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PM congratulates Om Birla for being elected as the LS Speaker for second term
The PM said that under Birla’s chairmanship, a lot of pending work has been done which was not done during the 70 years of independence
Published on Jun 26, 2024 01:04 PM IST
Newly elected Speaker Om Birla triggers row with Emergency remark
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday elected BJP-led NDA candidate Om Birla as the Speaker of the lower house by voice vote.
Updated on Jun 26, 2024 02:11 PM IST
BJP names Poojari as Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council
The Karnataka BJP has appointed Kota Shrinivas Poojari as the Leader of Opposition in the state Legislative Council, and Arvind Bellad as Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly.
Updated on Dec 26, 2023 07:36 AM IST
Press Trust of India, Bengaluru
Lok Sabha clears bill to ease newspaper registration
The Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill will replace the 1867 law that required newspapers, magazines, and books to be registered with the government
Updated on Dec 22, 2023 01:25 PM IST
Morning brief: Ethics panel to call for TMC MP's expulsion; all latest news
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Published on Nov 09, 2023 08:56 AM IST
Women’s reservation bill tabled in Lok Sabha
The Indian government has introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to reserve a third of seats in the Lower House and state assemblies for women. The bill, which requires constitutional amendments, is expected to pass Parliament after receiving support from prominent parties. However, its implementation may take a few years, and quotas for women may not come into effect until after the 2026 delimitation exercise. The bill has sparked a battle for political credit, with the Congress and BJP both claiming credit for the move.
Updated on Sep 20, 2023 12:05 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Lok Sabha adjourned sine die, worked 44 hours in Monsoon session
A total of 60 members participated in the discussion on the motion of no confidence motion which was defeated on the floor of the Lower House on Thursday
Updated on Aug 11, 2023 03:23 PM IST
Saptarshi Das
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla refuses to chair proceedings. Here's why
The officials said that both the opposition and treasury benches have been informed of the Speaker's displeasure over the repeated disruptions.
Published on Aug 02, 2023 03:32 PM IST
Opposition mustering strength to challenge Delhi ordinance
The bill will replace the Delhi ordinance that hands control of the national capital’s bureaucratic machinery to the Centre
Updated on Jul 28, 2023 12:29 AM IST
Punjab’s farmer leaders to burn copies of farm bills tomorrow
Announce Punjab bandh on September 25; resolve not to engage any political party in the agitation
Updated on Sep 19, 2020 04:29 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | HT Correspondents
No building in new central vista will be taller than India Gate
The plan involves restructuring the Central Vista in a move that will include a common secretariat, a new Parliament complex, and a redesigned Rajpath, while also razing a dozen government offices.
Updated on Jan 01, 2020 05:48 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anisha Dutta
Laptops, tablets in Lok Sabha? Speaker Birla considering digitisation plan
Lawmakers in the Lower House may be allowed to use tablets and laptops, and switch on their mobile phones, in the House, if a plan being considered by speaker Om Birla is rolled out.
Updated on Dec 20, 2019 03:14 PM IST
Dehradun | HT Correspondent
Pranab Mukherjee pitches for 1,000 Lok Sabha MPs, central hall as Lower House
The former president argued that the last enhancement of the size of the Lok Sabha took place in 1977, almost half a century ago. That too, on the basis of 1971 census.
Updated on Dec 17, 2019 10:52 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
Number of graduates is highest ever in Lok Sabha
The numbers run contrary to popular perception but mirror the larger trend across the country; the literacy rate has increased from 18.33% in 1951 to 74% in the last census in 2011.
Updated on Sep 18, 2019 12:02 AM IST
New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
House to publish rare book on Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Vajpayee, the first non-Congress Prime Minister to complete a full term (1999-2004) in power, became a member in the second Lok Sabha in 1957 and served 10 terms in the Lower House.
Updated on Sep 17, 2019 12:37 AM IST
New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
‘Not detained, Farooq Abdullah is at home,’ Amit Shah responds to MPs
NCP’s Supriya Sule and DMK’s Dayanidhi Maran sought to know where the National Conference leader from Jammu and Kashmir was on the day crucial legisations related to his state were being discussed.
Updated on Aug 06, 2019 03:41 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
CBI summons Derek O’Brien in connection with TMC mouthpiece funding
TMC’s leader in the Lower House in the previous Lok Sabha, Sudip Banerjee was arrested in January 2017 in connection with the Rose Valley scam.
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 07:33 AM IST
Kolkata | HT Correspondent
As session gets extra time, govt eyes passage of labour code and key bills
Minutes after the Lower House cleared the Triple Talaq bill, parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi placed the proposal of extension which was immediately accepted.
Updated on Jul 26, 2019 03:17 AM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Parliament highlights - ‘Nothing for farmers in new Union Budget’: Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha
Rahul Gandhi criticised the Union Budget on Thursday in his first speech of the current Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi said that the NDA government at the Centre hasn’t done enough for farmers and the country is going through an agrarian crisis. The Congress leader was speaking on the death of a farmer on Wednesday in Kerala’s Wayanad, his constituency. Former finance minister P Chidambaram also trained his guns on the Budget and the state of the Indian economy. He said political instability will have impact in the economy. The Government told the Parliament that piped water will reach every rural household by 2024. Union Minister GL Shekhawat told that water in more than a thousand blocks have been over exploited, in the wake of the severe water crisis in southern and western India. Catch major highlights here:
Updated on Jul 11, 2019 07:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Parliament highlights: President’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir extended for another 6 months
Parliament Live: The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2019 will be taken up for consideration and passing in the Rajya Sabha today. Follow live updates here
Updated on Jul 03, 2019 04:42 PM IST
Young Congress leaders to march to Rahul Gandhi’s house, urge him to stay
On Friday, former AICC members, secretaries, former MLAs as well as sitting and former MPs will congregate at the AICC headquarters in Delhi at noon to devise ways of convincing Gandhi.
Updated on Jun 28, 2019 04:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Amrita Madhukalya
Parliament session Highlights: ‘All MPs must consider one nation,one poll proposal’,says President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind is addressing a joint sitting of both the houses of Parliament at the Central Hall today. The first session of the 17th Lok Sabha is underway with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other lawmakers taking oath as MPs. President Kovind shared the plan for the next five years as he touched upon issues such as National Register of Citizens, triple talaq, surgical strikes and One Nation, One Election in the joint sitting of Parliament on Thursday.National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Om Birla was on Wednesday unanimously elected speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha and pledged impartial oversight of the Lower House over the next five years after an acrimonious general election.The Parliament session will continue till July 26. The Economic Survey will be presented on July 4 followed by the Union Budget for 2019- 20 on July 5.Here are the highlights:
Updated on Jun 24, 2019 12:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil quits Congress, reports say may join Devendra Fadnavis cabinet
Vikhe Patil’s son Sujay Vikhe Patil had switched to BJP from Congress before Lok Sabha Polls. He won with a margin of 2.81 lakh votes from Ahmednagar Lok Sabha constituency.
Updated on Jun 04, 2019 04:42 PM IST
Mumbai | Press Trust of India
Rajya Sabha members prepare for fresh innings in Lower House
For the BJP, party president Amit Shah won from Gandhinagar as he was expected to; the constituency has been a BJP citadel since 1989.
Updated on May 29, 2019 11:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP vs Congress vs AAP: A triangular contest for 7 Delhi seats
This election, which saw a high-pitched campaign replete with rhetoric, political defections, an assault on the CM, and even a couple of personal attacks, will be even more crucial as Delhi elects a new assembly in less than nine months.
Updated on May 12, 2020 08:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: Congress and BJP have both won Akbarpur seat in UP
Uttar Pradesh, which sends the maximum number of members to Parliament at 80, will go to polls in all the seven phases of the Lok Sabha election 2019. Votes will be counted on May 23.
Published on Apr 17, 2019 06:45 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: UP’s Amroha will see a contest between BJP, opposition alliance
Uttar Pradesh will go to polls in all the seven phases starting April 11. The counting of votes will take place on May 23.
Updated on Apr 15, 2019 10:12 AM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Darbhanga constituency in Bihar
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Sitting MP Kirti Azad has recently joined Congress and BJP has this time fielded Gopal Jee Thakur
Updated on Apr 23, 2019 02:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Rajya Sabha to discuss Triple Talaq Bill tomorrow, BJP, Cong issue whips
A whip had been issued by the BJP on Wednesday as well, directing its MPs to be present in Lok Sabha on Thursday, when the Triple Talaq Bill was tabled in the Lower House.
Updated on Dec 30, 2018 03:00 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Triple talaq bill to face Lok Sabha test on December 27, BJP issues whip to MPs
The three line whip, issued on Tuesday, is a strict instruction to attend and vote, breach of which would normally have serious consequences.
Updated on Dec 26, 2018 07:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New | HT Correspondent
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