The ongoing Parliament session will be extended by 10 more working days to complete the legislative business and the government's target to pass at least 35 Bills, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Tuesday.
A "very special friend" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised him in the Parliament today. In a picture posted on PM Modi's Instagram profile, a baby can be seen sitting comfortably in his lap. The prime minister is also playfully treating the child.
Asked about the likelihood of the session's extension, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told reporters after the meeting, "There is a possibility of this. You will be officially conveyed when a decision is taken."
The Ministry of Home Affairs had asked the Law Ministry to draw out a draft law after carefully examining rising incidents of violent lynching sparked by rumours spread on social media platforms, each of which have no less than 200 million users in the country.
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.
Opposition leaders have conveyed to the government that all Bills cannot be rushed through without adequate scrutiny by Parliamentary Standing Committees.
Tax officials detected Rs 37,946 crore worth of tax fraud in 2018-19 and Rs 6,520 crore in the April-June period of the current financial year after the GST implementation, the Finance Ministry told Parliament on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has often pulled up BJP MPs for absenteeism during Parliament sessions, on Tuesday cautioned Union ministers against skipping their roster duties in both the Houses and told the party leadership that he should be informed if they skip their duty, sources said.
BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Sunday asked party MPs to apprise him of the issues they raise in Parliament and steps taken to resolve them once in two months.
A white Nissan GT-R was seen stunting in Delhi's most secure area in the early hours of Saturday. The car was caught on a CCTV camera carrying out donuts at Vijay Chowk near the Parliament house.
Clean India campaign in Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajnath Singh broom
Other dignitaries will also take part in the cleanliness drive which is scheduled to start at 9 a.m., the statement said.
TMC MP Prasun Banerjee was seen playing football in Parliament premises, on Thursday. He hoped that India will play Football World Cup one day. Prasun Banerjee is a retired international footballer and an Arjuna Award Winner (1979) from Kolkata.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would consider the plea seeking urgent hearing of a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of Article 370 which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir and limits Parliament's power to make laws for the state.
The import of bulk drugs and drug intermediates from China stood at USD 2,055.94 million in 2017-18, accounting for 68.68 percent of their total import, Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers D V Sadananda Gowda said in a reply to the Lok Sabha.
Budget 2019: When and where to watch Union Budget 2019 India: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her maiden Union Budget 2019 speech in the Parliament on Friday at around 11 am. Nirmala Sitharaman will be the first woman full-time Finance Minister to present Union Budget in the Parliament.
The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2019, will replace an Ordinance promulgated on February 21.
Ahead of Modi government's maiden Budget in the second term, an economic survey projecting the state of health of the country's economy and outlining the challenges will be tabled in Parliament on Thursday.
The Foreign Secretary told the Sunday Times he would not hand over "a penny more than is legally required of us", reports the BBC
The MP from Gujarat's Navsari has the highest victory margin in the 2019 general elections.
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