Om birla

The panel, constituted on Monday, will be headed by Lok Sabha secretary general Snehlata Srivastava, and her three predecessors—Bal Shekhar, Sreedharan and GC Malhotra. read more

Speaking at the 15th annual convocation of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) deemed-to-be- university, Birla described technology as a major driving force behind change. read more

Birla, who is in Goa to address legislators on the ‘Role of Parliament in the Doctrine of Separation of Powers: Enhancing Transparency and Accountability’, called for a uniform set of rules to oversee the functioning of all state assemblies and the Lok... read more

Bhosale, a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji, was with the Nationalist Congress Party and had won the elections on two occasions in spite of the Modi wave in the country. read more

Birla, who represents Rajasthan’s Kota, is in his second Lok Sabha term and first as speaker. He has won praise for ensuring a session free of acrimonious disruptions, and in which 96% of woman MPs had their say. read more

Irani is a first-time Lok Sabha MP who defeated Rahul Gandhi from his family bastion of Amethi. She was also a minister since 2014 in the first Modi government. read more

Azam Khan met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla along with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav before his apology over his controversial remarks in the House last week. read more

The DCW has asked for the bill to be sent to a standing committee so that a complete law promoting the rights and welfare of transgender persons, is drafted. read more

The call on how to proceed against the lawmaker will be taken by Speaker Om Birla who announced that he would call a meeting of leaders of political parties to discuss the episode before arriving at a decision. read more

Minutes after the Lower House cleared the Triple Talaq bill, parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi placed the proposal of extension which was immediately accepted. read more

Om Birla, who is MP from Kota, told reporters that there has been a demand for an airport in Kota for a long time. read more

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said there were “technical” reasons and he has to adjourn the House at midnight otherwise he would have preferred to run the business till 3 am. read more

On Tuesday, staff faced a food shortage and difficulties in finding transport to go home as the House sat until 11.15 PM to debate on the general budget for 2019-20. read more

Gandhi arrived in the House at noon. At that time Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was raising the Karnataka issue and accused the ruling party of “poaching” its MLAs in the state. read more

The sloganeering was mentioned by the Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, in his welcome address to the speaker on Wednesday. read more