The central government’s move to scrap the University Grants Commission has faced strong criticism from the opposition parties, when a question regarding the proposed move has been raised during the question hour today. An opposition member has questioned the intention, which has prompted the Continue Reading
Rahul Gandhi, the newly elected president of the Congress party, has emerged as a perfect symbol of peace and harmony, after he has won the heart of the nation by countering an angry word war with a hug. The day that the parliament has discussed the no confidence motion submitted by the TDP has […]Continue Reading
The monsoon session of the Indian Parliament has begun today, giving enormous stress to both the opposition and ruling alike. In this session, the government is likely to face two challenges mainly: the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson Election and the Telugu Desam Party’s non confidence motion. A couple of days before, the opposition parties met […]Continue Reading
As the important day of the commencement of the parliament’s monsoon session is nearing, the Congress party has expressed its willingness to accept the candidate the opposition parties unanimously decide to field for the Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman post. It clearly indicates that the grand old party, which is one of the most powerful […]Continue Reading
A day after the Chief Justice of India, Dipak Misra, rejected several petitions seeking an independent probe into the mysterious death of special Central Bureau of Investigation Judge B H Loya, the opposition parties, under the leadership of the Congress and Leftist parties, has decided to meet in the parliament to discuss the possibility of […]Continue Reading
Telugu Desham Party National President and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is set to convene a high-level party meeting today at Amaravati (the proposed future-capital of AP) to deliberate the political crisis that engulfed the state after the release of the national budget. The national budget, which was prepared by the BJP government in […]Continue Reading
MPs unanimously speak against the SC’s observation that questioned the lawmakers’ pensions and perks
Demonstrating that while dealing with certain issues which are likely to affect the freedom of the lawmakers, they will forget the narrow line drawn between them by the ideologies and parties and stand under a common platform as a parliamentarian, the Member of the parliament has spoken against the Supreme Court’s observation that questioned the […]Continue Reading
Offering a series of maternity benefits to the Indian women, a day after the International Working Women’s day, the Indian Parliament has cleared the Maternity Benefit (amendment) Bill. The bill, which is expected to benefit nearly 1.8 million women, has increased the number of weeks for maternity leave to twenty-six weeks from twelve weeks. […]Continue Reading
In one of the progressive statements made by the honourable President of our country, Pranab Mukherjee, he has urged the respective authorities to consider giving special reservation for women in the Indian parliament. The noteworthy statement aimed at empowering the Indian women has been delivered by him while attending the centenary celebrations of the Women’s […]Continue Reading
The parliament on last day had cleared the National Institutions of Technology, Science Education and Research (Amendment) Bill, 2016. The bill was tabled by the new Union Human Resource Department, Prakash Javadekar, in the Lok Sabha. While speaking at the parliament, he pledged that his government is committed to delivering quality education to all students. He added Continue Reading