the Data Protection Bill from the Lok Sabha. The Bill was introduced on December 11, 2019. It was referred to the Joint Committee of the Houses for examination and the report of the committee was presented to the Lok Sabha on December 16, 2021. The Bill, withdrawn […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JULY 20: There were around 9.79 lakh vacant posts in central government departments against the sanctioned strength of 40.35 lakh, as on March 1, 2021, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. According to the annual report of pay research unit of the department of expenditure, there were 40,35,203 sanctioned posts under various ministries/departments […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,JULY 19: Over 3.92 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in the last three years and 1.70 lakh of them, the highest, took up American citizenship, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said that according to details provided by the Ministry of External Affairs, individuals renounced […]Continue Reading
