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Parliament Highlights: Lok Sabha adjourned till 11am tomorrow
Parliament winter session: The season has, thus far, witnessed protests by Opposition over issues such as the repeal of farm laws, suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs and civilian killings in Nagaland.
Wednesday, December 7, marks the seventh day of the ongoing Winter session of Parliament. The session has, thus far, been marred by opposition protests over issues such as the repeal of the three central farm laws, suspension of 12 opposition MPs from Rajya Sabha for the rest of the session, and, on Monday, the killing of civilians in Nagaland by security forces, in what the Centre and the Army has described as a case of ‘mistaken identity.’...Read More
The Winter session, which began on November 29, is scheduled to conclude on December 23.
Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am tomorrow
Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 11am tomorrow (December 8).
Under insolvency law, 421 cases involving a realisable value of over ₹2L crore were resolved till Sept 30: Govt at RS
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that a total of 421 cases involving a realisable value of ₹2.55 lakh crore were resolved, and 1,149 cases having a liquidation value of ₹52,036 crore went for liquidation under the insolvency law till September 30.
55 terror funding cases assigned to NIA from 2018-2020
18, 14 and 23 cases of terror funding entrusted to the National Investigation Agency in 2018, 2019 and 2020 respectively. Nine cases assigned till November this year: MoS (Home) Nityanand Rai in Lok Sabha
Cong MP Tharoor and BJP's Dubey spar in Lok Sabha
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and BJP's Nishikant Dubey spar in Lok Sabha over HC, SC Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill.
Suspension of MPs: Opposition parties to boycott RS tomorrow
Opposition and like-minded parties will boycott the Rajya Sabha tomorrow over the suspension of 12 MPs: Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP
Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day
Rajya Sabha proceedings adjourned for the day, to resume at 11am on Wednesday.
‘Suspension of MPs is against democracy’: Mallikarjun Kharge
Suspension of MPs is against Constitutionand democracy. They would've suspended MPs if Monsoon session went for adjournment but punishing members in Winter Session for what they did in Monsoon sitting is wrong. They didn't even mention charges: Mallikarjun Kharge
Extension in jurisdiction of BSF aimed at empowering force, says MHA
Extension in territorial jurisdiction of the Border Security Force in some states is aimed at empowering the BSF to discharge border guarding duties more effectively in the wake of use of technology like drones, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, etc by anti-national forces for surveillance and smuggling: Nityanand Rai, MoS (Home), in Lok Sabha.
‘Govt responsible for today’s obstructions in Rajya Sabha'
The government is responsible for the obstructions arising in the Rajya Sabha today. We tried a lot to facilitate the functioning of the House, we met Leader of the House and Chairman repeatedly to put forth our views that MPs can be suspended only as per Rule 256: Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
‘Farmers should be given their rights’: Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha
“I want that the farmers be given their rights, they should be given compensation as well as jobs,” says Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha.
Suspended Rajya Sabha MPs continue sit-in protest
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan join the sit-in protest by the 12 suspended Rajya Sabha MPs at the Gandhi statue in Parliament premises.
NPP gives adjournment motion notice in LS over AFSPA
National People's Party (NPP) MP Agatha Sangma gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over the demand to repeal AFSPA.
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2pm
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid demand by Opposition MPs for the revocation of suspension of 12 members of the House.
BJP's Sushil Modi gives zero-hour notice in Rajya Sabha
BJP MP Sushil Modi gives zero-hour notice in Rajya Sabha seeking removal of an MPs discretionary power to exclusive quota for admission in Kendriya Vidyalaya.
Cong RS member gives adjournment motion notice over MSP Act
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda gives adjournment motion notice over farmers demand for MSP Act, compensation and job for the families of the farmers who died during agitation and withdrawal of cases filed against them.
Farmers' issue: Rahul Gandhi gives adjournment motion notice
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi gives adjournment in Lok Sabha over farmers issue.
Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha
Congress MP Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over reports of China setting up villages near Arunachal Pradesh and Doklam.
