JD(U) announces LS candidates; OBCs, EBCs get preferenceThe seats where sitting MPs have been dropped are Sitamarhi, where legislative council chairman Devesh Chandra Thakur will be the JD(U) can...
24 Mar, 2024, 02.35 PM IST
MP suspension full list: Names of Opposition MPs suspended during Winter SessionThe session was adjourned sine die on December 21. Till then, total of 146 MPs had been suspended for unruly conduct. The Winter Session wa...
21 Dec, 2023, 05.45 PM IST
NCLT rejects CIRP plea against Dilip Buildcon"The NCLT only adjudicates based on admitted dues and cannot be made to conduct the proceedings by way of a detailed trial to ascertain the...
08 Nov, 2023, 11.31 PM IST
RJD makes common cause with JD(U), pitches for 'special status' to BiharFor Bihar, Kumar has repeatedly sought special status, which grants various benefits and tax incentives for a state.
16 Dec, 2021, 09.14 PM IST
Govt appoints 31 members at NCLT, ITATThe appointments come at a time when the Supreme Court has flagged concerns, saying the Centre was "emasculating" tribunals by not appointi...
12 Sep, 2021, 05.14 PM IST
Lok Sabha clears bill to amend Essential Commodities ActLok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 which seeks to deregulate food items, including cereals, pulse...
15 Sep, 2020, 09.12 PM IST
Non-matriculates, PhD holders among new MPs in BiharOf the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, the NDA comprising BJP, JD (U) and LJP had won 39, while Congress bagged one.
26 May, 2019, 11.57 AM IST
4 Union ministers in fray in last phase of LS polls in BiharThe most keenly-watched contest is in Patna Sahib where Ravi Shankar Prasad, one of the most prominent members of the Narendra Modi cabinet...
18 May, 2019, 12.21 PM IST
Congress raises Rafale issue; HM says repeating lie will not make it truthCongress members have been raising the Rafale deal issue since the start of the Winter Session of Parliament on December 11, demanding that...
31 Dec, 2018, 01.49 PM IST
Lok Sabha passes bill for GST cess hike on luxury cars to 25%The Ordinance provided for a hike in the GST cess on a range of cars from mid-size to hybrid variants and the luxury ones to 25 per cent.
27 Dec, 2017, 06.59 PM IST
BJP MPs seek President Rule in Bihar, RJD-JD(U) protestBJP MP Janaradhan Singh Sigriwal alleged that several ruling alliance legislators or their kins were recently found to have been involved i...
09 May, 2016, 03.39 PM IST
Lok Sabha members express grave concern over agrarian distressRaising the issue in Zero Hour, they sought remunerative prices for farm produce and cheaper credit and loan waivers to farmers.
03 Dec, 2015, 04.45 PM IST
- Chhattisgarh to use transplanter machine to relocate trees
Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh on Wednesday inaugurated a tree transplanter machine at the Botanical Garden in Naya Raipur for relocating tr...
22 Jul, 2015, 07.02 PM IST
Members to 18 parliamentary committees and government bodies elected unanimouslyThe Estimates Committee is likely to be headed by senior BJP MP Murli Manohar Joshi, who chaired the PAC in the 15th Lok Sabha.
28 Jul, 2014, 11.28 AM IST
Ruckus in Parliament over UPSC issue, house adjourned till noonRajya Sabha was adjourned twice during Question Hour following Opposition's demand for a clarification by no other than the PM or LoP.
25 Jul, 2014, 12.59 PM IST
LS polls 2014: Many former IAS, IPS officers in frayBe it arch rivals BJP and Congress or newbie Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), each of them have fielded a number of retired bureaucrats to win over p...
03 Apr, 2014, 12.09 PM IST
- 21 new faces from Bihar in the 15th Lok Sabha
The electorate of Bihar seems to have voted for a change as 21 of state's 40 MPs in the 15th Lok Sabha have been elected for the first time.
17 May, 2009, 04.11 PM IST