The Maharashtra Legislature on Monday unanimously passed a resolution on the postponement of local body elections in the state in the absence of 27 per cent reservation for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar moved the resolution in the state Assembly that the upcoming local body elections be postponed until the … Read more
Though the general impression during the Covid pandemic has been that our MPs have been reluctant to attend Parliament proceedings, data collated by the Rajya Sabha officials show that the average attendance in the Upper House in 138 sittings of the last seven sessions between 2019 and 2021 has been an impressive 78 per cent. … Read more
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said Parliament is the “temple of the country’s democracy” which provides the highest forum to discuss, debate and decide issues for the well-being of people, remarks that came against the backdrop of the continuous disruptions that led to the abrupt curtailment of the tumultuous Monsoon session. In a televised … Read more
Trinamool MP Shantanu Sen has been suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remaining part of the monsoon session for ‘unruly behaviour’. Sen had snatched a paper from information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, containing the statement on the Pegasus row he was reading out in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday, and tore it to pieces. … Read more
Ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, Opposition leaders are scheduled to meet on Sunday to chalk out a strategy to target the Central government over several issues including farmers agitation, privatisation and Supreme Court‘s comments on the validity of Sedition laws. Speaking to ANI, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha MP and floor … Read more
Government plans to bring 31 Bills, including six on Ordinances, in the Rajya Sabha during the monsoon session starting on Monday while the Opposition has demanded discussions on a host of issues including the Covid situation and threat of a third wave, farmers’ protest, alleged threat to cooperative federalism, relations with Afghanistan and China. Vice … Read more
Virtual meetings of parliamentary standing committees cannot take place as it requires an amendment in rules which is not possible as the Parliament is not in session, the Rajya Sabha Secretariat stated in a letter to Leader of Opposition in the Upper House Mallikarjun Kharge, sources said on Friday. Earlier this week, Kharge had urged … Read more
NEW DELHI: Nearly 1,200 people across the country were detained under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) by police in 2017 and 2018, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Monday. Of these, 563 are still in custody, the minister said in the Rajya Sabha. According to the latest published report … Read more
WASHINGTON—A split among Senate Democrats threatens to derail a U.S.-brokered deal to help Sudan establish a stable civilian government and resolve terror victims’ claims against the former regime of Omar al-Bashir, which harbored al Qaeda in the 1990s. In its latest form, the deal would see Sudan’s new reformist government pay $335 million to compensate … Read more