New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament will come to an end on Tuesday. Several issues including the BR Ambedkar cartoon row and the 'Kali-Ma' beer rocked the session, that on its second last day, also managed to table the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to make a statement on the controversial Aircel-Maxis deal on Tuesday. On Monday, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance...
09:21 AM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Time is running out for the Rajya Sabha to pass the Lokpal Bill with just a day to go before the Budget session of Parliament ends. The government will bring the Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Monday despite opposition from parties like the JD(U) and RJD. The discussions may focus on some key amendments including the removal of the provisions for setting up Lokayuktas in the states....
12:29 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Parliament's Budget Session may be extended till May 30 to pass several important Bills including the Lokpal Bill, sources have told CNN-IBN. The Finance Bill, Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, Citizens Redressal Bill, Pension Fund Regulatory Authority Bill, Insurance and Banking Reforms Bill, Companies Bill, Education Tribunal Bill, Judicial Accountability Bill, Women's Reservation Bill, Protection of Women from Sexual Abuse at Work Bill, Whistleblowers Protection Bill, Mines Bill and...
01:41 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned following complaints about a gas leak. Some people in the officials' gallery had complained to the Public Works Department about a foul smell from the sewage system. "Everyone felt some foul smell. We didn't know the cause, so the Speaker said it was better to adjourn the House for some minutes," CPI leader D Raja said. The incident happened at around 11.30...
12:03 PM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Telangana row hijacked the first day of the resumed Budget session of Parliament on Tuesday. In an unprecedented action, an angry Congress leadership suspended eight MPs from the region for four days for disrupting proceedings. The motion was carried by a voice vote after the members failed to go to their seats and continued to protest in the well of the house. But the decision was a...
10:39 PM, Apr 24, 2012
Congress leader Salman Khurshid said on Tuesday that Parliament must be concerned with issues of public interest. ...
11:55 AM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: Some firework in expected in Parliament by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the CD row on Monday as the House reconvenes for the second part of the Budget session. The government is planning to bring in three key finance sector reforms " the Pension Regulatory Bill, the Insurance Bill and the Banking Reforms Bill " in the current session. The priority, however, will be to see that...
07:50 AM, Apr 24, 2012
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's ultimatum notwithstanding, government on Monday expressed confidence that her party will be on board to ensure passage of the Budget and the Finance Bill for 2012-13 by May 8. Plans are afoot to have a discussion and voting in the Lok Sabha on the Finance Bill on May 7-8 with government managers hoped to address the issues raised by the West Bengal Chief...
04:38 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Government on Monday reached out to the leaders of all the political parties and sought their support on all the important bills pending before Parliament. Addressing a press conference a group of Union Ministers outlined the government's strategy during the second half of the Budget Session which starts on Tuesday. Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that the Lokpal Bill would be an effective legislation...
02:11 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of the second half of the budget session, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday held an executive party meeting at the residence of senior party leader Lal Krishna Advani in Delhi. The purpose of the meeting is to decide on the party's agenda for the second half of the Budget session of Parliament that begins on Tuesday. At the meeting, the party is also deciding whether...
12:41 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously censured Team Anna over its attacks on MPs. ...
10:21 PM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: It seems round two of Team Anna versus the political class has begun. Team Anna's scathing criticism of politicians has not gone down well with Parliamentarians across party lines. The NDA is set to demand the suspension of the Question Hour after Team Anna 'mocked' many politicians including JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav. The JD(U) chief along with Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj are expected to...
07:37 AM, Mar 27, 2012
New Delhi: There was ruckus in Parliament on Monday over Army Chief General VK Singh's claim that he was offered bribe to clear the purchase of vehicles for the forces. BJP, AIADMK and JD(U) members displayed newspapers and walked to the well of the House in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha saying General Singh's claims were 'serious'. Following the ruckus, both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha...
11:20 AM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Opposition is set to corner the government in Parliament over Army Chief General VK Singh's claim that he was offered bribe. The Bharatiya Janata Party has given a notice for the suspension of the Question Hour. BJP leader Prakash Javadekar said, "What General VK Singh has said is a serious matter. We will raise this matter in Parliament." Slamming the government over corruption, Javadekar said, " This...
10:35 AM, Mar 26, 2012
New Delhi: It's four days to go before the Budget session of Parliament ends. The General Budget will be discussed in the Lok Sabha on Monday. The two Houses are also likely to discuss the Lokpal Bill in the first half of the Budget sessions. After failing to reach a consensus in a meeting called by the Prime Minister - parties in the Rajya Sabha are likely to iron out...
07:22 AM, Mar 26, 2012
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