NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi will lay the foundation stone for the New Parliament building on December 10 with a ‘bhoomi pujan’ for the project to be completed in 2022, coinciding with 75 years of India’s independence, at an estimated cost of more than 970 million rupees . “The …
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Written by Manoj CG | New Delhi | September 27, 2020 4:35:08 am Video capture of MPs in Rajya Sabha during the current monsoon session of parliament, in New Delhi, on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. (Photo RSTV / PTI) JUSTIFYING his rejection of the Opposition’s demand for a split of …
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An action-packed Wednesday is expected in Parliament with the passage of several bills, protests and a meeting of opposition parties with the President of India before the two Houses end the reduced monsoon session. Representatives of the opposition parties plan to gather near the Gandhi statue in the Parliament complex …
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NEW DELHI: India’s parliament session that started this week is likely to be interrupted after 30 lawmakers were found to be infected with the coronavirus, two senior parliament officials said, as the number of cases in the country rose to 5.3 million. The Indian parliament met for the first time …
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The Rajya Sabha passed the 2020 Bankruptcy and Insolvency Code (Second Amendment) bill on Saturday by oral vote. The Union’s Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, had presented the bill for consideration and approval in the Upper House. The bill is intended to replace the 2020 Bankruptcy and Insolvency Code Ordinance (Amendment). …
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A total of 97 people were reported to have died as of September 9 while traveling aboard the Shramik special trains deployed by the Center to transport migrant workers during the blockade period, the government said in response to a question in Rajya Sabha. On May 30, the Hindustan Times …
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The Indian parliament will not take any weekend breaks during this monsoon session. And on Saturday, the first weekend they would be working on, the Narendra Modi government will present key reform bills and push forward the legislation introduced in recent months to address the Covid-19 situation. The Union Labor …
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Finance-related bills will be tabled for approval and presentation in Parliament on Friday, amid mounting Covid-19 cases within the Parliament complex, posing new challenges ahead of the monsoon session. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will introduce the Tax and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill, 2020. The bill …
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NEW DELHI: Union Interior Minister Amit Shah, who recently recovered from Covid-19 and was admitted to AIIMS for a full medical checkup, was discharged Thursday night, authorities said. He was admitted to the main hospital on September 12. The interior minister has been terminated from AIIMS, an official said. Earlier …
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By Susmita Pakrasi | Updated: Sep 15, 2020 10:50 IST 10:49 a. M. IST 10:38 a. M. IST 10:31 a. M. IST 09:53 AM IST 09:40 AM IST 09:02 a.m. M. IST 08:56 am IST 08:50 AM IST 08:49 AM IST 08:46 AM IST Parliament’s 18-day monsoon session began from …
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