Supreme Court asked the CBI to probe DA case against Mulayam Singh Yadav. Quota bill was introduced in the Rajya Sabha. ...
11:55 PM, Dec 13, 2012
It was a day of high drama in Parliament as the quota bill was introduced and discussed in the Rajya Sabha amid loud protests and adjournments. Creating chaos in the House over the issue was the Samajwadi Party (SP), which went on to stage a walkout over the issue, even as Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati gave a strong push to the bill, seeking passage of the amendments. ...
11:18 PM, Dec 13, 2012
The Samajwadi Party staged a walkout against the quota bill while Mayawati pushed for it. ...
09:47 PM, Dec 13, 2012
A Shiv Sena member on Thursday demanded in the Rajya Sabha for the release of a postal stamp in memory of late Bal Thackeray on his birthday on January 23. ...
09:08 PM, Dec 13, 2012
It was a day of high drama in Parliament as the quota bill was introduced and discussed in the Rajya Sabha amid loud protests and adjournments. Creating chaos in the House over the issue was the Samajwadi Party (SP), which went on to stage a walkout over the issue, even as Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati gave a strong push to the bill, seeking passage of the amendments. ...
07:08 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav said that the party would continue to protest against the quota bill. ...
05:13 PM, Dec 13, 2012
RS Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien repeatedly warned the SP MPs who were protesting against the SC/ST quota bill that he would name them if they continued to disrupt proceedings. ...
03:08 PM, Dec 13, 2012
A day after lashing out at Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari over the constant House disruptions leading to a delay in the passing of the SC/ST quota bill, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati seemed to strike a conciliatory note. Addressing the Chairman, Mayawati said that she had confidence in the chair and urged the MPs to "rise above politics" to ensure the passage of the bill. ...
01:10 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday disapproved of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati's attack on Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari, saying the Chair should not be insulted. Yadav put the onus of proper functioning of Parliament on the government while accusing it of shirking its responsibility. ...
07:50 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday accused the government of not being serious about the quota promotion bill, warning it of dire circumstances, even as she lashed out at Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari for repeated adjournments of the House and his failure to ensure its smooth functioning. ...
05:22 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Accusing the government of not being serious in passing the bill for providing quota for SC/STs in promotions in government jobs, BSP chief Mayawati threatened to take a "tougher" stand, saying her today's "outburst" in Rajya Sabha was only "the first step". ...
02:32 PM, Dec 12, 2012
There were noisy scenes in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The Upper House suffered an adjournment after BSP supremo Mayawati lashed out at Chairman Hamid Ansari. ...
12:52 PM, Dec 12, 2012
Will the Quota Bill on promotions derail the reforms push? CNN-IBN's national bureau chief Bhupendra Chaubey joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...
12:38 PM, Dec 12, 2012
The government also conceded that they would order an investigation into the issue after Parliament was disrupted for two continuous days. ...
11:45 PM, Dec 11, 2012
"Captain Saurabh Kalia and his platoon of six soldiers were brutally tortured during Kargil encounter and this is a serious violation of the Geneva conventions which govern the rules of war between two civilised nations," said Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar. ...
05:56 PM, Dec 11, 2012
The Opposition on Tuesday continued to derail both the Houses of Parliament over retail giant Walmart lobbying report. The Opposition is demanding an investigation by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) in to the issue. Following the pressure from the opposition parties over the issue, the government also conceded that they would order an investigation into the issue after Parliament was disrupted for two continuous days. ...
05:11 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Smarting from the defeat in Parliament over the voting in Foreign Direct Investment in multi-brand retail, the Bharatiya Janata Party is using Walmart disclosures about lobbying to project the vote as tainted. Ever since the Walmart lobbying report emerged, the BJP has been trying to corner Bahujan Samaj Party chief and Rajya Sabha MP Mayawati as her party voted with the government on FDI. ...
01:48 PM, Dec 11, 2012
There was high drama in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday after the BJP tried to disrupt the Question Hour soon after the House convened. Chairman Hamid Ansari lost his cool with the disgruntled MPs. ...
01:32 PM, Dec 11, 2012
The Lok Sabha was adjourned after an uproar over the Walmart report as the Bharatiya Janata Party raised the issue and demanded an independent inquiry. There was an uproar in the Rajya Sabha, too, over the report. BJP had given notices for suspension of the Question Hour. ...
11:14 AM, Dec 11, 2012
The United Progressive Alliance government and the Samajwadi Party on Monday appeared headed for a showdown on the bill providing for reservation to SC/STs in government job promotions with its key outside supporter vowing to disrupt the remaining part of Rajya Sabha session if the measure is passed by the House. The government was also caught in the middle of the SP-BSP rivalry on the quota bill coming under intense...
09:47 PM, Dec 10, 2012
