Lok Sabha

The Union Finance Ministry on Monday answered an array of questions in the Lok Sabha over the impact that the Adani Group of companies had suffered after US short-seller Hindenburg Research came out with a report accusing them of fraud and…
Read More...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took several digs at Rahul Gandhi in parliament, without naming him, a day after the Congress leader’s sharp attack on him linked to billionaire Gautam Adani. “Yesterday, after some people’s remarks in…
Read More...

Over 7,000 officer posts have been lying vacant in the Indian Army since last year, minister of state for defence Ajay Bhatt said in a written response in the Lok Sabha on Monday. However, the figure dropped from 7,665 on 1 January 2022 to…
Read More...

As many as 115 daily wage earner and 63 housewives ended their lives every day in India in 2021, which saw a total of 1,64,033 suicides in the country, the Lok Sabha was informed Tuesday. Sharing data from the National Crime Records Bureau…
Read More...

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday reacted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s comment on the Indian and Chinese troops clash in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang recently, saying the word “pitai” (beating) should not be used for “our…
Read More...

TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday came out in support of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who was involved in a face-off with Union minister Smriti Irani in the Lok Sabha, and said the 75-year-old leader was “encircled and heckled pack-wolf…
Read More...

Four Congress MPs have been suspended for the entire monsoon session from Lok Sabha. The action by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Prakash Birla comes amid huge protests by opposition members on inflation among other issues. On Monday, the sixth day…
Read More...

India’s bid for a permanent seat at the UN Security Council (UNSC) has been backed by four of its five permanent members, the government told the Lok Sabha on Friday as the first week of the monsoon session of parliament came to an end.…
Read More...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday said Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has recognised Rahul Shewale as the Shiv Sena leader in the Lower House of Parliament. Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Shinde said Shiv Sena MPs have…
Read More...

The Lok Sabha on Monday passed the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill by a voice vote. The bill – that seeks to replace the Identification of Prisoners Act, of 1920 – was passed after union home minister Amit Shah addressed all…
Read More...