Rajya Sabha

Ladakh MP gets PM’s praise for LS speech on Art 370

11:18 pm August 6, 2019

New Delhi: BJP member from Ladakh Jamyang Tsering Namagyan earned the praise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his speech in Lok Sabha on Tuesday on a motion to abrogate special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and bill to split the state into two Union Territories. Participating in the debate, Namgyan […]

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Passage of JK bill momentous occasion, new dawn awaits: Modi

10:25 pm August 6, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the passage of bills on Jammu and Kashmir in Parliament as a “momentous occasion” in parliamentary democracy and said a new dawn awaits the state which is now free from the “shackles” of vested interest groups. “Together we are, together we shall rise and together we […]

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UK calls for calm as British MPs divided over Article 370 revocation

10:21 pm August 6, 2019

London: The UK government on Tuesday said that it was monitoring the situation in Kashmir closely and called for calm as the country’s parliamentarians echoed some of the wider divisions over the India’s decision to revoke Article 370 and bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian government on Monday revoked Article 370 which […]

Pakistani Parliament debates whether to expel French envoy

Pulwama-like attacks can happen after revocation of Article 370: Imran Khan

10:04 pm August 6, 2019

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday expressed apprehension that Pulwama-like attacks can follow the revocation of the special status for Jammu and Kashmir, which could trigger a conventional war between Pakistan and India. “This will be a war that no one will win and the implications will be global,” he warned while addressing a […]

Oppn members in Rajya Sabha stage walkout

Rajya Sabha takes up Bill for speedy eviction from govt accommodations

9:42 pm August 6, 2019

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Tuesday took up a Bill for speedy eviction of unauthorised occupants of government residential accommodations. Lok Sabha had passed the Bill on July 31. Moving the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Bill, 2019, Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said: “Many of our colleagues both […]