Opposition boycott Parliament; demand suspension of MPs be revoked

First they did it to Rajya Sabha. Now they have done it in Lok Sabha. The opposition has boycotted the Parliament in protest over the farm bills. 

Harsimrat’s resignation is nothing but a “gimmick”: Capt Amarinder Singh

Harsimrat Kaur Badal has resigned from the Modi cabinet on the farmers’ bills but the Punjab chief minister and her rival Capt. Amarinder Singh feels its “too...

MPs lose 30 per cent of salary in view of Coronavirus “exigencies”

Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill that reduces the salaries of Member of Parliament by 30 percent for one year "to meet the exigencies" arising out of Coronavirus.

Modi asks MPs to stand in solidarity with soldiers: Monsoon Session begins

Masks. MPs separated by poly-carbon sheets. The 18-day Monsoon Session of the Indian Parliament began today in an unusual spectacle.

September 11, 1964: When this man nearly had Article 370 scrapped

It was on August 6, 2019, during the tenure of present Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla that Article 370 was restated and Artcle 35-A was scrapped. At least 55 years earlier,...

Just a toehold for Abdullah and others; but a fodder for hostile voices

A couple of days ago, leaders of six political parties issued a statement in Srinagar reiterating their commitment to Gupkar Declaration of August 4, 2019. The initiative...

A Dalit receives the first “prasad” of Ram Temple Bhoomi Pujan

A Dalit family became the first ones to receive the Ram Mandir prasad from UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after Bhoomi Pujan.