NEW DELHI: Chairperson of the JPC scrutinising the Waqf Bill, Jagdambika Pal, Thursday said the panel’s draft report is ready to be taken up for discussion in Parliament, even as opposition MPs in the committee demanded an extension of the Nov 29 deadline for more deliberations on the report.The joint parliamentary committee (JPC) has been…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday cited Mahabharata‘s ‘chakravyuha’ to attack Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government at the centre while discussing Union budget 2024 in Lok Sabha. The Congress leader used Chakravyuha‘s lotus analogy to target the government saying it has created an “atmosphere of fear” in the country.“When I researched about…
NEW DELHI: The temperature is going to rise with strong opposition voices taking on the BJP to ensure that the House is “not run dictatorially as was done earlier,” the Congress said on Tuesday as the Parliament session is all set to start. Supriya Shrinate, a Congress spokesperson, expressed her “sympathies” towards the BJP, as…
NEW DELHI: The elections for the new Parliament Speaker are scheduled to be held on Wednesday, June 26, two days after the eighteenth Lok Sabha is set to begin. Depending on the requirements of government business, the session is expected to conclude on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, said a government press release.All the elected MPs…
NEW DELHI: The first session of Parliament after the Lok Sabha polls will be held from June 24 to July 3 in what could provide the first peep into the tense dynamics that is likely to define govt’s equations with the opposition which has returned with stronger numbers and has signalled its intent by questioning…
NEW DELHI: Days after his swearing-in, Narendra Modi will undertake a day-long visit to Italy to participate in the G7 summit on June 14. With Modi unlikely to attend the Ukraine peace summit, which will be hosted by Switzerland immediately after G7, he’s expected to be back the next day, in time for the Parliament…
