Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit the US from September 8 to September 10 during which he will hold numerous interactions in Washington DC and Dallas, including at the University of Texas. Incidentally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to visit the US late September. Chairman of Indian Overseas Congress, … Read more
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday fiercely opposed in a Delhi court the bail application of Lok Sabha MP from Jammu and Kashmir Engineer Rashid, claiming that he may influence witnesses and tamper with evidence to “obstruct justice” in a 2017 terror funding case if he is granted the relief. The special … Read more
New Delhi: Congress, which won 99 Lok Sabha seats, has made a claim for chairmanships of five department-related parliamentary standing committees. Government representatives, who have started negotiations on the matter with the main Opposition party, responded by offering Congress nominees a minimum of three chairmanships while talks are on for a fourth, it is learnt. … Read more
Ajit Prasad, the son of Faizabad MP Awadhesh Prasad, is likely to be the Samajwadi Party candidate from Milkipur constituency in the upcoming assembly bypolls, party leaders said on Sunday. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav held a meeting with party leaders and workers of Ayodhya’s Mikipur assembly constituency and discussed the name of Ajit Prasad as … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday questioned the government, particularly the Ministry of Defence, for not providing a seat to Rahul Gandhi in the first row at the Red Fort Independence Day event despite him being the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha. While Congress MP Vivek Tankha said Gandhi was seated in the … Read more
PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi other leaders attend tea meeting organised by Lok Sabha Speaker in Parliament. (Image: X/@INCIndia) The unofficial tea meeting was held in the Parliament complex after the Lok Sabha was adjourned on Friday, one sitting ahead of the scheduled end of the Budget session Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress … Read more
A 31-member joint parliamentary committee will examine the Waqf (Amendment) Bill and submit its report in the first week of the winter session of Parliament. The committee will have 21 members from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha. The Lok Sabha members to be part of the panel are Jagdambika Pal, Nishikant … Read more
A private member’s bill seeking to amend the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The Bill, moved by N K Premachandran of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), seeks to amend section 3 and schedule II of the Act. Hibi Eden of the Congress also moved … Read more
The Lok Sabha on Friday named 21 members to a joint committee of Houses to examine the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. The panel will also include 10 members from the Rajya Sabha and must submit its report by the end of the first week of the next Parliament session. Kiren Rijiju, the minister of parliamentary affairs … Read more
Parliamentary approval for the Budget 2024-25 was completed on Thursday with the Rajya Sabha returning the relevant legislations to the Lok Sabha after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s spirited reply to the debate emphasising Budget was aimed at promoting investments and creating jobs. The Rajya Sabha returned the Appropriation Bill and the Finance Bill to the … Read more
