A visiting US Parliamentarians' delegation on Tuesday met Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and discussed a host of issues, including elections and FDI in infrastructure development in India. The US delegation led by Aaron Schock from the state of Illinois, which met the BJP leader at her parliament office, also discussed history of Punjab and Haryana and environment- related issues, the party members said. ...
03:15 AM, Apr 03, 2013
Let us take a look at some of the worst performances by our legislators and parliamentarians. ...
11:38 PM, Sep 05, 2012
Pune: Social activist Anna Hazare on Wednesday claimed his teammate Arvind Kejriwal had "concrete proof" regarding charges of corruption against Parliamentarians and it was up to the Lok Sabha Speaker to conduct an inquiry into them. "Arvind has told me that he has concrete proof about charges of corruption in respect of parliamentarians. Parliament is a sacred temple of democracy and therefore these charges should be inquired into by the...
10:57 PM, Mar 28, 2012
New Delhi: A consensus appears to be emerging in the Lok Sabha that the House pass a resolution moved by the Chair against members of Team Anna for using derogatory language against Parliamentarians. During a debate on the alleged use of intemperate language by members of anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare's team against Parliamentarians, JD(U) President Sharad Yadav asked the Chair to move a resolution condemning this incident. The whole House,...
10:27 PM, Mar 26, 2012
Islamabad: Indian and Pakistani parliamentarians on Tuesday discussed ways to improve trade and economic relations between the two countries. At the Pakistan-India Parliamentarians' Dialogue-III in Islamabad, the MPs from both countries agreed that they had a major role to play in influencing their governments to take a leap forward to normalise bilateral relations, the Online news agency reported. Pakistani Senator SM Zafar and Indian MP Yashwant Sinha, former minister for...
03:09 AM, Jan 18, 2012
New Delhi: India's new national crusader against corruption Anna Hazare has ended his fast but not his political campaign. He has a new mission now and it is electoral reforms. He said Indian voters must have the Right to recall MPs and the right to reject all candidates in the ballot paper. The MPs said on Monday said that the ideas are simply unworkable. "We have to recall the electoral...
09:02 PM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: Even after a three-fold pay hike, Indian MPs still rank much below their fellow parliamentarians in other major countries in terms of their monthly salaries. With the Cabinet giving its nod on Friday to the MPs' pay rise besides doubling several other emoluments, the basic monthly salary of Indian lawmakers has now gone up to Rs 50,000 from Rs 16,000. However, the new salary component, excluding perks and...
07:10 PM, Aug 20, 2010
New Delhi: Chennai have a number of quality players in the side, any of whom can make the difference on a given day and bring home a win for the Super Kings. Still, these four players can be key performers as the MS Dhoni-led side looks to defend their CLT20 crown. Suresh Raina: There may be doubts over his place in the Test side, but Suresh Raina has proved himself ...
04:14 PM, Feb 28, 2008
CNN-IBN's Face The Nation had experts discussing the impacts and consequences of Chappell's remarks on Parliamentarians. ...
10:53 AM, Nov 28, 2006
