Lok Sabha

Two lakh jobs added in IT sector since 2019: Prasad

Will revive BSNL and make it profitable: Prasad

7:01 pm November 20, 2019

New Delhi: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday assured the Lok Sabha that state-owned telecom player BSNL is going to be revived soon. While BSNL is reporting losses since 2010, another telecom PSU MTNL has been in the red in nine of the past 10 years. The total debt on the two firms is […]

Rising pollution, surge in COVID-19 cases: Hospital beds in Delhi begin to fill up fast

Delhi BJP MPs blame Kejriwal for not taking steps to curb pollution

8:54 pm November 19, 2019

New Delhi: BJP members from Delhi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Lok Sabha over pollution in the city, saying he has not done anything to curb air pollution and is instead blaming farmers of neighbouring states for it. Participating in a discussion on “Air pollution and climate change”, […]

V-P, PM pay tributes to Savarkar on birth anniversary

Govt avoids direct reply on Bharat Ratna for Savarkar

8:09 pm November 19, 2019

New Delhi: The government on Tuesday avoided a direct reply on whether it has taken steps to confer Bharat Ratna on Sangh Parivar ideology Veer Savarkar but said recommendations for the country’s highest civilian award are received regularly from various quarters. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai told Lok Sabha that no formal […]

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

Citizenship bill on govt’s agenda for Winter Session

9:04 pm November 15, 2019

New Delhi: The Modi government is set to push for the passage of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, a key BJP plank which is aimed at granting nationality to non-Muslim immigrants from neighbouring countries, in Parliament’s Winter Session starting from Monday. The government has listed the bill in its items of business for the session, […]

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

Modi magic waning fast : Adhir Chowdhury

7:36 pm October 24, 2019

Kolkata: Elated over the party’s performance in the assembly polls in Maharashtra and Haryana, the leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Thursday said the so called “Modi magic” is fast waning. The result of the assembly polls in the two states will help to rejuvenate Congress in the days to come, he […]