RS adjourned amid ruckus over Niranjan Jyoti's remark

RS adjourned amid ruckus over Niranjan Jyoti's remark

Govt committed to eliminate left wing extremism: Rajnath Singh in LS

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today reiterated in the Lok Sabha that government is committed to eliminate the left wing extremist activities. Making a statement on the recent maoist attack in Sukma District of Chhattisagarh which claimed 14 lives of CRPF personnel, the Minister said that the governmen...

Govt tracking foreign money through NGOs: Kiren Rijiju

Government is monitoring the flow of foreign money through Non Governmental Organisations, NGOs in the country and issued notices to more than ten thousand organisations for not filing returns in time. Replying supplementaries today in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju informed ...

RS faces adjournments over Sadhvi Niranjan's derogatory remarks

The Congress-led Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha today took serious exception to a woman minister for reportedly using derogatory language against them. The issue was raised by Congress members during the Zero Hour. Anand Sharma of Congress said it was not expected of a minister to use such fo...

Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan expresses regret in LS for derogatory remarks

Ruckus in LS over derogatory remarks made by Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

Opposition members from Congress, TMC and Aam Adami Party today protested in the Lok Sabha on alleged derogatory remarks against opposition parties made by Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti. As soon as house met, the opposition members raised the issue seeking adjournment of question hours. The S...

LS discusses Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment & Validation) Bill

The Lok Sabha today passed the Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Bill,2014. The Bill aims at continuing with the lease-hold rights vested in National Textile Corporation, NTC, on completion of the lease-hold tenure. This Bill helps expedite revival of sick textil...

Parliament passes IIITs Bill, 2014

Parliament today passed the Indian Institutes of Information Technology, IIITs Bill, 2014. The Rajya Sabha approved the legislation this evening which was passed by Lok Sabha earlier. The legislation enables the four IIITs at Allahabad, Jabalpur, Gwalior and Kancheepuram to be institutes of national...

Merchant Shipping (Amendment) Bills passed in Rajya Sabha

The government is planning to introduce Pradhanmantri Jalamarg Yojana on the lines of Pradhanmantri Gram Sadak Yojana. Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari told the Rajya Sabha today that the government wants to encourage water transport system as it is the least polluted compared to road and railway tra...