A total of 18 Opposition parties boycotted the Presidential address on Friday on the commencement of the Budget Session of Parliament the first of the new decade.
PM Narendra Modi said that experts believe wait for COVID vaccine will not be long, it may be ready in a few weeks.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair an all-party meeting to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic situation on December 4. This will be the second all-party meeting called by the government to discuss the COVID-19 situation since the outbreak of the pandemic.
At the government-convened meeting, the Opposition demanded that the issues of economic slowdown, job loss and farm distress must be discussed during the session, Congress' leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.
The budget session begins tomorrow and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to seek the cooperation of all parties
The government will seek the support of the opposition parties in getting crucial bills passed in the session including one on triple talaq which among others were approved by the union cabinet on Wednesday, the sources said.
Azad told reporters after the meeting that political parties lauded the IAF strikes to destroy terror camps in a "clean" operation as there were no civilian casualties.
This would be the last full-fledged Parliament session before the Lok Sabha polls.
Some political parties are set to raise the issue of alleged vulnerability of EVMs to hacking and tampering. But EC is expected to remind them that none was able to tamper with the machines in last year's EVM challenge.
AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal said the party will provide assistance to all people whose names did not feature in the draft to ensure that no genuine Indian citizen is left out.
The Monsoon session of Parliament is set to begin on July 18 and end on August 10.
The BJP on Tuesday announced that it is walking out of the alliance with Mehbooba Mufti's People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir.
The all-party meeting with the monitoring committee members held at Delhi Secretariat was attended by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari and other leaders.
The Union Budget 2018-19 will be presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday. On Monday, the Economic Survey will be presented in Parliament.
The national legislators have reconvened at the Parliament Library building for the second all-party meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan
In a move to ensure a productive Kashmir visit, an all-party delegation today met in the national capital to discuss the situation in the restive valley and the possibility of holding talks with people from
New Delhi: A day before the Winter Session of the Parliament is slated to commence, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu has conveyed an all-party meeting today to ensure the smooth functioning of the Lower House.This
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Saturday held an all-party meeting to ensure smooth functioning of Parliament during the Winter Session beginning Monday.The meeting was followed by dinner which was also attended by
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