Government mulling extension of ongoing Parliament session by 2-3 days: Source
The government is considering extending the ongoing session of Parliament by at least two to three days to complete its legislative business, sources said on Friday.
The government is considering extending the ongoing session of Parliament by at least two to three days to complete its legislative business, sources said on Friday.
The Union Cabinet is learnt to have approved a proposal to amend two laws to give more teeth to the NIA in probing terror cases in India and abroad.
The Kerala MP's move was welcomed by the House with the loud thumping of desks.
The government will seek the support of the opposition parties in getting crucial bills passed in the session including one on triple talaq which among others were approved by the union cabinet on Wednesday, the sources said.
In the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha, the new government plans to convert 10 ordinances, including the one to ban the practice of instant triple talaq, into law, official sources said Thursday.
The government will try to introduce the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill in the forthcoming session of Parliament, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Tuesday. The bill, pending approval from the Rajya Sabha, lapsed after the 16th Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die in February.
The Rajya Sabha will meet from June 20 to July 26 for the upcoming session of Parliament, the Upper House secretariat said Monday.
Modi government and a united Opposition sounded poll bugle in the national capital today as last Parliament session of the 16 Lok Sabha ended today.
The Congress on Friday said it did not mind discussing the Rafale deal in the Parliament, but it could be done only after a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) conducts a probe into it and collects facts.
According to sources, Congress is anguished over not being allowed to raise the issue of Rafale jet deal in the House.
The entire House congratulated Harivansh with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Leader of the House Arun Jaitley and Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad felicitating him.
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman election: I congratulate Harivansh ji on behalf of the whole house. He has been blessed with the talent of writing. He was also a favourite of former PM Chandra Shekhar ji: PM Modi
In his first speech as party president at Congress parliamentary party meeting, Rahul Gandhi went into an assault mode targeting the Modi government on a range of issues.
BJP president Amit Shah was not allowed to speak over the issue in Rajya Sabha for the second consecutive day as Opposition MPs resorted to sloganeering as soon as he stood up present his views.
Leading the charge in Rajya Sabha, BJP president Amit Shah said that the NDA government has done what the UPA couldn't.
