Winter session

Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said the Bill will be introduced in Parliament during the current Winter Session. read more

Ten days remain. The government has 30 bills to pass, including the citizenship amendment bill read more

Raising the issue in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the family faces threat to life and their SPG security should not have been withdrawn. read more

PM Modi’s decision to commend the NCP comes against the backdrop of an effort by Sharad Pawar’s party to form the government in Maharashtra in alliance with the Shiv Sena and Congress. read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Rajya Sabha is about checks and balances. “This is absolutely essential ... here is also a difference between checking and clogging,” he said. read more

This is the second all-party meeting after Saturday when political leaders discussed issues they wished to debate on during the Parliament session. Saturday’s meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. read more

The Congress’s floor leader Adhir Chowdhury earlier said that their “main focus will be on the bread and butter issues, the way the BJP has mismanaged the economy and shrinking job opportunities”. read more

The winter session would commence in the backdrop of the opposition’s criticism of the government’s handling of the economy as India stares at an economic slowdown. read more

An official said that the CCPA would brief the Prime Minister about the outcome of meeting before the dates for the session are made public. read more

The Winter Session of Parliament came to an end Wednesday after both Houses passed the Constitution (124th Amendment) Bill to reserve 10% of government jobs and university seats for the poor. read more

Rajya Sabha LIVE: The winter session of Rajya Sabha has been extended by a day as the government seeks to pass a constitution amendment bill to provide quota for economically weaker sections, a bill on Citizenship Act and one on instant triple talaq. read more

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018 tops the government’s legislative agenda and will be brought to replace an ordinance that it had promulgated after failing to get the bill passed in Rajya Sabha during Monsoon session this... read more

Ministry officials said they won’t negotiate with states on clauses which have been opposed. read more

PM Modi had made a similar point at the all party meeting yesterday when he asked the opposition to “debate and discuss”. read more

The Winter session of the Parliament would commence as all eyes would be on the results of the assembly elections in Rajasthan, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana, which would be announced on Tuesday. read more