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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla NEW DELHI: Women MPs from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, urging him to take strict action against opposition MPs for allegedly committing “heinous acts” inside the House during last week’s proceedings.In their letter, the MPs praised the Speaker for maintaining order…
NEW DELHI: The opposition is seriously mulling a notice to seek the removal of Speaker Om Birla as the Chair of Lok Sabha, with leaders of India bloc discussing the issue on Monday – a move that may further embitter the fraught relations between the governing camp and the opposition. Sources said a notice floated…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha discussion on the Budget continued to be mired in the standoff between govt and the opposition, with LoP Rahul Gandhi‘s insistence on being allowed to raise a few issues and govt’s refusal to heed his plea stalling the transaction of business for the sixth consecutive day on Monday. Amid the…
NEW DELHI: Women MPs belonging to Congress told Speaker Om Birla Monday that under pressure from the govt, he made “false, baseless and defamatory allegations” that PM Modi faced potential threat from them, because of which he did not come to LS to reply to the motion of thanks. In a letter to Birla, the…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has doubled down on his charge that PM Modi’s safety faced a threat from opposition MPs in LS if he were to reply on Feb 4 to the motion of thanks on the President’s address, refuting opposition parties’ claim that his advice to Modi to call off his…
NEW DELHI: In a fiery rebuttal on Monday, the Centre categorically rejected opposition claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced no security threat on the day he was set to deliver a crucial reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address. The high-profile address was abruptly cancelled after Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla…
Jaideep Ahlawat essays the role of Hathi Ram Chaudhary, a cynical yet vulnerable cop searching for redemption in this hard-hitting series directed by Avinash Arun and Prosit Roy. Alongside Ishwak Singh and Abhishek Banerjee, he investigates a high-profile assassination attempt. Grounded, emotional and deeply affecting, this remains his most iconic, career-defining performance. The exhaustion, grit…
Had the act taken place, the sight would have torn democratic traditions to shreds, Speaker Om Birla said NEW DELHI: Speaker Om Birla disclosed in Lok Sabha on Thursday that it was at his request that PM Narendra Modi had decided not to come to Lok Sabha to reply to the President’s address, as he…
NEW DELHI: Congress slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “hiding behind Speaker” after Om Birla said that he had requested the PM to not to come to the House when he was scheduled to reply to the President’s address, citing security reasons by the women MPs. The Lok Sabha eventually passed the Motion of Thanks…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said he had advised Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to attend the House amid concerns over disorder, citing information that an inappropriate incident could have taken place near the Prime Minister’s chair.Birla said the advice was given when the Prime Minister was scheduled to respond to…
