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  • In Pics | Sengol, Lotus and Peacock — The new Parliament building inaugurated today May 28, 2023 11:58 AM IST

    In Pics | Sengol, Lotus and Peacock — The new Parliament building inaugurated today

    The ceremony was marked by installing the ‘sengol’ in new Lok Sabha chamber beside the speaker's chair.

  • New Parliament Building Opens: Inside View of Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Chambers May 28, 2023 08:00 AM IST

    New Parliament Building Opens: Inside View of Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha Chambers

    The government of India has released a video showcasing the interiors of the newly-built Parliament building. The new building, which is the part of Central Vista Project has been inaugurated on May 28 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Watch how the new Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha chambers will look.

  • Delhi V/s Centre: Will Kejriwal’s Fight Against Delhi Ordinance Turn Out To Be 2024 Semi-Final? May 25, 2023 12:18 PM IST

    Delhi V/s Centre: Will Kejriwal’s Fight Against Delhi Ordinance Turn Out To Be 2024 Semi-Final?

    Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is trying to seek the opposition's support for the Delhi government's fight against the Centre. Kejriwal kicked off a whirlwind tour beginning with West Bengal and Maharashtra to elicit support from the Trinamool Congress, NCP, and Shiv Sena-Uddhav Thackeray against the Centre’s ordinance on jurisdiction over bureaucrats in the national capital. But what does the Ordinance mean and can AAP unite the opposition in Rajya Sabha to defeat the bill? Watch to find out.

  • Has to ensure that bill on Delhi services is not passed in Rajya Sabha, says Arvind Kejriwal May 23, 2023 02:11 PM IST

    Has to ensure that bill on Delhi services is not passed in Rajya Sabha, says Arvind Kejriwal

    The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced that it will hold a "maha rally" at Ramlila Maidan here on June 11 against the "black ordinance".

  • News Highlights| DRDO scientist arrested by ATS squad on espionage charges May 04, 2023 10:35 PM IST

    News Highlights| DRDO scientist arrested by ATS squad on espionage charges

    News Highlights: A DRDO scientist, who was working in one of the facilities of DRDO in Pune, has been arrested by ATS on the charges of espionage. He was found to have had contact with the operatives of Pakistan's Intelligence Agency through social media via WhatsApp messages, voice calls, video, etc.

  • LIVE: How Anti-Monopoly Regulator CCI's New Law Will Change Deal Activities April 10, 2023 01:03 PM IST

    LIVE: How Anti-Monopoly Regulator CCI's New Law Will Change Deal Activities

    It's a watershed moment for India's corporate law regime! Both the Houses of Parliament , the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, have cleared the Competition Amendment Bill (2023). The Competition Commission of India or the CCI is the regulator tasked with enforcing rules to ensure that firms and corporates compete effectively with one another and now it has been equipped with a modern, revamped regime in sync with the needs of a rapidly evolving market. So, what will be the impact on mergers and acquisition activity in India? Will there be more scrutiny on India Inc? Can we expect a speedier clearance of transactions now? Moneycontrol's Editor (Deals) Ashwin Mohan speaks to two Competition Law experts Vaibhav Choukse, Partner and Head ( Competition Law) , J Sagar Associates, and Anisha Chand, Partner, Khaitan & Co, to find out.

  • Lok Sabha functioned for 45 hours, Rajya Sabha 31 hours: Think tank data on Budget Session April 06, 2023 01:36 PM IST

    Lok Sabha functioned for 45 hours, Rajya Sabha 31 hours: Think tank data on Budget Session

    According to it, the Lok Sabha functioned for over 45 hours against a scheduled duration of 133.6 hours while the Rajya Sabha worked for over 31 hours out of 130 hours.

  • Central PSUs racked up losses of more than Rs 1.5 lakh crore in last five years March 21, 2023 04:09 PM IST

    Central PSUs racked up losses of more than Rs 1.5 lakh crore in last five years

    Nearly a quarter of all CPSEs posted a loss in 2021-22, as per the data provided by the finance ministry to Parliament

  • Rajya Sabha adjourned for day amid uproar over Rahul Gandhi's democracy remarks and Adani issue March 20, 2023 02:24 PM IST

    Rajya Sabha adjourned for day amid uproar over Rahul Gandhi's democracy remarks and Adani issue

    As soon as the Upper House reassembled for the afternoon session, after being adjourned in the morning session, Deputy Chairman Harivansh asked Sujeet Kumar (BJD) to raise a discussion on the working of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship amid sloganeering by the treasury bench and the opposition members.

  • Uproar in Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha over Rahul Gandhi's remarks on democracy, both Houses adjourned till 2 PM March 13, 2023 11:50 AM IST

    Uproar in Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha over Rahul Gandhi's remarks on democracy, both Houses adjourned till 2 PM

    As soon the second part of the Budget session of the House started, Defence Minister and Deputy Leader of the Lok Sabha Rajnath Singh stood up, and said Gandhi has tried to 'defame' India in London through his remarks on Indian democracy.

  • Odisha MP calls for redefining parliamentarians' role in lawmaking March 05, 2023 07:57 PM IST

    Odisha MP calls for redefining parliamentarians' role in lawmaking

    Patra made this statement in the context of the lack of sufficient deliberation on legislation in the parliament.

  • ‘Modi-Adani bhai bhai’, opposition’s attack on PM Modi in Rajya Sabha February 09, 2023 08:25 PM IST

    ‘Modi-Adani bhai bhai’, opposition’s attack on PM Modi in Rajya Sabha

    Opposition raise slogans amid PM Modi’s Motion of Thanks in the Parliament. Just before PM Modi began his address, opposition raised slogans saying ‘Modi-Adani Bhai Bhai’. Adani Group stocks erased over $118 billion in market value triggered by the Hidenburgh’s research. Watch!

  • Govt referred back 10 reiterated recommendations for appointment of judges back to SC Collegium February 09, 2023 05:18 PM IST

    Govt referred back 10 reiterated recommendations for appointment of judges back to SC Collegium

    There have been instances in the past when the collegium had agreed to the views expressed by the Government and recalled its reiterated recommendations, law minister said in a response

  • PM undeterred by 'Modi-Adani bhai bhai' chants, points out Congress rout in Parliament February 09, 2023 03:29 PM IST

    PM undeterred by 'Modi-Adani bhai bhai' chants, points out Congress rout in Parliament

    Taking a swipe at the Congress party, PM Modi said it wasted six decades despite enjoying wide support at all levels of government and failed to fix the issues facing the country.

  • Jitna keechad uchaloge, kamal utna hee zyada khilega: PM Modi as Opposition shouts slogans in Rajya Sabha February 09, 2023 02:55 PM IST

    Jitna keechad uchaloge, kamal utna hee zyada khilega: PM Modi as Opposition shouts slogans in Rajya Sabha

    In his reply, Modi recounted achievements of his governments - from eliminating waiting for getting cooking gas to opening bank accounts for everyone and providing electricity connections.

  • PM Modi speech in Parliament: Reply to President's Motion of Thanks in Rajya Sabha | Live February 09, 2023 02:12 PM IST

    PM Modi speech in Parliament: Reply to President's Motion of Thanks in Rajya Sabha | Live

    Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reply to Motion of Thanks on President's address in Rajya Sabha. Watch the PM's remarks here!

  • PM Modi wears jacket made of material recycled from plastic bottles February 08, 2023 02:24 PM IST

    PM Modi wears jacket made of material recycled from plastic bottles

    The jacket PM Modi was wearing was made of material recycled from plastic bottles, officials said.

  • High courts have 1,514 cases pending for 50 years, says law minister February 02, 2023 03:51 PM IST

    High courts have 1,514 cases pending for 50 years, says law minister

    The minister's response also noted that 1,390 cases are pending in district and subordinate courts for more than 50 years. Of the 1,390 cases, 992 are civil cases while 398 are criminal cases.

  • Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Budget 2023 | Budget to aid semiconductor ecosystem February 02, 2023 01:38 PM IST

    Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Budget 2023 | Budget to aid semiconductor ecosystem

    'Budget will give a push to building an ecosystem for semi conductors. We have a lot of interest from fabrication units to set shop in India - India’s aim is to build an ecosystem for AI just like what we have done for UPI', says MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar to Moneycontrol on Budget 2023 - watch!

  • Budget Session of Parliament from January 31 to April 6 January 16, 2023 08:28 PM IST

    Budget Session of Parliament from January 31 to April 6

    It will be the 259th session of Rajya Sabha and 11th session of the 17th Lok Sabha.

  • Rajya Sabha session from January 31 to April 6 January 16, 2023 03:35 PM IST

    Rajya Sabha session from January 31 to April 6

    Parliament's Budget Session will begin from January 31 with President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

  • Govt keeping eye on inflation: FM Nirmala Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha December 21, 2022 03:56 PM IST

    Govt keeping eye on inflation: FM Nirmala Sitharaman in Rajya Sabha

    Retail inflation based on consumer price index which remained above the Reserve Bank's tolerance level of 6 per cent since January this year has declined to 5.88 per cent in November.

  • CDSCO approved recombinant nasal Covid vaccine on September 5: Govt in Rajya Sabha December 20, 2022 06:17 PM IST

    CDSCO approved recombinant nasal Covid vaccine on September 5: Govt in Rajya Sabha

    In a written reply, Pawar said the vaccine is to be given in two doses of 0.5 ml each in a gap of 28 days.

  • India's coal production to touch 1 billion tonnes next fiscal, Govt informs Parliament December 19, 2022 04:23 PM IST

    India's coal production to touch 1 billion tonnes next fiscal, Govt informs Parliament

    Replying to queries in the Rajya Sabha during the Question Hour, the Coal Minister said India's domestic coal requirement will reach 1,500 million tonnes by 2030, for which the nation needs to scale up its production.

  • Countries eager to sign FTAs with India: Piyush Goyal in Rajya Sabha December 16, 2022 03:35 PM IST

    Countries eager to sign FTAs with India: Piyush Goyal in Rajya Sabha

    Replying to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the minister said it is true that in last few years, Bangladesh and Vietnam have made progress in the field of cotton textiles and garments.