Shiv Sena (UBT) issues fresh show cause notice to absentee MPs, threatens 'disqualification'Shiv Sena (UBT) has issued a stern show-cause notice to MPs absent from a crucial party meeting, demanding a written explanation within 24 ...
20 Jun, 2026, 12.04 PM IST
"4-year-old organisation's birthday celebrated like it's 60-year-old": Sanjay Raut's "test tube baby" jibe at Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena"I wanted to send some DNA samples to biology professors for study. I mean, the group that was formed four years ago. The one you are refer...
20 Jun, 2026, 11.47 AM IST
Six Uddhav Sena MPs jump ship to sail to NDA shores, party seeks actionSix Shiv Sena UBT Lok Sabha members have moved towards the NDA. They did not attend a party meeting called by parliamentary leadership. The...
19 Jun, 2026, 12.11 AM IST
Anurag Thakur starts Lok Sabha debate, takes a dig at Leader of Opposition Rahul GandhiDuring Monday's Lok Sabha session, NDA MPs defended government policies in response to the motion of thanks to the President's Address, whi...
01 Jul, 2024, 11.58 PM IST
CDS Bipin Rawat, top commanders brief parliamentary panel on preparedness of armed forcesMeanwhile, China accused India of instigating a "geopolitical confrontation" after the chief of defence staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat's termed Ch...
26 Nov, 2021, 09.19 PM IST
Citizenship bill as important as move to nullify Article 370: Rajnath at BJP meetingRajnath Singh also asked party MPs to be present in large numbers when Home Minister Amit Shah tables the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, as ...
03 Dec, 2019, 01.09 PM IST
Will take action in 2019: PM Narendra Modi to absentee MPsFor good measure, the PM also noted that BJP president Amit Shah would soon be in the House and an "atmosphere of holidaying will come to a...
11 Aug, 2017, 12.20 PM IST
Amit Shah pulls up absentee RS MPs, party seeks explanationHe asked MPs that they had been sent to Parliament to "deliver and perform", and their absence despite a whip was simply unacceptable.
01 Aug, 2017, 09.58 PM IST
Election duty of MPs may give government edge in Rajya SabhaPolitical circles are debating how absences of MPs from WB, Kerala, TN and Puducherry could impact the number game in the Opposition-domina...
25 Apr, 2016, 01.22 AM IST
BJP warns its absentee MPs of stern actionM Venkaiah Naidu issued a stern warning to all such MPs and emphasised that those found absenting themselves from two consecutive meetings ...
16 Mar, 2016, 05.04 AM IST
Land Bill vote: Absent MPs face PM Modi's ire24 Lok Sabha MPs — including five ministers — were hauled up for being absent in the House when the crucial land bill was passed last week.
18 Mar, 2015, 10.33 AM IST
Voters decide to teach absentee MPs a lessonWhen Modi held his rally in Amethi, former Congressmen said that had Rahul been more frequent in his visits here, the size of the meeting w...
09 May, 2014, 01.08 PM IST
- If all MPs get red beacons, Delhi will end up looking like Buñol
It was very wise of Mrs Sonia Gandhi to red-flag a move by her partymen to allot themselves red beacons atop their official vehicles.
25 May, 2012, 06.18 AM IST
Lokpal bill: Congress 'failed' in Lok Sabha floor managementCongress may be blaming BJP for the defeat of the bill to grant constitutional status to Lokpal, but not many would be willing to buy into ...
29 Dec, 2011, 05.42 AM IST
- It's subsidy to US companies, alleges Left
4 Left parties said legislation was nothing but hidden subsidy to US firms.
17 Mar, 2010, 02.04 AM IST
- RS to throw open questions of absentee members
The Rajya Sabha will from now onwards be spared the spectre of precious time being wasted because of absenteeism by members selected for as...
29 Jul, 2009, 02.03 AM IST
- Average working hours of Parliament less than 50 pc in 2000-07
Only 173 MPs in the 14th Lok Sabha actually spoke on legislative issues while the House passed nearly 40 per cent of the bills with less th...
06 Apr, 2009, 05.14 PM IST