New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor yesterday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘poor attendance' in the Parliament during the ongoing Winter Session.The Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram referred to the
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has officially made 18 foreign trips since coming to power in 2001, the state Assembly was informed today. Replying to a query during the Question Hour on the first
Raipur: The Winter Session of Chhattisgarh Assembly begins today with Congress planning to corner the ruling BJP on several issues, including the botched sterilisation surgeries in Bilaspur which claimed the lives of 13 women."The party
New Delhi: Crucial pro-reform bills like the Insurance Laws (Amendment)Bill, 2008 and Companies(Amendment) Bill, 2014 will be taken up this week for consideration and passing in both the Houses of Parliament.With the Lok Sabha already
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to begin allocation of coal blocks that were cancelled by the Supreme Court.The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014, will replace an
New Delhi: The government today said there is no proposal to increase the retirement age of Supreme Court judges but steered clear of giving a commitment on increasing the retirement age of High Court judges.
New Delhi: BSP supremo Mayawati today slammed BJP for playing the “dalit card” to defend Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti over her controversial remarks and claimed she did not belong to the community .She took objection to
New Delhi: After two days of storm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today broke his silence over the row surrounding Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, saying he “strongly disapproved” of the comments of the “new Minister” who has
New Delhi: There have been 24 mishaps involving Indian naval submarines since 2011, claiming the lives of 22 personnel besides four others going missing, Rajya Sabha was informed today.While Boards of Inquiry (BoIs) have been
New Delhi: West Bengal-based Rose Valley Group, which is facing clampdown by various agencies for running illicit money pooling schemes, is estimated to have raised Rs 15,000 crore from investors.Besides companies from this group, around
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today expressed hope that the much-awaited GST Bill, which provides for a uniform indirect tax structure, would be introduced in the current winter session of Parliament."We will try and
New Delhi: Opposition parties led by Congress and SP forced two adjournments in Rajya Sabha in pre-noon session today after they created uproar over sharp dip in government procurement price of paddy and cotton which
New Delhi: A bill which seeks to streamline labour laws by exempting large number of small establishments from furnishing returns and maintaining registers was today approved by Parliament, amid government's assurance that interests of unorganised
New Delhi: The government today allayed apprehensions over continuance or dilution of MNREGA scheme launched during the previous UPA rule and said all necessary funds have been released.“There is no ambiguity about the government's intention.
New Delhi: As many as 70.43 crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) as on November 15, Parliament was informed today.“A total of 70.43 crore Aadhaar have been
New Delhi: A bill seeking to remove imprisonment as punishment for violating the provisions of the Apprentices Act, 1961 and allowing employers to fix the hours of work and leave as per their discretion or
New Delhi: Identity of 427 account holders abroad has been established and 250 of them have admitted to having accounts, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley revealed today while asserting that the government is on the right
New Delhi: Government is examining a new package for the return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits and it is being finalised in consultation with the Jammu and Kashmir government and representatives of migrants, the Rajya
New Delhi: Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday rejected a notice by the Congress party for an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha on the issue of black money.She also refused to suspend the question hour
New Delhi: The rise in prices of essential medicines, including those used for treatment of tuberculosis, AIDS and diabetes, resulting from price decontrol of 108 drugs was today raised in Rajya Sabha with entire Opposition
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