Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday dialed Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and expressed pain over the mimicry incident. Dhankhar who is also Vice President of India, on the X platform wrote," Received a telephone call from the Prime Minister, Shri@ narendramodi Ji.... He expressed great pain over the abject theatrics of some Honourable MPs and that too in the sacred Parliament complex yesterday".' Opposition-less' Parliament?... Gandhi on Wednesday rejected to comment on the matte

Three leaders of Aam Aadmi Party( AAP) Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal and Sanjeev Arora on Monday took oath as Rajya Sabha members from Punjab. All the three AAP leaders were elected unopposed from Punjab in March as no other political party had nominated any candidate the state for the Rajya Sabha elections. Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu administered the oath to the newly-elected AAP members of Rajya Sabha in his chamber at Parliament House. While Chadha is a senior lead

Bharat Rashtra Samithi( BRS) chief and former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Tuesday, 5 March, announced his party's alliance with Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections.... Congress has made Telangana its new ATM.... " he added. The Prime Minister asserted that the BRS and Congress lack vision for the development of Telangana....

The proceedings of the Rajya Sabha was abruptly adjourned today after the Chairman of the Upper House of the Parliament Jagdeep Dhankar had a spat with Trinamool Congress( TMC) leader Derek O' Brien.... " Don't thump the desk." As Derek O' Brien continued to make his point, the chairman adjourned the proceedings for the day.... Mint Explainer: What is the battle over BRICS common currency?...

Allow the House to function: says RS Chairman adjourns House till 12 PM following an uproar that started during TMC MP Derek O' Brien's statement over yesterday's incident." I am deeply distressed by the course of events in House.... This is completely against all norms, I think it should be condemned outright," added Dasgupta. Vaishnaw was reading the governmnet's statement on the Pegasus issue in Rajya Sabha on Thursday." When they can kill their opponents in Bengal misbehave with women, they

Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh was suspended from the Rajya Sabha on Monday, prompting outrage in the Opposition ranks.... The RS was eventually adjourned for the day as the lawmaker remained in the House despite being barred from attending the remainder of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.... The PM is not ready to speak on this in the Parliament....

A month after the Union Cabinet approved the terms of reference of the 16th Finance Commission, the government on Sunday appointed former NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya as the panel’s chairman.... Joint secretary in the finance ministry, Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey, was in November appointed as commission’s secretary.... D K Srivastava, a member of the 12th Finance Commission, said Panagariya is well suited for the job as he has a very good understanding of the Indian economy and looked

The ethnic conflict in Manipur has taken a heavy toll on its economy with goods and services tax( GST) collections in FY24 contracting 24 per cent to Rs 1, 095 crore at a time the country’s overall GST mop-up rose in double digits.... The violence in Manipur bordering Myanmar first erupted on May 3 when the Kuki tribal group who inhabit the hills clashed with the non-tribal ethnic majority Meitei living on the plains over sharing economic benefits and quotas given to the tribes.... In Septembe

A bill to set up a national agency to fund research across universities in the country was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday by Union Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh.... The education minister and the science and technology Minister will be the vice presidents of the NRF.... The proposed foundation will also have an executive council under the principal scientific adviser....

You have to seek permission from me.... Going by merit, I will allow you.... Just one listed paper could barely be laid before the proceedings were adjourned." The House is adjourned as some members are disturbing the House," he said. TRENDING STORIES See All Premium Zomato share listing likely tomorrow....