IBN7's managing editor Ashutosh joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the Quota Bill on promotions. ...
05:36 PM, Dec 17, 2012
The BJP has issued a whip to its MPs to vote for the SC/ST quota bill. Meanwhile, SP MPs continued to protests against the bill in both the Lok sabha and the Rajya Sabha. ...
12:40 PM, Dec 17, 2012
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday dubbed as "mere political posturing" the threat of the Samajwadi Party to review its outside support to UPA if the SC/ST quota bill is passed. ...
06:26 PM, Dec 16, 2012
The Rajya Sabha on Friday discussed Section 66 of the IT Act which has come under fire over the past few weeks after several people were arrested on charges of posting "offensive" content online. ...
11:00 AM, Dec 14, 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
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
As many as 18 lakh government employees and officers in Uttar Pradesh went on a flash strike with immediate effect on Thursday against the introduction of quota bill in the Rajya Sabha. However, emergency services were exempted from the strike by the government officials and employees. ...
05:02 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
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
The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day on Monday after an uproar over the Constitution amendment bill for SC/ST quota in promotions in government jobs. Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari held an all-party meeting to find a way out of the deadlock. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, BSP leader Satish Mishra, SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath and MoS PMO...
03:10 PM, Dec 10, 2012
After winning the battle for FDI in retail with the help of Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, the UPA government is planning to introduce an amendment bill for reservation of Scheduled Castes and Tribes in promotions in government jobs in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. But with Mayawati's prime rival - the Samajwadi Party - opposed to the bill, Parliament may witness another deadlock. ...
11:40 AM, Dec 10, 2012
Accusing the Congress-led UPA government at Centre and Narendra Modi government in Gujarat of coming to power on the "financial muscle power" of corporates, BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday attributed the surge in corruption to "anti-poor and anti-Dalit" policies. "Congress at Centre and BJP in Gujarat came to power with the financial help of a few industrialists and their policies are tilted in favour of corporates," the former Uttar Pradesh...
03:54 AM, Dec 10, 2012
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Sunday announced its first list of three candidates for the Lok Sabha elections slated in 2014. The announcement was made by the BSP national general secretary Naseemuddin Siddiqui in a workers meeting held at Kunwar Singh Park in Azamgarh. ...
03:20 AM, Dec 10, 2012
CPM leader Sitaram Yechury has said that the vote on FDI in Parliament revealed the hypocrisy of political parties BSP, SP and the DMK. ...
08:20 PM, Dec 09, 2012
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath said reforms were on track after the UPA won the voting on FDI in retail in the Rajya Sabha, getting the support of 123 MPs. Refuting BJP's charge that UPA used the CBI to get Mayawati's support, Kamal Nath said, "Mayawati voted with BJP on nuclear deal earlier, then BJP did not raise the CBI issue. Now when they vote against BJP, BJP accuses of ...
04:00 PM, Dec 07, 2012
The UPA government won the vote on FDI in retail in the Rajya Sabha as well getting 123 votes in its favour. While the UPA got the support of 123 MPs, 109 MPs voted against it and one MP abstained. ...
03:52 PM, Dec 07, 2012
