Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday expressed shock over Bhandara triple rape and murder case in the Rajya Sabha. The Union Minister also explained to the House that the police has been investigating the case after allegations levelled by the family of the three girls that the police is not taking interest in the case. ...
12:24 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is likely to speak on the alleged phone tapping of senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley. This comes days after the issue caused a ruckus in Rajya Sabha, forcing the Chairman to adjourn the House briefly. ...
07:29 AM, Mar 01, 2013
High drama was witnessed in the Rajya Sabha as the government pushed through a JPC to probe allegations of kickbacks in the AgustaWestland chopper deal and the BJP, JD(U), Trinamool Congress walked out even before the motion was passed. ...
10:53 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed a motion for the formation of Joint Parliamentary Committee on chopper deal even as the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Trinamool Congress and the Janata Dal (United) walked out of the House opposing the motion. ...
10:15 PM, Feb 27, 2013
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha on AgustaWestland chopper deal, AK Antony said he was ashamed of the "scam" as a Defence Minister. He assured that the government will investigate the matter and punish the culprits. "Anybody involved (in the scam) will have to face serious consequences...the government is determined to find out the truth," said the Union Minister on Wednesday. ...
05:53 PM, Feb 27, 2013
BJP questioned again on Wednesday which family benefitted from the tainted AgustaWestland helicopter deal kickbacks and said it wants a Supreme Court monitored probe into the deal. It rejected the UPA's offer for a Joint Parliamentary Committee on the chopper scandal. ...
05:51 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The Centre has said that it will not reduce the age of juveniles involved in crimes even in the rarest of rare cases. This came amidst outrage over the sixth accused in the Delhi gangrape case getting away with lesser punishment. ...
01:51 PM, Feb 27, 2013
There were noisy scenes in the Rajya Sabha as the government came under fire from the AIADMK over war crimes committed by the Sri Lankan government in the last days of the crusade against the LTTE in 2009. The AIADMK's V Maitreyan lashed out at the government for not doing anything for the people of Tamil origin living in Lanka. ...
01:42 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The BJP on Wednesday rejected the government's proposal for setting up a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the AgustaWestland chopper deal, saying the move was aimed at scuttling the probe as current Lok Sabha's term will end in 2014. ...
12:47 PM, Feb 27, 2013
The AgustaWestland chopper deal will be debated in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday after the BJP's demand for a discussion. The BJP is expected to raise the issue giving the Opposition the chance to corner the UPA on the tainted chopper deal. ...
08:08 AM, Feb 27, 2013
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday approved the proclamation of President's Rule in Jharkhand where former Chief Minister Arjun Munda had resigned after his government was reduced to a minority in January. ...
03:26 AM, Feb 27, 2013
The AgustaWestland chopper deal will be taken up for discussion in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. It had its echo in the Upper House on Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party demanding a discussion on the issue but the government agreed to have it on Wednesday. ...
06:10 PM, Feb 26, 2013
The government stood firmly behind Congress leader and Rajya Sabha deputy Chairman PJ Kurien as the Suryanelli rape case came up for debate in the House. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said that no evidence had been found Kurien by the investigating agencies and that the lawyer who represented the rape survivor in the Supreme Court had said that no case could be made against him. ...
02:45 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Leaders of various political parties in Odisha's Ganjam District have sought more funds in the railway budget for the proposed wagon factory near Berhampur, new rail lines from Gopalpur to Rayagada and Berhampur to Sambalpur via Phulbani and a direct train from Berhampur to New Delhi. Besides a daily train from Berhampur to Puri, another from Berhampur to Surat and according model station status to Berhampur have also been demanded....
05:19 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley on Friday slammed the government for "failing" to prevent blasts in Hyderabad. He said in Parliament that in India "there can be no lowering of guard as we are high on terror radar". ...
11:20 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Former BJP president Venkaiah Naidu on Friday attacked Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde over Hyderabad blasts. ...
08:34 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The issue of the Hyderabad blasts on Friday resonated in Parliament with the government facing the flak for "failing" to check such incidents despite having intelligence inputs about them. This even as Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde promised "more firm action" to eliminate terror from the country. While the Bharatiya Janata Party alleged that the government had a "casual approach" towards terror, the UPA's former ally the Trinamool Congress...
07:26 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari on Friday directed the government to probe the alleged "manhandling" of CPI-M member TN Seema by Delhi Police during a protest demanding removal of Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien who is facing charges in the Suryanelli rape case. ...
01:22 PM, Feb 22, 2013
The issue of the Hyderabad blasts on Friday resonated in Parliament with the government facing the flak for "failing" to check such incidents despite having intelligence inputs about them. This even as Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde promised "more firm action" to eliminate terror from the country. ...
11:17 AM, Feb 22, 2013
The VVIP chopper deal and PJ Kurien controversy are expected to dominate proceedings in Parliament on Friday, practically the first working day of the budget session after the President's address on Thursday. ...
01:03 AM, Feb 22, 2013
