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This columnist was suspended from Parliament on December 14, 2023, for submitting a notice demanding a statement from the Home Minister and a discussion on “the serious breach of national security in Parliament”. Since then, this columnist has been on a maun vrat (silent protest). This is the columnist’s ...

NEW DELHI: In the historic moment of the inauguration of the new Parliament building by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, the political parties got divided into two groups. Despite the principal opposition party Congress and 20 others boycotting the event, the odds were stacked in favour of the ...

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi attacked prime minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Parliament Wednesday on multiple issues, including the controversy surrounding industrialist Gautam Adani. During his fiery speech Gandhi claimed close links between the prime minister and Adani, and showed a photograph of the two ...

A select list of stories to read before you start your day. National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) exchanged messages with top Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officials as part of a unique back channel connection between the two countries that involved two ...

A select list of stories to read before you start your day. Indian sprint legend Milkha Singh died on Friday after a month-long battle with COVID-19, during which he lost his former national volleyball captain wife Nirmal Kaur to the same ailment.Opposition parties may have written letters about holding a virtual session ...

Asserting that the 2014-29 period between the 16th to 18th Lok Sabha is "very important" for a young democracy like India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the last six years have been "historic" for the country's development and a lot remains to be done in the remaining ...

Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla will lead the Indian parliamentary delegation to the 206th session of the governing council of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) where electing a new President will be top of the agenda after Pakistan has thrown its hat in the ring.The 206th Session of the Governing ...

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned sine die on Wednesday, clocking a productivity rate of over 100%, even though it was one of the shortest monsoon sessions with only 10 sittings held.Parliament proceedings, Sept. 23 updatesOn Wednesday, the House passed eight Bills in less than four hours as the Opposition ...

"People there do not have access to 4G facility, when this is available to everyone else across the country," says NC leader Farooq Abdullah National Conference leader Dr. Farooq Abdullah said in the Lok Sabha on Saturday that the people of Jammu and Kashmir should have the same rights ...

On the third day of the monsoon session of Parliament, the numerous Bills, including the ones on banking regulation and homoeopathy, will be introduced in the two Houses.From September 15, Rajya Sabha is being convened in the morning and Lok Sabha in the afternoon. Here are the live updates:10.40 ...