NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said he had advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to attend the House amid concerns over disorder, citing information that an inappropriate incident could have taken place near the Prime Minister’s chair.Birla said the advice was given when the Prime Minister was scheduled to respond to…
JAMMU: Parties across the political divide in J&K have welcomed the announcement on Tuesday by railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw that three proposed railway projects in the state have been put on hold for now following opposition from the state govt and MPs, who have argued that the track alignments could damage apple orchards.Vaishnaw said there…
NEW DELHI: TDP MP Krishna Prasad Tenneti, who was presiding over the Lok Sabha proceedings on Tuesday when some opposition MPs threw papers at him, said that someone from the opposition called him “yaar” (friend/buddy) and, when he objected, a few MPs charged at him and began tearing and throwing papers.The MPs, including seven from…
UJJAIN: A clash broke out between two groups in Tarana town, around 35 km from district headquarter Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh late on Thursday, leaving around six persons injured. Eyewitnesses claimed that an angry crowd vandalised around 11 parked buses and damaged shops in the vicinity of the Tarana bus stand, after a group of…
LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha MPs will be able to punch in their attendance only from their designated seats inside the House from the upcoming Budget session of Parliament, Speaker Om Birla said on Tuesday. The earlier practice that allowed members to mark their attendance from lobbies as well is set to be discontinued in a…
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs staged a dramatic overnight protest at the Parliament complex, expressing vehement opposition to the newly passed VB-G RAM G Bill. The Bill, replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), was pushed through with little debate, according to the TMC. VB-G RAM G Bill on rural employment introduced in…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday held a meeting with leaders of political parties and Members of Parliament in his chamber at Parliament House, marking the conclusion of the Winter Session of Parliament 2025.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and several other opposition leaders were present…
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday chaired a review and strategy meeting of Congress MPs in Lok Sabha. Party’s Thiruvananthapuram MP, Shashi Tharoor, skipped the meeting chaired by Rahul Gandhi.News agency ANI reported Tharoor had informed the leadership in advance about his unavailability, while senior Congress leader and…
Over 100 opposition MPs have submitted a notice to the Lok Sabha Speaker seeking the removal of Madras High Court Justice GR Swaminathan. They accuse him of misconduct and bias in a recent order concerning a lamp lighting at a temple near a dargah in Tamil Nadu. As many as 107 MPs, including those from…
Shehzad Poonawalla (ANI image) NEW DELHI: BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress after its MP Imran Masood referred to suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi as a “misguided youth”.Accusing the Opposition party of prioritising “vote bank niti over rashtra niti”, he said the Congress had repeatedly attempted to soften…