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Punjab’s farmer leaders to burn copies of farm bills tomorrow
Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | By HT Correspondents
UPDATED ON SEP 19, 2020 04:29 PM IST
Announce Punjab bandh on September 25; resolve not to engage any political party in the agitation
No building in new central vista will be taller than India Gate
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Anisha Dutta
UPDATED ON JAN 01, 2020 05:48 AM IST
The plan involves restructuring the Central Vista in a move that will include a common secretariat, a new Parliament complex, and a redesigned Rajpath, while also razing a dozen government offices.
Laptops, tablets in Lok Sabha? Speaker Birla considering digitisation plan
Dehradun | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 20, 2019 03:14 PM IST
Lawmakers in the Lower House may be allowed to use tablets and laptops, and switch on their mobile phones, in the House, if a plan being considered by speaker Om Birla is rolled out.
Pranab Mukherjee pitches for 1,000 Lok Sabha MPs, central hall as Lower House
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Saubhadra Chatterji
UPDATED ON DEC 17, 2019 10:52 AM IST
The former president argued that the last enhancement of the size of the Lok Sabha took place in 1977, almost half a century ago. That too, on the basis of 1971 census.
Number of graduates is highest ever in Lok Sabha
New Delhi | By Saubhadra Chatterji
UPDATED ON SEP 18, 2019 12:02 AM IST
The numbers run contrary to popular perception but mirror the larger trend across the country; the literacy rate has increased from 18.33% in 1951 to 74% in the last census in 2011.
House to publish rare book on Atal Bihari Vajpayee
New Delhi | By Saubhadra Chatterji
UPDATED ON SEP 17, 2019 12:37 AM IST
Vajpayee, the first non-Congress Prime Minister to complete a full term (1999-2004) in power, became a member in the second Lok Sabha in 1957 and served 10 terms in the Lower House.
‘Not detained, Farooq Abdullah is at home,’ Amit Shah responds to MPs
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON AUG 06, 2019 03:41 PM IST
NCP’s Supriya Sule and DMK’s Dayanidhi Maran sought to know where the National Conference leader from Jammu and Kashmir was on the day crucial legisations related to his state were being discussed.
CBI summons Derek O’Brien in connection with TMC mouthpiece funding
Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUL 27, 2019 07:33 AM IST
TMC’s leader in the Lower House in the previous Lok Sabha, Sudip Banerjee was arrested in January 2017 in connection with the Rose Valley scam.
As session gets extra time, govt eyes passage of labour code and key bills
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUL 26, 2019 03:17 AM IST
Minutes after the Lower House cleared the Triple Talaq bill, parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi placed the proposal of extension which was immediately accepted.
Parliament highlights - ‘Nothing for farmers in new Union Budget’: Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUL 11, 2019 07:33 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi criticised the Union Budget on Thursday in his first speech of the current Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi said that the NDA government at the Centre hasn’t done enough for farmers and the country is going through an agrarian crisis. The Congress leader was speaking on the death of a farmer on Wednesday in Kerala’s Wayanad, his constituency. Former finance minister P Chidambaram also trained his guns on the Budget and the state of the Indian economy. He said political instability will have impact in the economy. The Government told the Parliament that piped water will reach every rural household by 2024. Union Minister GL Shekhawat told that water in more than a thousand blocks have been over exploited, in the wake of the severe water crisis in southern and western India. Catch major highlights here:
Parliament highlights: President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir extended for another 6 months
UPDATED ON JUL 03, 2019 04:42 PM IST
Parliament Live: The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will be taken up for consideration and passing in the Rajya Sabha today. Follow live updates here
Young Congress leaders to march to Rahul Gandhi’s house, urge him to stay
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Amrita Madhukalya
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2019 04:32 PM IST
On Friday, former AICC members, secretaries, former MLAs as well as sitting and former MPs will congregate at the AICC headquarters in Delhi at noon to devise ways of convincing Gandhi.
Parliament session Highlights: ‘All MPs must consider one nation,one poll proposal’,says President Kovind
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUN 24, 2019 12:00 PM IST
President Ram Nath Kovind is addressing a joint sitting of both the houses of Parliament at the Central Hall today. The first session of the 17th Lok Sabha is underway with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other lawmakers taking oath as MPs. President Kovind shared the plan for the next five years as he touched upon issues such as National Register of Citizens, triple talaq, surgical strikes and One Nation, One Election in the joint sitting of Parliament on Thursday.National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Om Birla was on Wednesday unanimously elected speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha and pledged impartial oversight of the Lower House over the next five years after an acrimonious general election.The Parliament session will continue till July 26. The Economic Survey will be presented on July 4 followed by the Union Budget for 2019- 20 on July 5.Here are the highlights:
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil quits Congress, reports say may join Devendra Fadnavis cabinet
Mumbai | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON JUN 04, 2019 04:42 PM IST
Vikhe Patil’s son Sujay Vikhe Patil had switched to BJP from Congress before Lok Sabha Polls. He won with a margin of 2.81 lakh votes from Ahmednagar Lok Sabha constituency.
Rajya Sabha members prepare for fresh innings in Lower House
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 29, 2019 11:52 PM IST
For the BJP, party president Amit Shah won from Gandhinagar as he was expected to; the constituency has been a BJP citadel since 1989.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP vs Congress vs AAP: A triangular contest for 7 Delhi seats
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 12, 2020 08:16 PM IST
This election, which saw a high-pitched campaign replete with rhetoric, political defections, an assault on the CM, and even a couple of personal attacks, will be even more crucial as Delhi elects a new assembly in less than nine months.
Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: Congress and BJP have both won Akbarpur seat in UP
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON APR 17, 2019 06:45 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh, which sends the maximum number of members to Parliament at 80, will go to polls in all the seven phases of the Lok Sabha election 2019. Votes will be counted on May 23.
Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: UP’s Amroha will see a contest between BJP, opposition alliance
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 15, 2019 10:12 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh will go to polls in all the seven phases starting April 11. The counting of votes will take place on May 23.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Darbhanga constituency in Bihar
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 23, 2019 02:31 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Sitting MP Kirti Azad has recently joined Congress and BJP has this time fielded Gopal Jee Thakur
Rajya Sabha to discuss Triple Talaq Bill tomorrow, BJP, Cong issue whips
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 30, 2018 03:00 PM IST
A whip had been issued by the BJP on Wednesday as well, directing its MPs to be present in Lok Sabha on Thursday, when the Triple Talaq Bill was tabled in the Lower House.
Triple talaq bill to face Lok Sabha test on December 27, BJP issues whip to MPs
Hindustan Times, New | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON DEC 26, 2018 07:28 AM IST
The three line whip, issued on Tuesday, is a strict instruction to attend and vote, breach of which would normally have serious consequences.
Uttar Pradesh assembly again passes bill to check organised crime
Hindustan TImes, Lucknow | By HT Correspondent, Lucknow
PUBLISHED ON MAR 28, 2018 11:59 AM IST
The UPCOCB had to be re-introduced in the assembly as it could not be passed in the Legislative Council, where the ruling BJP is in a minority, after being cleared by the Lower House earlier in December last year.
Lok Sabha adjourns amid noisy protests over various issues
Press Trust of India, New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAR 08, 2018 01:07 PM IST
This is the fourth straight day that Question Hour has been washed out in the Lower House.