Parliament: Lok Sabha resumes with discussion on Covid-19

Parliament reconsituted on Friday the proceedings of the ongoing winter session. The session commenced on November 29 and will likely conclude on December 23.

Both the Houses of Parliament -- Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha -- have been witnessing back-to-back adjournments since the first day of the commencement, due to the constant protests by the opposition parties.

Some opposition members are also staging daily protests against the suspension of 12MPs. They were suspended from Rajya Sabha for their alleged unruly behaviour towards the end of the monsoon session in August.

Follow all the updates here:

• Dec 10, 2021 06:01 PM IST

  LS adjourned

  Lok Sabha adjourned; LS to convene on Dec 13. 

• Dec 10, 2021 05:49 PM IST

  Thomas Chazhikadan asks for fixed salaries for Anganwadi workers

  The Kottayam MP said that the govt should switch from paying honorarium to Anganwadi to paying them full salaries. 

• Dec 10, 2021 05:26 PM IST

  Dubey says Cong wanted to paralyse Modi govt by delaying processes

  The BJP MP says the Congress understood that it will lose the elections in 2014 so it brought unnecessary regulations in the Land Acquistion Act and the Food Security Act to destabilise the plans of the new govt when it came to power in 2014. 

• Dec 10, 2021 04:35 PM IST

  BJP MP Jangra says did yagya for more than 10 hours during Janta Curfew

  The Haryana MP says during the first lockdown's first day his family participated in a yagya for more than 10 years while speaking on environmental pollution in RS. He also said that mental pollution should be tackled too and said that parents should ensure that children don't burst crackers. 

• Dec 10, 2021 03:43 PM IST

  Rajya Sabha should have been adjourned today in view of last rites of CDC Rawat: TMC MP

  Rajya Sabha should have been adjourned today in order to let all MPs pay tributes to CDS Rawat, says TMC MP Sushmita Dev.

• Dec 10, 2021 03:40 PM IST

  No farmer died due to police action in year-long protests: Govt

  No farmer died due to police action during the year-long protests by farmers, informs Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar in written reply to Rajya Sabha. 

• Dec 10, 2021 02:37 PM IST

  Over 14 crore Health IDs generated so far:Govt

  The government has made a provision for every citizen to generate a Health ID free of cost and over 14 crore such IDs have been created till the first week of December, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar informed the Lok Sabha.

• Dec 10, 2021 02:17 PM IST

  ‘Need to think what we will leave behind for future generations': BJP MP on climate change

  In Lok Sabha, the members continue to discuss climate change. BJP MP Tapir Gap says, “every individual in the country needs to think of what they will be leaving behind for the future generations." He also said that we need to learn from tribals on how to exist in harmony with nature. 

• Dec 10, 2021 01:07 PM IST

  Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2.30 pm

  Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2.30 pm today.

• Dec 10, 2021 12:14 PM IST

  Lok Sabha discuss climate change

  Lok Sabha begins discussion on climate change in the house. 

• Dec 10, 2021 11:50 AM IST

  ‘Stepmotherly attitude towrads Kannada languae by govt': Congress MP

  Congress MP GC Chandrashekar says the govt is showing “stepmotherly attitude” towards Kannada language since the the BJP has come into power.  "When a language dies, we lose the ecosystem around the language," he said in Rajya Sabha. 

• Dec 10, 2021 11:17 AM IST

  Lok Sabha resumes with discussion on Covid-19

  In Lok Sabha, RSP MP questions health minister on booster dose policy of the country.  Union minister of health, Mansukh Mandaviya responds saying, "We want that as soon as possible the country achieves 100% vaccination."

• Dec 10, 2021 11:08 AM IST

  Rajya Sabha proceedings begins

  Rajya Sabha proceedings begins. “Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the adaptation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," said the chairman as the session began. 

• Dec 10, 2021 11:06 AM IST

  NDPS to be discussed in Lok Sabha today

  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will move the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Amendment) Bill, 2021 for consideration and passing in Lok Sabha on Friday.

• Dec 10, 2021 10:53 AM IST

  PM Modi holds meeting with senior ministers to discuss strategy for ongoing session

  PM Narendra Modi holds meeting with senior ministers including Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and others to discuss strategy for the ongoing winter session of Parliament.

• Dec 10, 2021 10:09 AM IST

  Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives adjournment notice in Lok Sabha 

  Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss "the intrusion of Chinese military into the Indian Territory."

• Dec 10, 2021 09:22 AM IST

  Congress'  Manish Tewari gives adjournment notice in Lok Sabha

  Congress MP Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over the issue of inflation.

• Dec 10, 2021 07:54 AM IST

  622 Indian fishermen are lodged in foreign jails: Govt in Rajya Sabha

  A total of 622 Indian fishermen are lodged in foreign jails, including 574 in Pakistan, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday.