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Parliament Session 2025 Live: Amit Shah tables three bills for removal of PM, CMs, ministers held on serious criminal charges

August 20, 2025· 14:10 IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to introduce three bills in the Lok Sabha today to provide legal framework for removal of the Prime Minister, Union Ministers, Chief Ministers and Ministers in States and union territories who are “arrested and detained in custody on account of serious criminal charges.”

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August 20, 2025· 14:25 IST

Monsoon session of Parliament: Government vs Opposition on bills for removal of PM, CMs, ministers held on serious criminal charges

The government and the Opposition were involved in an intense debate when the bill to remove of PM, CMs, ministers held on serious criminal charges was introduced in the Lok Sabha. The Opposition, referring to the time when Amit Shah was the Home Minister of Gujarat, such a bill should have been introduced when Amit Shah was introduced in a similar controversy. Dismissing charges by Opposition, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said: "I resigned as a the Home Minister of Gujarat when false charges were made against me. I did not take any post until i was acquitted by the courts."

August 20, 2025· 14:15 IST

Monsoon Session of Parliament: Government wants to create a police state, says MP Asaduddin Owaisi as he opposes the Bills

He compares the proposed Bills to Gestapo, the official police force in Nazi Germany, saying that democracy will not survive if they become laws.

August 20, 2025· 12:31 IST

Monsoon Session of Parliament: Ashwini Vaishnaw introduces the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025

The Bill has been introduced amid huge protests by the Opposition which is demanding a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar.

August 20, 2025· 11:18 IST

Parliament Session 2025: Lok Sabha adjourned till 12 noon

Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 12 noon due to protests by Opposition demanding a discussion on voter roll revision in Bihar, other issues.

August 20, 2025· 11:13 IST

Parliament Session 2025: Ashwini Vaishnaw to introduce The Promotion And Regulation Of Online Gaming Bill, 2025

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to move for leave to introduce a Bill to promote and regulate the online gaming sector including e-sports, educational games and social gaming.

August 20, 2025· 10:35 IST

Parliament Session 2025: With 3-year jail, Rs 1 crore fine, government set to ban online games played with money

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Union government is all set to ban online games played with money. A proposed bill will be moved in the Lok Sabha today. If passed in Parliament, the move would strike a heavy blow to an industry that has attracted billions of dollars of foreign investment, according to news agency Reuters.

August 20, 2025· 08:34 IST

Parliament Session 2025: INDIA bloc leaders to meet at 10 am

INDIA bloc floor leaders to meet at 10 am at Rajya Sabha LoP Mallikarjun Kharge's office in Parliament to discuss the strategy on the bills to be introduced by the government today.

August 20, 2025· 08:31 IST

Parliament Session 2025: Manickam Tagore gives Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha

Congress MP Manickam Tagore gives Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha to discuss matters related to the Election Commission, especially SIR.

August 20, 2025· 07:28 IST

Parliament Session 2025: Govt scraps CIBIL score rule, clears port and steel policy changes

The government has scrapped the CIBIL score requirement for PSU bank recruitment, set a 2030 deadline for the first phase of Maharashtra’s Vadhvan Port, and eased input material rules for foreign steel makers. Ministers shared these updates in Parliament on Tuesday, outlining changes in banking, shipping, and steel sectors.

August 20, 2025· 07:26 IST

Parliament Session 2025: Strategy being worked out to deal with cloudbursts, says Amit Shah

Home Minister Amit Shah announced the formulation of a strategy to combat cloudbursts and landslides, following recent deadly incidents in Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir.

August 20, 2025· 07:20 IST

Parliament Session 2025: Mines Amendment Bill 2025 to boost critical minerals production passed by Parliament

The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2025, which aimed at further liberalising and modernising India's mineral sector with a particular focus on critical and strategic minerals essential for the country's energy transition, passed in Parliament on Tuesday.

August 20, 2025· 07:19 IST

Parliament Session 2025: Bill to ban online money gaming likely to be tabled in Parliament today

The Union government is expected to introduce new legislation that will completely prohibit online money gaming, in what will close a legal vacuum that created inconsistent regulation across states and left millions of users — especially children and young adults -- vulnerable to predatory platforms and financial exploitation

August 20, 2025· 07:17 IST

Parliament Session 2025: Government to bring 3 key bills to oust PM, CMs, ministers arrested for over 30 days today

The three bills propose an entirely new legal framework that will be applicable to ministers and CMs in states and UTs and the PM at the Centre.

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