Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan faces his toughest challenge since coming to power in 2018 as opposition parties have set aside differences to oust him through a no-confidence vote. Parliament convenes this morning to start proceedings. | Read more|
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed an order to expand the country’s military, including bolstering the ranks of its army by at least 100,000 soldiers over the next three years, prolonging service contracts, and boosting pay. | Read more|
Addressing the nation ahead of the Parliament’s Budget Session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while welcoming all legislators, said the session would showcase India’s economic growth to the world. | Read more|
Iran and Saudi Arabia are preparing to reopen their respective embassies in Tehran and Riyadh, and wil lre-establish full diplomatic ties, an Iranian lawmaker has said. | Read more|
The Opposition parties held a march in Delhi today to highlight their demand to scrap the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs and the sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, whose son has been arrested in the Lakhimpur Kheri farmers' death case. | Read more|
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a meeting with senior ministers in Parliament to discuss strategy for the ongoing winter session.Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush G | Read more|
Twelve opposition MPs from Rajya Sabha have been suspended from parliament's Winter Session and the opposition has condemned the suspension, saying it is against the rules. The list of suspended MPs includes Shiv Sena's Priyanka Chaturvedi and Anil Desai, Trinamool Congress's Dola Sen and Shanta Chhetri CPM's Elamaram | Read more|
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu rejected the request for the revocation of suspension of 12 MPs on Tuesday and said, “The Chairman of the Rajya is empowered to take action and also the House can take action.” Following this, Opposition parties including Congress, DMK and National Conference walked out of Rajy | Read more|
The Centre has constituted a Central Vista Oversight Committee for a period of two years to overcome challenges, ensure coordination across Ministries, regulatory compliances and have an effective project management. | Read more|
The Delhi Police has arrested a 26-year-old college graduate from Bihar for allegedly forging an official pass to enter the Parliament building at Sansad Marg. | Read more|
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders held a march outside Parliament building on Thursday to protest the abrupt end to the Monsoon Session and alleged manhandling of their MPs in Rajya Sabha | Read more|
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken strong exception to the absence of some BJP MPs in Rajya Sabha on Monday during the passage of the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021. | Read more|
A constitution amendment bill that gives states the right to make their own list of Other Backward Classes, got the support of the Opposition that continues to target the centre over a range of issues, including the farmers' protest and the alleged Pegasus spyware scandal. | Read more|
With just a week to go before parliament's Monsoon Session ends, Trinamool Congress's Derek O'Brien demanded today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi attends the proceedings and listen to the demands of the opposition, which has been clamouring for a discussion on the Pegasus spyware row, the farmers' issues and several | Read more|
Trinamool MP Derek O'Brien has slammed the government for rushing bills through Parliament "at an average time of under seven minutes per bill", sarcastically asking if it was "making papri chaat". | Read more|