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TMC MP Derek O’Brien tries to break the rule book when uproar breaks out in Rajya Sabha over agriculture-related bills during the current Monsoon Session at Parliament House in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: Screengrab @ RSTV via PTI) Live updates from Parliament: Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha news The …

On Tuesday, parliament passed a bill to declare five newly established Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) as institutions of national importance. The five new IIITs established under the Public Private Partnership mode are in: Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur. The Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill (Amendment) 2020 …

Rajya Sabha has called his Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting on Tuesday after a day full of hectic activities, protests and the passage of various bills. But the Opposition, which announced to boycott the Upper House for the remainder of the session, will not attend the meeting. Derek O’Brien from …

As the ‘rebellious behavior’ of Rajya Sabha lawmakers over two controversial farm bills escalated into a major feud between the center and the opposition, Aam Aadmi party deputy Sanjay Singh accepted that he had risen to the House table on Sunday and even broke the microphone But Singh explained that …

NEW DELHI: Various opposition parties on Tuesday organized a strike by Rajya sabha and decided to boycott the proceedings of the House until the suspension of eight members is lifted, even as the government insisted on its apology. Among the parties that boycotted the House process was Congress, which was …

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020, to bring cooperative banks under the supervision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). During the discussion on the bill, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Chamber that several cooperative banks were under stress during the Covid-19 pandemic …

Congressional Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said Tuesday that the suspension of eight members of the Opposition should be overturned and the Opposition would boycott the House proceedings until the demand is satisfied. Azad also demanded that the government introduce a bill requiring private companies and even the Food Corporation of …

The Lok Sabha, the Lower House of Parliament, ran until 12.24 a.m. Tuesday, setting a new record for sitting past midnight for two consecutive nights after it did so on Sunday as well. And while the Lok Sabha was still buzzing with activity past midnight, a group of eight lawmakers …

Dozens of Delhi congressional leaders and workers marching into Parliament on Monday to protest the new Bills farm were also detained by police. Led by the President of the Delhi Congress, Anil Kumar, the protesters were marching towards the Parliament building, but were stopped on RP Road and detained. Eight …

NEW DELHI: The “harassment” of Rajya Sabha Vice President Harivansh has given a new cause to the ruling NDA coalition in Bihar just before the elections with the chief deputy minister and leader of the BJP Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday he referred to this episode as an attack on …