Monsoon Session Of Parliament

Parl winter session: 39-member House panel set up to scrutinise ONOE Bills

The committee will have 27 members from the Lok Sabha and 12 from the Rajya Sabha

FinMin seeks expenditure proposals for 1st supplementary demands for grant

The first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2020-21 is proposed to be placed before Parliament in the ensuing monsoon session, the Finance Ministry said in an office memorandum

India's toy exports dip to $152 million in FY24 due to global headwinds

Union Minister Jitin Prasada informed Rajya Sabha that India's toy imports were recorded at $65 million in 2023-24

Bill to overhaul Waqf Act likely today in Parliament: 5 proposed changes

The draft Bill seeks to omit Section 40 of the Waqf Act, which is linked to the powers of the Board to decide if a property is Waqf property

'Chai, biscuits on me': Rahul Gandhi says ED raid being planned against him

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is planning a raid against him for his 'chakravyuh' comments made against Prime Minister Narendra Modi

'Divider in-chief Rahul Gandhi': BJP defends Anurag Thakur on caste row

Anurag Thakur triggered a row on Tuesday during his Lok Sabha speech by apparently targeting Rahul Gandhi by making veiled references to his caste

Anurag Thakur's caste remark 'on Rahul Gandhi' expunged; Oppn seeks apology

BJP MP from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, Anurag Thakur stoked a political row on Tuesday over his controversial Lok Sabha speech, apparently targeted at Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi

Parliament updates: Budget proposes unflinching support to cooperative federalism, says FM in RS

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha news updates: Here are the latest updates on the developments in the Parliament

Indians are Arjun, will break Modi's chakravyuh: Rahul Gandhi's fresh salvo

Rahul Gandhi alleged that the Centre waived off Rs 16 trillion debt of the industrialists but collected Rs 8,500 crore from the poor Indians, who are unable to maintain "even the minimum balance"

Decoded: Why was the media confined to glass enclosures in Parliament?

Media personnel were stopped from proceeding to the main entrance of the Parliament, the 'Makar Dwar,' on Monday. In response, they boycotted interviews with any of the MPs

Parliament session all set to be stormy over Budget, coaching centre deaths

Congress Lok Sabha Whip Manickam Tagore has submitted an Adjournment Motion notice to discuss the delay in conducting Census 2021, which has delayed the implementation of women's 33 per cent quota

WATCH: Desh ka halwa bat raha hai, says Rahul Gandhi; Sitharaman face-palms

Addressing the Parliament on Budget 2024, Rahul Gandhi said the Centre failed social groups such as the farmers and youth, and double stabbed the middle class of India through 'tax terrorism'

Like Abhimanyu, India trapped in new chakravyuh: Rahul Gandhi on Budget

Budget 2024: The govt has stabbed the middle class both in the chest and in the back with this Budget, said the leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi

Parliament highlights: Not possible to name every state in budget, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha news: Catch all the news updates related to the developments in the Parliament here

Budget 2024: 'Cruel, madness' - internet angry over capital gains tax hike

Union Budget 2024: Several people took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to criticise the move, noting that it is painful for stock market investors

Budget 2024: Standard deduction limit in new tax regime raised to Rs 75,000

Union Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced that the standard deduction limit under the new tax regime has been revised to Rs 75,000 from the existing Rs 50,000

Budget 2024: Prez Murmu offers customary 'dahi-cheeni' to Sitharaman. Pics

Union Budget 2024: FM Sitharaman and her team met with President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi before heading for the Parliament to present the Budget

Budget 2024: When and where to watch Sitharaman's speech; other key details

Union Budget 2024-25 will be the seventh consecutive budget presentation by Sitharaman, a record streak by any finance minister of India, marking a key historical milestone.

Cong hits back at PM, says Modi suppressed voice of country for 10 years

The Congress hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday over his remarks criticising the opposition, alleging that it was he who "suppressed the voice" of the country for 10 years and for which people "punished" him in the Lok Sabha polls. Talking to reporters ahead of the start of a Parliament session, Modi said in the first session of this Lok Sabha, "an undemocratic attempt was made to scuttle the voice of the government that had been ordered by 140 crore Indians to serve". "For two-and-a-half hours, attempts were made to scuttle the voice of the prime minister and such a thing has no place in democratic traditions. They (opposition) has no remorse over it," he said. Hitting back at Modi over his remarks, Congress's media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said the person who "throttled the country and suppressed its voice" for 10 years, today looked "very weak and was seen weeping" when the opposition raised its voice. The prime minister started the Monsoon sessi

Modi slams opposition, says undemocratic attempt to throttle voice of PM

Asserting that Parliament is not for 'dal' but for 'desh', Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the opposition, saying that some parties have practised "negative politics" and "misused" Parliament to hide their political failures. Speaking with the media ahead of the start of Parliament session, Modi said the Union Budget, which will be presented on Tuesday, will set the direction for the journey of the next five years and lay the foundation for fulfilling the dream of 'Viksit Bharat' in 2047. Modi said people have given their verdict in the Lok Sabha polls and now all political parties must fight together for the country for the next five years. "I want to tell all MPs, they may be of any party, that from January onwards we fought a pitched electoral battle, we conveyed to the people what we wanted to convey, some showed the way while others misled, but that period is over now. The people have given their verdict," he said. "Now it is the responsibility of all elected