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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla NEW DELHI: A group of women MPs from the Congress has written a strongly worded letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accusing him of making “false and defamatory allegations” against them.The controversy erupted after Birla publicly stated that he had advised the Prime Minister not to come to the…
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…
NEW DELHI: Opposition and BJP MPs engaged in a heated exchange in Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla‘s office over remarks by Nishikant Dubey targeting the Gandhi family.After the Lok Sabha’s proceedings were adjourned, Congress MPs met Speaker Om Birla to protest the Chair’s decision to allow Dubey speak against the Gandhi family.In a video shared…
Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi and other MPs protest at Makar Dwar of the Parliament, against the suspension of 8 MPs from Lok Sabha (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Eight opposition MPs of the Congress and the CPI-M were suspended from the Lok Sabha for the rest of the Budget Session on…
NEW DELHI: With a couple of big-ticket trade deals in his bag within a matter of days, PM Modi asserted on Tuesday that the world is recognising India’s strength and according it renewed respect, even as he cautioned governing alliance MPs against any sense of complacency over the govt’s achievements.Addressing the BJP-led NDA parliamentary party…
JAMMU: Parties across the political divide in J&K have welcomed the announcement on Tuesday by railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw that three proposed railway projects in the state have been put on hold for now following opposition from the state govt and MPs, who have argued that the track alignments could damage apple orchards.Vaishnaw said there…
NEW DELHI: TDP MP Krishna Prasad Tenneti, who was presiding over the Lok Sabha proceedings on Tuesday when some opposition MPs threw papers at him, said that someone from the opposition called him “yaar” (friend/buddy) and, when he objected, a few MPs charged at him and began tearing and throwing papers.The MPs, including seven from…
A incident occurred late on Wednesday at the couple’s residence in NRI Tower, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad, when Yashrajsinh Gohil, nephew of Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil, allegedly shot his wife Rajeshwari AHMEDABAD: A incident occurred late on Wednesday at the couple’s residence in NRI Tower, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad, when Yashrajsinh Gohil, nephew of Congress Rajya Sabha…
UJJAIN: A clash broke out between two groups in Tarana town, around 35 km from district headquarter Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh late on Thursday, leaving around six persons injured. Eyewitnesses claimed that an angry crowd vandalised around 11 parked buses and damaged shops in the vicinity of the Tarana bus stand, after a group of…
LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha MPs will be able to punch in their attendance only from their designated seats inside the House from the upcoming Budget session of Parliament, Speaker Om Birla said on Tuesday. The earlier practice that allowed members to mark their attendance from lobbies as well is set to be discontinued in a…
