Parliament Debates Deaths At Rau’s IAS: Calls For Action And Investigation

29 Jul 2024

Both the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha have discussed the tragic deaths of civil services aspirants at Rau's IAS basement library in Delhi. In the Rajya Sabha, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed concern about the commercialization of coaching centers. He mentioned that coaching has become a business, with ads frequently appearing...

All Party Meeting: Calls For Special Category Status For Three States Intensify

22 Jul 2024

Three political parties, including an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have called for special category status for three states at an all-party meeting held on Sunday, ahead of the Parliament session on Monday. The Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)], which governs Bihar in coalition with the BJP, sought special...

Congress Names Gaurav Gogoi As New Deputy Leader In Lok Sabha

14 Jul 2024

In a significant move, the Congress party has appointed Gaurav Gogoi as the new Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha. This decision aims to enhance the party's leadership and strategic presence in the Parliament. Gaurav Gogoi, the son of former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, has been an active and...

Parliamentary Expunction Practices

13 Jul 2024

In the hallowed halls of India’s Parliament, words carry immense weight. They shape laws, influence policy, and reflect the will of the people. But what happens when those words cross a line? This question lies at the heart of a recent controversy that has gripped the nation’s legislative bodies. In...

Jailed Amritpal Singh And Rashid Take Oath As MPs

05 Jul 2024

Both were elected as Independents in the recent Lok Sabha elections, with Singh incarcerated in Assam's Dibrugarh prison and Rashid in Delhi's Tihar jail. Singh, elected from Khadoor Sahib in Punjab, and Rashid, who won from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, could not take their oaths with other newly elected...

Rahul says his speech didn’t violate Rule 380, selective expunction defies logic

02 Jul 2024

New Delhi: A day after several portions of his speech were expunged, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday wrote to Speaker Om Birla asserting that the expunged parts of his Lok Sabha speech did not violate Rule 380 and requested its restoration. In hus letter to Birla, Rahul Gandhi, who...

Discuss in Parliament status of women in Bengal

02 Jul 2024

In the sad practice of hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons, West Bengal is back in the news, once again for a gender crime—this time for the public flogging of a woman by a leader from the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress in an area called Chopra in Uttar Dinajpur...

Rahul demands discussion on NEET in Parliament

02 Jul 2024

Kharge accuses RSS of capturing institutions, demands SC monitored probe. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday demanded for a discussion on NEET exam results rigging in Parliament. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha on Monday while speaking in the House demanded for a discussion on...

PAK: Woman Leader Asks Speaker to Make Eye Contact, Says “Can’t Continue If…”

02 Jul 2024

A video featuring Zartaj Gul, a former minister in Imran Khan's cabinet and a Pakistani woman leader, has gone viral on social media. In the video, she is seen urging the Speaker of the Assembly to make eye contact with her while she speaks. The clip, which has been widely...

PM Modi, BJP Not The Entire Hindu Community: Rahul Gandhi in Parliament

01 Jul 2024

On the sixth day of the Parliament session, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on the ruling party saying that PM Narendra Modi, RSS and BJP do not make up the entire Hindu community. Waiving a poster of Lord Shiva, he said, "If you look at Lord...