MPs Felicitated With Awards For Good Performance
By TN Ashok / Chennai Six Members of Parliament were honoured with Sansad Ratna Awards 2016 during the 7th edition of the Sansad Ratna Award function held at IIT Madras…
Rajya Sabha Polls: BJP wins 4 seats in Rajasthan; SP wins 7 seats in UP
AMN BJP has won all four Rajya Sabha seat for which voting was held in Rajasthan today. The winning candidates including Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiya Naidu and Party’s…
Suresh Prabhu, Piyush Goyal, Chidambaram, Ram Jethmalani elected to RS unopposed
Union Ministers Suresh Prabhu and Piyush Goyel, former JD(U) President Sharad Yadav and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Goyal, eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani, Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharati, are among…
Prabhas Jha takes over as Parliamentary Affairs Secretary
AMN / Mr. Prabhas Kumar Jha today assumed the office of Secretary in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. Jha a member of Indian Administrative Service (1982 Batch) from Uttar Pradesh…
Pranav Pandya resigns from Rajya Sabha
Pranav Pandya, a newly nominated member of the Rajya Sabha has resigned. Chairman Mohammed Hamid Ansari announced in the House today that he has accepted Mr Pandya’s resignation. Pandya, the…
MPs worried over Judicial interference into legislative domain
Bisheshwar Mishra /NEW DELHI Rajya Sabha members cutting across party lines expressed their concern over what they called judiciary encroaching into their turf. The issues of alleged “encroachment” by judiciary…
Rajya Sabha bids emotional farewell to 53 members
Bisheshwar Mishra/ New Delhi Rajya Sabha today bid an emotional farewell to 53 of its members representing as many as 14 states. These members are all retiring between the months…
Rajya Sabha adjourned following death of a sitting MP
AMN / The Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day today following the death of a sitting Congress member, Praveen Rashtrapal this morning. Making an obituary reference, Chairman Mohammed Hamid…
Lok Sabha adjourned sine die two days ahead of schedule
A AKHTER / The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die today. As per schedule, session of the House was to continue till Friday. The lower house was brought to a…
Parliament passes Appropriation, Finance Bills 2016
Also clears Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill TIA NEWS / Parliament today passed Appropriation and Finance Bills with Rajya Sabha returning them to the Lok Sabha after a four-hour debate. It…