New Delhi, Dec 20 (UNI) Amid large-scale suspension of Opposition MPs in both Houses of Parliament, Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Centre of ‘strangulating democracy’. Addressing the CPP meeting here, Gandhi said, “Never before have so many Opposition members of Parliament been suspended from the House, and that too,…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (UNI) The Rajya Sabha witnessed multiple adjournments on Wednesday as opposition members raised the issue of last week’s Parliament security breach demanding a statement from Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Expressing his concern over continuous commotion in the House and an opposition MP making a mimicry of him, Rajya Sabha Chairman…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (UNI) Amid a war of words between the ruling BJP and the Opposition on the mimicking row, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday wondered why the media is showing that only but there is no discussion on suspension of the Opposition MPs from Parliament. “Our MPs have been thrown out of…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (UNI) Parliament on Wednesday passed the Central GST (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023 with Rajya Sabha clearing the law seeking to raise the age limit of the President and Members of GST appellate tribunals (GSTAT). The Lok Sabha had earlier approved the bill. The bill seeks to raise the upper age limit…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured her of a joint meeting of Union and State government officials to discuss the issue of pending central funds for the state. Banerjee, who called on the Prime Minister along with nine Trinamool Congress MPs…
New Delhi, Dec 20 (UNI) Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed three criminal law bills seeking to comprehensively change the criminal justice system and replacing age-old legislations, including two introduced in the British era. The Bharatiya Nyaya (Second) Sanhita 2023, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha (Second) Sanhita 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Bill 2023 were passed by the House…
Prayagraj, Dec 19 (UNI) The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed all the five petitions of the Muslim side challenging the maintainability of an original suit and opposing the survey of the dispute site in Varanasi by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The order was passed by the single bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan…
New Delhi, Dec 19 (UNI) A day after 45 MPs were suspended from the House for their alleged misconduct, Rajya Sabha on Tuesday again saw massive disruptions with opposition MPs refusing to budge from their demand seeking Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement on the Parliament security breach. The continued protests and sloganeering led to adjournments…
Ankara, (UNI) Turkey has completed the delivery of the T-129 ATAK attack helicopters to the Philippines ahead of schedule, despite repeated delays in the sale due to US restrictions on engine exports, Turkish newspaper Patronlar Dunyasi reported on Monday. The delivery of six helicopters was supposed to be completed in 2024, but Turkey completed the…
Nagpur, (UNI) The Justice Sandeep Shinde committee, appointed by the Maharashtra government to finalise the procedure of giving Kunbi (OBC) certificates to Marathas, submitted the second report to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar, Ministers Chandrakantada Patil, who is also chairman of Maratha Reservation Cabinet Sub-Committee, Girish Mahajan, Dadaji Bhuse,…
