200 former MPs yet to vacate their official bungalows in Lutyens' Delhi

According to the rules, former MPs have to vacate their respective bungalows within one month of dissolution of the previous Lok Sabha.

Working longer hours sends positive message in country: LS Speaker Om Birla

Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Birla said there is a sense that a new parliament building is required.

'The current parliament building may also be modernized,' Om Birla said.

On Tuesday, PM Modi said that Namgyal delivered 'an outstanding speech in the Lok Sabha'.

Going against the party's stand, senior Congress leaders Janardan Dwivedi, Scindia and Deepender Hooda have voiced support to the move.

The proposed address comes days before the Prime Minister’s customary address to the nation on Independence Day.

In first Budget session after the newly elected Modi govt took charge, LS worked for 281 hrs, which is 135 per cent of the scheduled hrs.

Congress' Manish Tiwari made reference to the English novel in reply to Home Minister Amit Shah's question.

Chowdhury also stated that the central government is not 'thinking about PoK (Pakistan occupied Kashmir)'.

Amit Shah said, 'He said that the Parliament has the right to make laws on Jammu & Kashmir.'