New Delhi: Dinesh Trivedi, facing flak from the his own party the Trinamool Congress for increasing passenger fares in the Railway Budget, arrived in Parliament to attend the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Trivedi has been asked to step down as the Railway Minister by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, but according to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee he still remains a minister as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
11:20 AM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: Continuing its boycott of Home Minister P Chidambaram, opposition BJP and AIADMK on Wednesday created ruckus in Rajya Sabha whenever the minister rose to answer queries put to him during the Question Hour. "Chidambaram istifa do (Chidambaram quit)," they shouted, demanding the Home Minister's resignation for his alleged role in irregularities in allotment of 2G telecom spectrum when he was the Finance Minister. When he rose to reply...
01:01 PM, Dec 14, 2011
New Delhi: The appointment of Lokayukta in Gujarat rocked Parliament on Tuesday, with an agitated BJP terming it as "undemocratic" and demanding recall of Governor Kamla Beniwal accusing her of violating the federal structure. BJP members created uproar in both Houses over the issue. Lok Sabha failed to transact any business as it was adjourned, first till noon and then till 2 PM. Rajya Sabha saw similar scenes during Zero...
11:01 AM, Aug 30, 2011
New Delhi: Speaker Meira Kumar feels that Lok Sabha sittings should be increased to 100 days in a year so that various problem being faced by people in the country can be debated and discussed. She also favoured building consensus to change the timing of the Question Hour in Lok Sabha as was done in Rajya Sabha. "Lok Sabha proceedings should be increased from the current 70 days to 100...
05:08 PM, Jun 03, 2011
New Delhi: Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha was taken up at 2 PM instead of 11 AM after Chairman Hamid Ansari announced change in the order of business in view of frequent disruptions. Ansari who presides over the House during Question Hour in the morning on Tuesay came in the afternoon as well. Shifting of Question Hour, during which the government is made to answer on key issues, was...
05:11 PM, Mar 08, 2011
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's command performance enlivened the Rajya Sabha on Friday. ...
03:39 PM, Apr 23, 2010
Change ensures question hour proceeds despite member's absence. ...
08:54 PM, Feb 19, 2010
Six Rajya Sabha MPs, whose questions were listed, were absent. ...
02:06 PM, Dec 08, 2009
Three BJP MP and one each from Congress and AIADMK were absent. ...
02:43 PM, Dec 07, 2009
Sonia asked for an explanation from each MP on why he wasn't present. ...
11:45 AM, Dec 01, 2009
The Lok Sabha saw a new low on Monday. ...
11:22 PM, Nov 30, 2009
Only two MPs were present and asked questions in the Lok Sabha. ...
12:47 PM, Nov 30, 2009
Meira Kumar also expressed her concern over disruptions in the House. ...
04:55 PM, Aug 26, 2009
The Upper House of Parliament on Friday witnessed some lighter moments during Question Hour. ...
01:09 PM, Dec 08, 2006
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