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Suspended MPs likely to meet Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu today

A day after a high voltage drama in the Upper House of Parliament, 12 suspended members of Parliament are likely to meet Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday, sources said.Sources told ANI on the condition of anonymity that the meeting can be at Vice President Naidu's residence or near the Parliament area. "Suspended MPs of Rajya Sabha likely to meet Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday to tender their apology," sources said.Rajya Sabha on the first day of its business for the Winter Session on Monday suspended 12 of its members for the rest of the current session on account of 'unruly and violent behaviour' during the Monsoon Session of Parliament.The suspended MPs include six from Congress, two each from TMC and Shiv Sena and one each from CPM and CPI.The action has been taken against them for the 'indiscipline' in the monsoon session of the house.The suspended MPs are Elamaram Kareem (CPM), Phulo Devi Netam, Chhaya Verma, R Bora, Rajamani Patel, Syed Nasir Hussain and ...

Sensex ends off day's high, up 154pts, Nifty 28pts; RIL, IT stocks gain

The broader indices lagged in trade on Monday. The BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended with losses of 0.9 per cent and 1.9 per cent, respectively

Parliament's Winter Session begins today; 26 bills on govt's agenda

The BJP-led government has a heavy agenda for the winter session with its legislative business including 26 new bills

Cong issues whip to party MPs to be present on first day of winter session

Ahead of the winter session, the Congress has issued a three-line whip on Friday to its MPs asking them to be present in both the Houses of the Parliament on November 29.

MP Assembly's winter session to be held between December 20 to 24

The winter session of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly will be held in the state capital between December 20 and 24, an official said on Wednesday.

Bill to ban private cryptocurrencies to come up in Winter Session

The cryptocurrency bill is listed at a time when the level of interest in the subject is very high

Ahead of Parliament session, govt calls all-party meet on Sunday

The floor leaders of all the political parties from both houses of Parliament have been invited to the meeting

CCPA recommends Winter Session of Parliament from Nov 29 to Dec 23: Report

The Cabinet Committee on Parliament Affairs has recommended that the Winter Session of Parliament be held from November 29 to December 23, sources said on Monday. Like previous sessions of Parliament in the last one and half years, the Winter Session will be held adhering to COVID-19 protocols, people familiar with the developments told PTI. The session will have around 20 sittings, they said. The Winter Session of Parliament was not held last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which also led to curtailing of the Budget and the Monsoon Sessions. "The CCPA (Cabinet Committee on Parliament Affairs) which is chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has recommended the dates for the Winter Session of Parliament from November 29 to December 23," a source told PTI. Both Houses of Parliament -- Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha - will hold proceedings simultaneously and members will have to follow social distancing norms. Those who will be present in Parliament, including MPs, will be required

Joint committee on Data Protection Bill gets extension to submit report

The Joint Committee of Parliament examining the Personal Data Protection Bill was on Friday given an extension till the Winter Session to submit its report

Parliament session cancelled to avoid debate on farmers' stir: Sanjay Raut

Criticising the Centre over it, Raut said the existing Parliament building was fine and could have functioned well for another 50 to 75 years

Next Parl session likely in 2021, may merge winter with budget session

Senior government sources privy to deliberations say that the next Parliament's session is going to take place in the last week of January, 2021

Lok Sabha clears Bill to extend political reservation to SCs, STs till 2030

The Minister said the government will bring reservation in judiciary also. The Bill was passed with division of votes with 352/0

Shah to table Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha at 2 pm on Dec 11

In the Rajya Sabha, the Centre requires the support of at least 123 MPs in the 245-member Upper House

Anglo-Indian bodies protest move to end community members' nomination to LS

The reservation for these categories in the Lok Sabha and assemblies was to expire on January 25, 2020

Lok Sabha likely to take up Citizenship Amendment Bill next week

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal, informed the Lok Sabha of the agenda for the remaining period of winter session

11 transport agencies accepting Centre's Common Mobility Card: Govt

The card can be used to make payments across public transport anywhere in the country, including Metro, bus and suburban railways, and for toll and parking among others

Rs 24,396 crore collected at National Highway tolls in 2018-19: Gadkari

570 fee plazas are operational on the National Highways across the country as on October 31, 2019

Soon, senior citizens could sue children-in-law for not looking after them

The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which has been cleared by the Union Cabinet and is likely to be introduced in Parliament soon

Govt okays Bill proposing Rs 15-cr fine for data misuse, easy storage rules

The Cabinet's approval paves the way for the Bill to be tabled in Parliament in the ongoing winter session

WhatsApp spying row: We've sent notice to Israel's Pegasus, says Prasad

Govt has asked for an audit of WhatsApp security and systems, according to IT minister