Recruitment for 5,151 vacancies in Indo-Tibetan Border Police force is underway, Centre tells Lok Sabha

Recruitment for 5,151 vacancies in Indo-Tibetan Border Police force is underway, Centre tells Lok Sabha

Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena The Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday that there are 5,151 vacancies in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police force (ITBP). The ITBP is the primary force deployed along the border with China. “The recruitment for 5,151 vacancies in various ranks by the ITBP as well … Read more

No deputy speaker in Lok Sabha for last four years, it’s unconstitutional, says Congress

No deputy speaker in Lok Sabha for last four years, it’s unconstitutional, says Congress

A view of the Lok Sabha proceedings during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI The Congress on March 5, 2023 raised the issue of the Lok Sabha having no deputy speaker for about four years and claimed that this was “unconstitutional”. The Opposition party’s assertion comes after the Supreme … Read more

Shiv Sena office in Parliament House allotted to Eknath Shinde-led faction: Lok Sabha Secretariat

Shiv Sena office in Parliament House allotted to Eknath Shinde-led faction: Lok Sabha Secretariat

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Lok Sabha Secretariat has allotted the Shiv Sena office in Parliament House to the Eknath Shinde-led faction after the Election Commission’s decision to recognise the group as the real Shiv Sena. Also read: Supreme Court urgently lists Uddhav Thackeray’s plea to stay EC order … Read more

19,267 cases, in all, disposed of at Lok Adalats in Koppal district

19,267 cases, in all, disposed of at Lok Adalats in Koppal district

The efforts made by the Koppal District Legal Services Authorities to hold Lok Adalats as a means to ensure fast and economical resolution of disputes have evoked a good response. As per information provided by the District Legal Services Authority, 19,267 cases were resolved in Gangavati, Kushtagi, Yalaburga and Koppal courts on Saturday through mutual … Read more

1,51,261 cases settled in National Lok Adalat in Andhra Pradesh

1,51,261 cases settled in National Lok Adalat in Andhra Pradesh

A National Lok Adalat was held at the High Court of Andhra Pradesh and in all the districts on Saturday under the aegis of Chief Justice and A.P. State Legal Services Authority (APSLSA) patron-in-chief Prashant Kumar Mishra, High Court Judge and APSLSA Executive Chairman C. Praveen Kumar, and High Court Judge and A.P. High Court … Read more

EC withholds byelection to Lakshadweep Lok Sabha seat

EC withholds byelection to Lakshadweep Lok Sabha seat

Election Commission of India has announced the bypoll to Lakshadweep Lok Sabha seat after sitting MP Mohammed Faizal was conviceted by a sessions court in an attempt to murder case. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Election Commission (EC) on Monday withheld the byelection to the Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency which had been announced … Read more

Parliament Watch | Opposition stages walkout in RS over no permission for border-conflict debate, Lok Sabha passes the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019 

Parliament Watch | Opposition stages walkout in RS over no permission for border-conflict debate, Lok Sabha passes the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019 

Parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. | Photo Credit: PTI SansadTV Monday, December 19, marked the beginning of the third working week of the Winter Session of Parliament. Opposition members today continued to raise concerns about the clash between India and China … Read more

Parliament proceedings | MP Nishikant Dubey raises Jharkhand woman’s murder issue in Lok Sabha

Parliament proceedings | MP Nishikant Dubey raises Jharkhand woman’s murder issue in Lok Sabha

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey speaks in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on December 19 raised the issue of a tribal woman being brutally murdered in Jharkhand and sought to link it to illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. A 28-year-old man was on Dec. 18 arrested along with … Read more

Demand raised in Lok Sabha for restoring pre-matric scholarship, Maulana Azad Fellowship for minorities

Demand raised in Lok Sabha for restoring pre-matric scholarship, Maulana Azad Fellowship for minorities

AIMIM MP Syed Imitiaz Jaleel | Photo Credit: Twitter/@imtiaz_jaleel Two Parliamentarians demanded in Lok Sabha that the pre-matric scholarship and Maulana Azad Fellowship for minority students be restored, saying how will the country progress if the minority community is left behind. The Maulana Azad Fellowship for minority students pursuing higher education has been scrapped while … Read more

Seeman sets target of 1 crore votes for NTK functionaries in 2024 Lok Sabha election

Seeman sets target of 1 crore votes for NTK functionaries in 2024 Lok Sabha election

At a meeting held on Saturday, he urged the office-bearers to “push on” and think about winning seats  At a meeting held on Saturday, he urged the office-bearers to “push on” and think about winning seats  Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator Seeman has set a target of polling 1 crore votes in the 2024 … Read more