NEW DELHI: Jagdambika Pal, a senior BJP Lok Sabha member, has been appointed the chairperson of the joint committee of Parliament that will examine the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Bill, according to a Lok Sabha notification issued on Tuesday. The official notification said Speaker Om Birla named Pal the head of the 31-member committee. The government … Read more
NEW DELHI:A discussion on “Parliamentary Journey of 75 years starting from Samvidhan Sabha – Achievements, Experiences, Memories and Learnings” will be held in Rajya Sabha on September 18, the first day of Parliament special session, as per the Parliamentary Bulletin released on Wednesday.The government has also listed for consideration and passage the Bill on appointment … Read more
NEW DELHI: External affair minister S Jaishankar on Friday slammed the opposition for “repeatedly disrupting” his address in Parliament. Jaishankar stated that for the opposition “partisan politics” held more importance than national progress and said that he would present the thrust of his statement in a video message.“Yesterday, I sought to apprise the Parliament and … Read more
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified as a Lok Sabha member following his conviction in the criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark.Also See: Rahul Gandhi News Live UpdatesThe announcement of disqualification of the Wayanad MP comes a day after a court in Surat sentenced him to two years in the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Several opposition party leaders on Tuesday held a protest in the corridors of Parliament and raised slogans demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Adani issue, even as the BJP accused the opposition MPs of repeatedly insulting Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar and stalling the parliamentary process.Both houses of Parliament adjourned … Read more