PM attends speaker's all-party meeting
New Delhi: In a significant gesture, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday joined leaders of all political parties at a luncheon meeting hosted by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and hoped for a "frui
House creates ‘unproductive’ history
New Delhi, Dec. 13: The just concluded Winter Session of Parliament will probably go down in parliamentary history as one of its most “unproductive sessions”, causing the nation a loss of crores of ru
Peace in House to praise Saina
New Delhi, Dec. 13: The Lok Sabha on Monday felicitated ace badminton player Saina Nehwal for winning the Hong Kong Super Series tournament, a move that was facilitated after Opposition members gave a
Lok Sabha felicitates Saina for winning Hong Kong tournament
Dec 13: Lok Sabha today felicitated ace Badminton player Saina Nehwal for winning the Hong Kong Super Series tournament, a move that was facilitated after Opposition members gave a brief break to thei
Workplace sexual harassment bill in LS
New Delhi: The government today introduced in the Lok Sabha a bill aimed at preventing sexual harassment of women at workplace in various forms, including implied or overt promise of preferential tre
Lok Sabha adjourned again over corruption scams
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Thursday morning for an hour as opposition parties again took up the issue of corruption scams and demanded a discussion.
Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the
Left to move adjournment motion in Lok Sabha
Left parties will move an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha on Tuesday on corruption in Adarsh Housing Society while other Opposition parties said they will raise issues including rotting foodgrains and
Orissa is now Odisha, Oriya is Odia
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday cleared a constitutional amendment seeking to rename Orissa as Odisha and the language spoken in the state as Odia from Oriya.
The bill to alter the name of the ea
Uproar in Lok Sabha over Enemy Property Bill
Samajwadi Party and RJD on Monday created uproar in the Lok Sabha opposing a bill to amend a law governing properties left behind by those who went to Pakistan during partition.
Dubbing the Enemy Pr
LS passes Bill for MPs' salary hike
The much talked about bill to hike salaries of MPs by over three times from Rs 16,000 to Rs 50,000 and doubling two of their key allowances to Rs 40,000 each was passed in Lok Sabha on Friday.
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