New Delhi: The government has no proposal under consideration to make paid menstrual leave mandatory for all workplaces, the Women and Child Development Ministry said on Friday. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi said the government implements the Scheme for Promotion of Menstrual Hygiene among adolescent … Read more
New Delhi: Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and some Opposition MPs sparred in the Lok Sabha on Monday over the alleged NEET-UG paper leak. While the Opposition alleged that paper leaks have taken place 70 times in the past seven years, Pradhan claimed there had been no paper leaks during the past seven years and insisted … Read more
Shatrughan Sinha, the TMC politician and actor, was sworn in as a member of the Lok Sabha. He represents the Asansol seat in West Bengal and is the final winning candidate to take the oath. With his oath-taking, the House now consists of 542 members, leaving one vacancy following Rahul Gandhi’s decision to vacate the … Read more
New Delhi: The EVM-VVPAT burnt memory checking and verification — the first such process to test the electoral machines — is likely to take place only by August end or early September given the legal and administrative requirements, ET has learnt. Nearly 20 locations have been identified for conducting the EVM-VVPAT verification with respect to … Read more
New Delhi: Candidates who have applied for EVM-VVPAT memory verification after the recent Lok Sabha and assembly polls will be able to check any machine from any polling station in an assembly segment and opt for a mix and match of EVM units, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Tuesday. Releasing the technical … Read more
BJP is holding state-level review meetings to assess its Lok Sabha seat losses. A central leader supervises and inspires party members at each meeting as the party seeks to reassure workers that the fewer seats are due to external factors and that the party will do well in the future. Party leaders told ET that … Read more
New Delhi: Various right-wing groups on Tuesday held a protest meeting against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s recent “not Hindus” remark in the Lok Sabha and asked the Congress leader to refrain from “insulting” the community. The protest meet was organised here under the banner of Sarva Hindu Samaj. The meeting was also attended by … Read more
After challenging BJP that the opposition alliance will defeat the party in Gujarat in his maiden address in the 18th Lok Sabha early this month, Rahul Gandhi brought the political battle to the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. Visiting Ahmedabad to meet the party workers and families of the victims of … Read more
Amid heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the Parliament complex, jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who were granted parole to take oath as members of the Lok Sabha, were sworn in as MPs on Friday. While Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, is in Delhi’s Tihar … Read more
Last Updated: July 03, 2024, 22:35 IST Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla (Image/ANI) The amendment came against the backdrop of several members raising slogans like “Jai Samvidhan” and “Jai Hindu Rashtra” while taking oath last week With some Lok Sabha members resorting to sloganeering during oath taking, Speaker Om Birla has amended the rule which … Read more
