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$Suspended TMC MP Derek OBrien and others outside the Parliament House during the Winter session, in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. OBrien was on Thursday suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remaining part of the Winter Session for his \unruly behaviour\ and \misconduct\ in the House. (PTI$ India

Speaker Suspends 14 Opposition MPs

Lok Sabha had initially suspended 14 members, but later the suspension of DMK MP Parthiban was revoked as he was not...

15 Dec 2023 12:34 AM IST

The new Sansad Bhavan (Parliament building) under Central Vista Project. (PTI Photo)

AA Edit | Opp. boycott of opening of new Parl is bad optics

It is ironic, historically speaking, because Mahatma Gandhi was absent in the Parliament on the midnight hour of freedom...

25 May 2023 12:36 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) awardees, through video conferencing, in New Delhi, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (PTI)

AA Edit | India's democracy now needs to course correct

What Indians are seeing today is an attempt by every player in the game to turn the idea of representative democracy on...

28 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Who Cares About Parliament by Derek OBrien. (Image: AA)

An insider critiques the Indian parliament

The subjects under discussion here can make for a useful handbook

17 Sept 2023 12:00 AM IST

Eighteen opposition parties have come together to take on the government in parliament during the Monsoon Session beginning July 17 over demonetisation, GST and various other issues, according to political sources. (Photo: PTI)

House proceedings washed out for week

The first week of the second leg of the Budget Session hardly saw any business getting transacted in both Houses of...

10 March 2018 12:23 AM IST

Eighteen opposition parties have come together to take on the government in parliament during the Monsoon Session beginning July 17 over demonetisation, GST and various other issues, according to political sources. (Photo: PTI)

Women's quota unites Rajya Sabha

This was the first discussion that happened in the House in the second part of the Budget Session.

9 March 2018 5:25 AM IST

Eighteen opposition parties have come together to take on the government in parliament during the Monsoon Session beginning July 17 over demonetisation, GST and various other issues, according to political sources. (Photo: PTI)

No end in sight to House impasse

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan had no option but to adjourn the proceedings for the day.

8 March 2018 5:10 AM IST

Meanwhile, Congress MP Rajni Patil gave zero hour notice in Rajya Sabha over the issue of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and Assembly. (Photo: ANI)

Non-functioning of Parliament must stop

There is little to be gained in trying to establish culpability for this deplorable state of affairs.

25 March 2018 12:12 AM IST

The India Gate area is on high alert ahead of January 26.

Why the nation's capital can never be a 'state'

Delhi's transformation from capital city to state is sure to be a prelude to the breakup of India.

6 Jun 2018 1:44 AM IST

Demonstrators take part in a protest in Srinagar over the gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: AFP)

Law allowing death penalty for rape of children cleared by President

The amendment replaces criminal law amendment ordinance promulgated on April 21 after Kathua's rape and murder and...

12 Aug 2018 5:48 PM IST

The Supreme Court also referred to the National Crime Records Bureau Data stating every six hour a woman is raped in the country. (Photo: File | ANI)

Filing false poll affidavit a corrupt practice, can't direct Parl for...

SC said it 'agrees that the election affidavit should be treated seriously, but we cannot direct for a legislation'.

11 Sept 2018 10:24 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the young entrepreneurs at the Champions of Change programme, organised by the NITI Aayog, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Dilli Ka Babu: Plastic proves deathless

Plastics above 50 microns in thickness were permissible.

20 Aug 2017 12:54 AM IST