Lok Sabha

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Communist veteran Roza Deshpande dies

8:03 pm September 19, 2020

Mumbai: Veteran communist leader and former Lok Sabha member Roza Deshpande died at her residence here on Saturday afternoon due to old age, sources said. Deshpande, 91, was the daughter of Shripad Amrit Dange, one of the founders of the Communist Party of India. She is survived by a son and a daughter. Deshpande had […]

China’s attempt to unilaterally alter status quo not acceptable: Rajnath on border stand-off

7:52 pm September 15, 2020

New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said India is committed to a peaceful resolution of the current border stand-off with China in Ladakh but any attempt to unilaterally alter the status quo by the neighbouring country is unacceptable. Making a statement in Lok Sabha, Singh also said the Indian Army has inflicted heavy […]

Bipin Rawat appears before parliamentary panel on defence, members question him on eastern Ladakh situation

11:46 pm September 11, 2020

New Delhi: Amid a prolonged standoff between India and China along the LAC in Ladakh, some opposition members of a parliamentary panel on Friday questioned Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat on the prevailing situation and also demanded a proper presentation on the entire issue from the government. Sources said some members including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi raised questions about food served to soldiers and issue related to […]

Suspense on deputy CM, other ministers in Bihar

Modi drops Question Hour, but forces students to give answers

8:50 pm September 5, 2020

Hyderabad: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government which dropped Question Hour from the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament citing COVID-19 is forcing the students to give answers in JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) and NEET (National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test), AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi alleged on Saturday. “On one hand Narendra Modi will not give answers in Question Hour citing COVID-19, on the other […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

No Question Hour, curtailed Zero Hour in Parliament’s monsoon session; Oppn cries foul

6:44 pm September 2, 2020

New Delhi: There will be no Question Hour, a curtailed Zero Hour and no private members’ bills during the upcoming monsoon session of Parliament, the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats have decided, prompting opposition leaders to accuse the government of trying to “murder the democracy” in the name of the COVID-19 pandemic and of reducing “Parliament to a notice […]