Parliament Highlights: Lok Sabha adjourned till tomorrow 11 am

As the Parliament session is being held amid the Covid-19 pandemic, vaccination centres were established for the members of Parliament and their family.

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The second half of the Budget session of Parliament commenced on Monday and Rajya Sabha reconvened at 9am. The lower house, Lok Sabha started at 4pm. It got adjourned till 5pm after obituary references were given two sitting parliamentarians and seven other former members of the Lower House. However, the Lok Sabha got adjourned again till 7pm when when opposition parties hit out at the Centre over the rising fuel prices in the country. Th Lower House finally got adjourned till 11am tomorrow....Read More

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• 8 Mar 2021, 07:34:10 PM IST

  Lok Sabha adjourned till tomorrow 11 am

  The Lower House of Parliament has been adjourned till 11 am tomorrow.

• 8 Mar 2021, 07:31:56 PM IST

  Glad that Centre has taken good steps towards women empowerment: Naveent Rana

  Lok Sabha MP Naveent Rana told Parliament on Monday that the Prime Minister-led Narendra Modi central government had taken good steps towards empowering women in the country.

• 8 Mar 2021, 07:04:18 PM IST

  Lok Sabha resumes after being adjourned twice

  The session of the Lower House of Parliament started at 7pm after it had been adjourned twice earlier.

• 8 Mar 2021, 05:15:30 PM IST

  Lok Sabha session witnesses uproar over fuel prices, House adjourned till 7pm

  It had hardly been 15 mins since the Lok Sabha session started when opposition parties hit out at the Centre over the rising fuel prices in the country. The Lower House has been adjourned till 7pm.

• 8 Mar 2021, 05:04:04 PM IST

  Lok Sabha session begins after being adjourned for 1 hour

  The session of the Lower House in Parliament began at 5pm after it had been adjourned for one hour.

• 8 Mar 2021, 04:29:23 PM IST

  Lok Sabha adjourned till 5 pm

  The Lower House of Parliament has been adjourned till 5pm.

• 8 Mar 2021, 04:12:40 PM IST

  Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla condoles death of parliamentarians Mohan Delkar, Nand Kumar Chauhan and other members

  Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla began the session by condoling the deaths of two sittinparliamentarians Mohan Delkar, Nandkumar Singh Chauhan and seven other former members of the Lower House. Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Delkar had died by suicide on February 22 while Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nand Kumar Chauhan passed away due to complications from the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease on March 2.

• 8 Mar 2021, 04:01:35 PM IST

  Lok Sabha session reconvenes

  The Lok Sabha session reconvened at 4pm and would go on till 10pm.

• 8 Mar 2021, 03:37:42 PM IST

  Lok Sabha session to begin shortly

  Proceedings of the Lower House of Parliament would begin at 4pm and continue till 10pm.

• 8 Mar 2021, 02:43:46 PM IST

  Budget session may end before first phase of assembly polls

  The budget session of Parliament might be cut short and conclude before the first phase of the assembly elections on March 27, sources told news agency PTI. This comes after several political parties had requested the session- which was supposed to be concluded on April 8- to cut down due to the elections in five states that are being held in eight phases till April 29.

• 8 Mar 2021, 02:24:26 PM IST

  Lok Sabha to function as per normal timings from tomorrow

  The Lower House of Parliament will function as per the normal timings (11 am onwards) from tomorrow that had existed before the pre-coronavirus (Covid-19) disease pandemic. Read more

• 8 Mar 2021, 01:42:08 PM IST

  Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day

  On the request from many members from various parties, the Chairman has decided that from Tuesday, the sitting of Rajya Sabha will commence from 11 am to 6 pm as usual timings of the House. Members will sit in Rajya Sabha and Gallery only, says MP Vandana Chavan in the Chair. Rajya Sabha has been adjourned for the day.

• 8 Mar 2021, 01:19:11 PM IST

  Rajya Sabha adjourned till 1:30pm

  Minutes after reconvening the Rajya Sabha adjourned till 1:30pm.

• 8 Mar 2021, 01:15:57 PM IST

  Rajya Sabha proceedings to resume shortly

  Rajya Sabha proceedings to resume shortly after third adjournment of the day.

• 8 Mar 2021, 01:03:15 PM IST

  Rajya Sabha adjourns for another 15 minutes

  Rajya Sabha reconvened and adjourned for another 15 minutes. This is the third adjournment of the day.

• 8 Mar 2021, 11:35:13 AM IST

  Low attendance in Demand for Grants meetings an area of concern: Venkaiah Naidu

  Rajya Sabha chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said low attendance of members of non-BJP and non-Congress parties in the meetings held for the scrutiny of Demands for Grants is an area of concern. Read more

• 8 Mar 2021, 11:07:56 AM IST

  Rajya Sabha adjourns for the second time

  Rajya Sabha again adjourned after briefly convening as the sloganeering over fuel price continued. Now, the upper house of parliament will reconvene at 1pm

• 8 Mar 2021, 10:04:35 AM IST

  Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11am

  Rajya Sabha adjourned for one hour as Congress MPs raise slogans demanding a discussion over rise in fuel prices. "I don't want to take any drastic action on the first day," said Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu as he adjourned the house till 11am.

• 8 Mar 2021, 10:03:38 AM IST

  Uproar over fuel price

  Uproar in Parliament over fuel price after leader of opposiiton Mallikarjun Kharge raises the issue. "Petrol and diesel prices are nearly ₹100 per litre and ₹80 per litre respectively. LPG prices have also gone up. ₹21 lakh crores have been collected by putting excise duty/cess, because of this entire country including farmers are suffering," he said.

• 8 Mar 2021, 10:00:02 AM IST

  Women MPs speak on Women's Day

  "24 years ago, we proposed a 33% reservation for women in Parliament. Today, 24 years later, we should raise this to 50% reservation for women in Parliament and assembly," said Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi.

  NCP's Fauzia Khan highlighted lack of women representation in leadership roles. "Many audits have shown that not more than 6% of women have got leadership roles. We must think about it. We can make a beginning by bringing the legislation on 33% reservation of women in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha."

• 8 Mar 2021, 09:43:45 AM IST

  BJP MP urged Parliament to celebrate International Men's Day today

  I demand that International Men's Day should also be celebrated today, says BJP MP Sonal Mansingh in Rajya Sabha.

• 8 Mar 2021, 09:34:29 AM IST

  TMC leaders urges Parliament to adjourn session

  Sudip Bandyopadhyay, floor leader of TMC Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha and Derek O'Brien, leader of TMC Parliamentary Party in Rajya Sabha write to Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman respectively for adjournment of Parliament session due to Assembly polls in 5 states.

• 8 Mar 2021, 09:24:27 AM IST

  Rajya Sabha extends wishes on Women's Day

  "Women's Day is an occasion to renew the efforts made in the direction" of women's rights and empowerment," says Rajya Sabha chairman as he extends his wishes on Women's Day.

  "Women's Day is a day to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political contributions & achievements of women across the globe and honour their indomitable spirit, resolute determination and efforts that underline their achievements," he also said.

• 8 Mar 2021, 09:17:57 AM IST

  Rajya Sabha chairman welcomes Mallikarjun Kharge

  On chair, Venakiah Naidu welcomes members of Parliament as the sessions begins. Naidu also welcomed Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge who is the new leader of opposition. "On behalf of entire House and on my own behalf, I compliment Mallikarjun Kharge Ji on assuming the office of the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha. He is one of the long-serving leaders of the country, with vast legislative and administrative experience," said Rajya sabha Chairman

• 8 Mar 2021, 09:05:19 AM IST

  Rajya Sabha reconvenes

  The second phase of the Budget session of Parliament commences with reconvening of Rajya Sabha in the first half of the day.

• 8 Mar 2021, 08:47:45 AM IST

  Parliament proceedings to commence soon

  Rajya Sabha to begin Parliament session at 9am today.