Illuminated Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri-Nhava Sheva Atal Setu after its inauguration, in Mumbai, on January 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Lord Ram has chosen PM Modi to build his temple: L.K. Advani Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi an annanya bhakt (devoted disciple) of Lord Ram, Bharatiya Janata Party stalwart L.K. AdvaniRead More →
New Delhi: After two years of a pandemic that brought our lives to a near-standstill, 2022 was the first year that gave us a sustained semblance of normalcy. If 2022 was an action-packed year, what could be in store for 2023? In a two-part series, the Plain Facts team presentsRead More →
The Monsoon Session of Parliament ended on Monday, with both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die four days ahead of schedule. The session, which began on July 18 and was scheduled to go on till August 12 , saw protests by the Opposition over various issues, including price-rise,Read More →
Parliament monsoon session Live Updates: Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi bid farewell to Vice-President and Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Monday. PM Modi stated that it was an emotional moment for the House. “You (Naidu) have always said that you have retired from politics but not fromRead More →
Raising the issue of death of DSP Surender Singh Bishnoi, who was mowed down by a dumper truck during a raid on July 19 to check illegal mining in Nuh district of Haryana, BJP member Brijendra Singh on Tuesday urged the government to establish an NIA (National Investigation Agency) likeRead More →
Parliament monsoon session Live Updates: As the Lok Sabha took up the discussion on price rise, a number of opposition leaders like Congress’ Manish Tewari, TMC’s Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, DMK’s Kanimozhi hit out at the government over fuel and food inflation and GST implementation. Earlier as the proceedings resumed inRead More →
The Union government has listed inflation for discussion in Lok Sabha on Monday, meeting a key demand of Opposition parties that had been stalling Parliament over the matter. But the big question is whether normalcy will return to Parliament for the discussion to take place. Some parties are now keenRead More →
Deepening the divide in Parliament, already rocked by noisy protests and repeated adjournments, Union Minister Smriti Irani and Congress president Sonia Gandhi faced off Thursday, prompting the BJP and Congress to hurl accusations of “intimidation” and “heckling” at each other in the wake of a remark by Congress leader inRead More →
Earlier this week, four Congress MPs were suspended from Lok Sabha for the remainder of the current session. The fresh action came even as suspended MPs continued sitting on dharna within Parliament House premises, accusing the government of “throttling the voice” of the Opposition. The suspension of 23 MPs overRead More →
Nineteen opposition members were suspended from Rajya Sabha for a week Tuesday (July 26), provoking Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien to say that the government had turned Parliament into a “deep, dark chamber”. Seven of O’Brien’s Rajya Sabha colleagues were suspended, along with six MPs from the DMK, three fromRead More →
