ISRO seeks more participation of industrial sector in producing PSLVs: Jitendra Singh

Govt responsible for present stalemate in RS: Congress, CPI

Govt responsible for logjam in RS on conversion issue: D. Raja

CPI leader D Raja today held the government responsible for the ongoing logjam in the Rajya Sabha on the conversion issue. He charged the government with showing rigidity. He was responding to a media query outside Parliament.

Rajya Sabha adjourned on religious conversions issue

The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned twice, first for 15 minutes and then for half an hour till noon on religious conversions issue. Opposition members trooped into the well as the House met for the day. They shouted slogans against the government saying the BJP leaders are making provocative statemen...

Govt agrees in principle to set up National Research Centre on tribal issues in Odisha

The government has agreed in principle to set up a National Research Centre on tribal issues in Odisha. All national level research studies and seminars on the subject are to be organised at the proposed centre. In a written answer, Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Mansukhbhai Vasava informed th...

Govt sets up committee to examine feasibility of bringing pre, secondary education under RTE

The government has said, a sub-committee of the Central Advisory Board of Education has been set up to examine the feasibility of bringing pre-education and secondary education under the purview of the RTE Act, 2009. HRD Minister Ms Smriti Zubin Irani gave this information in a written reply in the ...

RS faces adjournment over rising number of religious conversions

Opposition members today forced repeated adjournment of the Rajya Sabha on the religious conversions issue. The House witnessed three adjournments in the pre-lunch session, first for 40 minutes, then for ten minutes and later till 2 PM. The opposition members, led by Congress has been demanding susp...

TMC MPs protests over misuse of CBI by Centre

Trinamool Congress MPs today protested outside Parliament alleging that the Central Bureau of Investigation is being misused by the Centre against the West Bengal government. Talking to reporters, party MP Kalyan Banerjee accused the Centre of deliberately attacking Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee fo...

RS faces adjournment over rising number of religious conversions

Govt to launch Crop Insurance Scheme by next year: Agriculture Minister

Agriculture Minister Radhamohan Singh today said a New Crop Insurance Scheme will be launched by next year. Replying to a Short Duration Discussion in the Rajya Sabha, he said the centre and states should work unitedly to plug in loopholes in the present agriculture policies. Stating that the number...