NDA members strongly support nuclear bill, Opp seeks examination by JPCParliament debated the Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India Bill. Opposition MPs urged sending t...
17 Dec, 2025, 04.07 PM IST
Centre's nod must for MPs for accepting foreign hospitality during private visits abroad: Rajya Sabha notificationThese guidelines come at a time when the Ethics Committee of the Lok Sabha has recommended expulsion of TMC member Mohua Moitra in the brib...
30 Nov, 2023, 08.44 PM IST
Opposition to push for discussion on Agnipath defence recruitment scheme in Parliament this week"We will definitely raise the issue in Parliament, however there is very little time to force a discussion on it as the session is ending o...
01 Aug, 2022, 10.34 AM IST
FM Sitharaman moves Supplementary Demands in Rajya Sabha; seeks approval for Rs 3.73 lakh cr extra spendingOver Rs 5,000 crore and more than Rs 4,000 crore have been earmarked for additional spending by the ministries of defence and home, respect...
21 Dec, 2021, 08.07 PM IST
Amidst Opposition protests, three bills passed in Lok Sabha, three others introducedLok Sabha proceedings were repeatedly disrupted following uproar by the Opposition, but amid the protests, the government also introduced t...
09 Aug, 2021, 05.41 PM IST
Rajya Sabha adjourned till Monday amid Opposition protestAfter the House resumed post lunch at 2.30 pm, Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, who was in the chair, called for private member bus...
30 Jul, 2021, 03.57 PM IST
Rule of land supreme, not your policy: Parliamentary panel on information technology to TwitterAccording to sources, members of the Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology also asked Twitter why it should not be fined as it has ...
18 Jun, 2021, 09.50 PM IST
Congress-Left-ISF alliance fighting for political relevance, hopes to be kingmakerWith the poll narrative for the assembly poll in West Bengal sharply polarized between the ruling TMC and opposition BJP, the Congress-Left...
27 Mar, 2021, 04.06 PM IST
Parliament passes bill to provide autonomy to major ports; minister says it does not aim to privatise portsThe Lok Sabha had on September 23, 2020 passed the bill. Allaying fears of members, Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Mansukh Mandaviy...
10 Feb, 2021, 04.21 PM IST
Centre considering sealing of India-Bangladesh border: Rajnath Singh"We will consider sealing the India-Bangladesh border so that the problem of fake currency and cow smuggling can be stopped," Singh said at...
13 Jul, 2018, 07.17 PM IST
Bengal becomes first state to opt out of ‘Modicare’The Centre has drawn up a health plan in which 40% of the fund has to come from states. But why should the state spend on another programme...
14 Feb, 2018, 10.37 AM IST
Government took backdoor as it is afraid of facing Parliament: CPMCPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, trashed the demand by some opposition parties led by Congress and TMC that PM Narendra Modi resig...
28 Dec, 2016, 03.45 PM IST
Telangana government's main projects revolve around waterThe govt's focus is on water, a key issue on which the Telangana movement was predicated. Two years on, it is also a source of conflict wit...
29 May, 2016, 12.32 PM IST
E-waste management draft rules puts liability on producer: GovernmentGovernment today said its new e-waste management draft rules puts the "absolute liability" on producers of such waste and their safe dispos...
07 Dec, 2015, 06.54 PM IST
Why star leaders like Tapas Pal, Moon Moon Sen are a cause of concern for Mamata BanerjeeAs the recent Tapas Pal incident shows, Mamata's increasing dependence on actors in political roles has begun to backfire. But does she hav...
06 Jul, 2014, 01.12 PM IST
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announces 6-point package for successor states of AndhraManmohan Singh today announced a six-point development package for successor states of Andhra Pradesh including grant of special category s...
20 Feb, 2014, 08.59 PM IST
By Mamata Banerjee's reckoning, she is a winner either wayMamata Banerjee's take-it-or-I-leave-UPA -II posturing appears to be based on calculated strategy.
20 Sep, 2012, 10.59 AM IST