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  President calls for discussion, not disruption of Parliament

  Politics | February 23, 2016 13:42 IST

  New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament commenced with the address of President Pranab Mukherjee today. During the session, the Rail Budget will be presented on 25th and General Budget on 29th of this month.

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  Govt has 'lost all sense of balance': Sonia on JNU row

  India | February 23, 2016 6:55 IST

  New Delhi: A combative Sonia Gandhi on Monday accused the Modi government of having "lost all sense of balance" and undermining democratic norms over the JNU row, making it clear that Congress will take up

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  Budget Session of Parliament set to start on a stormy note

  Politics | February 23, 2016 10:22 IST

  New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament that begins today is set for a stormy start as the opposition Congress said that it would not shy away from raising the JNU issue along with Rohith

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  Budget Session likely to get off to a stormy start on Tuesday

  Politics | February 21, 2016 13:03 IST

  New Delhi: Despite efforts to broker peace between the opposition and the government, the Budget Session of Parliament is set to start on a stormy note on Tuesday. Several issues like the JNU row, Dalit

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  Opposition wants discussion on JNU in Rajya Sabha, government says 'okay'

  Politics | February 21, 2016 10:15 IST

  New Delhi: The Central government and opposition have worked out a plan to allow the Rajya Sabha to run during the Budget Session of Parliament, slated to commence from February 23. The Opposition demanded a

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  Ready to discuss all issues in Budget Session: PM tells Opposition

  Politics | February 16, 2016 18:28 IST

  New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government today said it is willing to walk extra mile and take up discussion on each and every issue in the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament, slated to start from

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  PM Modi to meet opposition leaders ahead of budget session

  Politics | February 15, 2016 23:42 IST

  New Delhi: With issues like President's Rule in Arunachal Pradesh, Pathankot terror attack and JNU row set to generate heat in Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached out to the Opposition by convening a

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  Let's ensure Parliament's smooth functioning: Government urges opposition

  Politics | February 10, 2016 8:55 IST

  New Delhi: Emphasising that the Narendra Modi government wants a "smooth budget session" of parliament, Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said the government is "ready to discuss any issue"

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  Budget session likely from Feb 23

  Politics | January 30, 2016 23:48 IST

  New Delhi: The Budget session of Parliament is likely to begin on February 23 as the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh meets here on February 4 to finalise the

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  Stormy beginning to UP budget session as opposition disrupts govt address

  Politics | January 29, 2016 16:53 IST

  Lucknow: Uproarious scenes marred the opening day of Budget session of Uttar Pradesh legislature as slogan-shouting opposition lawmakers barring those from BJP disrupted Governor Ram Naik's address to the joint sitting of the two Houses

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  Government looks to Budget Session for GST Bill passage

  Politics | December 17, 2015 9:36 IST

  New Delhi: The government is mulling waiting till the Budget Session of Parliament to secure passage for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill.According to sources, the BJP-led NDA government, which is minority in the

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  Last budget session was one of the "best" in last six years: Venkaiah Naidu

  Politics | August 11, 2015 1:15 IST

  New Delhi:  A parliamentary delegation from Bhutanon Monday met Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu here.Interacting with the visiting delegation, Naidu said that the previous budget session of parliament was one of the "best budget

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  Meeting of Joint Parliament Panel on land bill today; 5 other news events of the day

  India | June 23, 2015 10:15 IST

  Meeting of Joint Parliament Panel on land bill todayDelhi: Meeting of Joint Parliament Panel on land bill scheduled at 11am today.BJP president Amit Shah to address public meeting todayGadag (Karnataka): BJP president Amit Shah will

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  Delhi budget session to be held from June 23 to 30

  India | June 11, 2015 21:47 IST

  New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party government on Thursday announced that the budget session will be held from June 23 to June 30 for the remaining nine months of the current financial year.The decision was

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  Govt mulls appointment of new Governors after Budget session

  India | April 26, 2015 12:49 IST

  New Delhi: The NDA government is planning to fill up vacancies of governors in nine states after the Budget session of Parliament as one incumbent is holding the charge of four states while five others

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  Told by people that Rahul''s speech was good: Sonia

  Politics | April 20, 2015 23:06 IST

  New Delhi: “I was told by people it was good,” Congress President Sonia Gandhi today remarked over Rahul Gandhi's first speech in the Budget session in which he made a scathing attack on the Narendra

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  Govt does not understand pain of farmers: Rahul

  Politics | April 20, 2015 21:37 IST

  New Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today said the government cannot give satisfactory replies to the problems of farmers and labourers.In his first speech in the Budget Session, he said the government was “ignoring” the

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  Lok Sabha disrupted over Giriraj Singh's remark against Sonia Gandhi

  Politics | April 20, 2015 12:31 IST

  New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was on Monday briefly adjourned when the Congress created a ruckus over a comment made against Sonia Gandhi by central minister Giriraj Singh.Giriraj Singh had kicked up a row with

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  PM confident of constructive discussions in Budget Session

  Politics | April 20, 2015 11:05 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today morning said that he is hopeful of a 'constructive discussion' in the second half of the Budget Session which is starting from today. "I am confident second half of

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  Modi looks forward to a productive session of Parliament

  Politics | April 20, 2015 8:12 IST

  New Delhi: As the Budget session of Parliament resumes today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he looks forward to a productive session, filled with constructive debates on several issues.  “Parliament session begins today. I