LS adjourned sine die

RS bids farewell to 4 of its retiring members

The Rajya Sabha today bid farewell to four of its members who are retiring in February 2015 on completion of their term of office. The retiring members are Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad and Prof. Saifuddin Soz, both Congress, and Mohammed Shafi and G N Ratanpur, both Jammu and Kashmir Nation...

RS adjourned for 2nd time till 1 pm

Both houses of Parl adjourned till noon on religious conversion issue

Nation remembers Chaudhary Charan Singh on his 112th birth anniversary

Nation is remembering former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh on his 112th birth anniversary today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai, and Rashtriya Lok Dal President Ajit Singh paid floral tributes at the portrait of the late leader a...

Lok Sabha passes Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill

The Lok Sabha today passed the Regional Rural Banks (Amendment) Bill, 2014 by voice vote. The bill seeks to amend the existing Act so as to increase the authorised capital of each Regional Rural Bank from Rs 5 crore to Rs 2000 crore divided into Rs 200 crore of fully paid share of Rs 10 each. The Bi...

CPI(M) leader A Sampath discharged from hospital

The CPI(M) Lok Sabha member, A Sampath has been discharged from the hospital after medical check up. Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu informed the Lok Sabha that Mr Sampath became unwell due to exertion and restlessness. Earlier, Mr Sampath complained of uneasiness at 3.20 PM when he ...

CPI (M) member A Sampath complains of uneasiness in LS

CPI(M) member A Sampath who was shouting slogan in the well of the Lok Sabha complained of uneasiness at 3.20. He was taken to the hospital for medical check up. When the Lok Sabha reassembled after two brief adjournments at 3.30 PM, the members requested the Chair for adjournment of the House follo...

Def Ministry identifies four strategic rail lines along Indo-China border: Govt

Centre considering proposal to give Marathi classical language status

The Centre is considering a proposal from the Maharashtra government to grant classical language status to Marathi. Kannada, Malyalam, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit have already been recognize as classical languages of the country. Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma said this in the Lok Sabha today. ...