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The Upper House of the Parliament availed 25 hours 54 minutes of the available time while 2 hours 43 minutes were lost due to forced adjournments. (Photo: Representational)

Citizenship Bill to be introduced in RS today, BJP confident of its...

Lok Sabha passed the Citizenship Bill with a majority of 311 votes against 80 votes where 391 members were present and...

10 Dec 2019 11:14 AM IST

The Upper House of the Parliament availed 25 hours 54 minutes of the available time while 2 hours 43 minutes were lost due to forced adjournments. (Photo: Representational)

Citizenship Bill to be introduced in Lok Sabha on December 9

Its passage in the Lok Sabha is all but certain due to the massive majority the BJP and its allies have.

5 Dec 2019 2:29 PM IST

The Upper House of the Parliament availed 25 hours 54 minutes of the available time while 2 hours 43 minutes were lost due to forced adjournments. (Photo: Representational)

'No plan to conduct NRC across country on religious lines,' says...

Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, gave the information in a written reply in the RS.

4 Dec 2019 6:53 PM IST

Defending the banks in this issue, a senior official, however, claimed that the quick mortality rate on Mudra loans has come down drastically after strict norms issued by the RBI and the ministry of finance.(Representational image)

Nearly 3 per cent of Mudra loans turn into bad loans: Govt

Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur gave this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

3 Dec 2019 4:21 PM IST

Vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu

Political will, not new bill': Naidu urges Govt to rethink on mercy...

Naidu said crime against women is a 'societal disease' and there is some sort of lacunae in systems, both legal as well...

2 Dec 2019 3:52 PM IST

A five-judge Supreme Court Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar will on Tuesday pronounce a verdict on pleas challenging the validity of triple talaq (divorce) in the Muslim community. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Triple talaq bill stays stuck in Rajya Sabha as Winter session...

Rajya Sabha did not discuss the bill before being adjourned sine die after the winter session was extended by a day.

10 Jan 2019 8:45 AM IST

It was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 2, superseding the amendments earlier carried out by the Rajya Sabha.

Uproar in Rajya Sabha over govt move to extend session

Citing the rule book, members of the Congress, the TMC and the AIADMK slammed the extension calling it unprecedented , ...

10 Jan 2019 6:21 AM IST

Opposition members protest in Rajya Sabha during Winter Session of Parliament. (Photo: RSTV grab via PTI)

Brought in haste', says Oppn as quota bill faces Rajya Sabha test

Congress and opposition in Rajya Sabha slammed ruling BJP saying govt was playing election 'politics'.

9 Jan 2019 6:36 PM IST

Deputy Chairman Harivansh said that it may be considered his personal lapse and a lapse in his understanding in not conveying at the time of adjourning proceedings on Tuesday that the sitting of the House has been extended by a day. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Opposition questions extending RS sitting 'without' following norms

Congress, TMC and AIADMK members cited rule book to criticise the extension.

9 Jan 2019 1:39 PM IST

PM Modi launched four-laning of Solapur-Osmanabad section of NH-211, underground sewerage system and three sewage treatment plants and laid the foundation stone of 30,000 houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

'Chowkidar' can pick wrongdoer even in darkness: PM Modi in...

The onus is on the Congress to come clean on what is driving its allegations on the (Rafale) deal, Modi said.

9 Jan 2019 1:04 PM IST

It was passed by the Lok Sabha on August 2, superseding the amendments earlier carried out by the Rajya Sabha.

Opposition stalls Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha over CBI, Rafale

Congress members too were in the Well of the House holding placards demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe on...

8 Jan 2019 12:48 AM IST

The delegation requested Indian High Commissioner to the UK to convey their concerns to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee. (Photo: File)

Rajya Sabha session extended till Wednesday for 'quota for upper...

The proposed bill was approved by the Union Cabinet this afternoon in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

7 Jan 2019 9:05 PM IST