16th Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Diamond Harbour in West Bengal carries a rich history dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when Portuguese river pirates frequented its shores.

More than 200 former MPs have still not vacated their official bungalows in Lutyens' Delhi, over two months after the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, sources said.

The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill has been passed by the Rajya Sabha in the Parliament. The bill has been passed with three government amendments and will have to go back to the Lok Sabha. The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill received 108 Ayes and 13 Noes in the Rajya Sabha today and brings necessary changes and provisions towards road safety in the...

Copies of ten ordinances, which could not be converted into Acts of Parliament by the previous government in the last session of the 16th Lok Sabha, were tabled in both Houses of Parliament Thursday.

With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, the contentious Citizenship (amendment) Bill and the one on banning triple talaq have lapsed as they were not passed by Rajya Sabha.

President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday dissolved the 16th Lok Sabha with immediate effect on recommendation of the Union cabinet, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet President Ram Nath Kovind this evening around 8 pm and stake claim to form government, following a meeting of the victorious BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the central hall of the parliament. A slew of political leaders have arrived to attend the meeting of the coalition.

Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leader of the Congress in the 16th Lok Sabha, is one of the Congress's most prominent leaders in the south. The 76-year-old leader is yet to see an electoral defeat in his decades-long career, but is facing defeat in the Gulbarga constituency.

On May 16, 2014 -- the day when the 16th Lok Sabha election results were announced -- the rupee traded around 58.74 against dollar.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday expressed her satisfaction over the performance of the 16th Lok Sabha, as its sitting came to an end on the last day of the Budget Session, saying the House passed 205 of the 219 Bills introduced during the entire period.

The productivity of Parliament during the Winter session was the third lowest in the present Lok Sabha and the question hour this session was also one of the least productive, a think-tank has said.

When Kamal Nath was named the Congress chief in Madhya Pradesh in April ahead of the Assembly polls, many in the party recalled that former prime minister Indira Gandhi described him as her "third son" who helped her take on the Morarji Desai-led regime in 1979. Thirty-nine years later, the senior-most member in the 16th Lok Sabha donned the battle...

Ram Vilas Vedanti, 59, is part of the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, a body of seers that has been at the forefront of the campaign for a temple to mark what many Hindus believe is the birthplace of Lord Ram and where the 16th century Babri mosque stood until it was razed by Hindu activists on December 6, 1992.

The 16th Lok Sabha's eighth session that ended on Wednesday created history of sorts as business in the lower house, the Lok Sabha, was carried out without any adjournment due to interruptions.

Today, the 16th Lok Sabha has a record number of new MPs. Fresh minds, fresh ideas and a celebration of democracy. But does this actually set a new agenda? How do we escape the politics of the past or embrace the best of tradition as we look to a new future?

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Diamond Harbour in West Bengal carries a rich history dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, when Portuguese river pirates frequented its shores.

More than 200 former MPs have still not vacated their official bungalows in Lutyens' Delhi, over two months after the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, sources said.

The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill has been passed by the Rajya Sabha in the Parliament. The bill has been passed with three government amendments and will have to go back to the Lok Sabha. The Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill received 108 Ayes and 13 Noes in the Rajya Sabha today and brings necessary changes and provisions towards road safety in the...

Copies of ten ordinances, which could not be converted into Acts of Parliament by the previous government in the last session of the 16th Lok Sabha, were tabled in both Houses of Parliament Thursday.

With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, the contentious Citizenship (amendment) Bill and the one on banning triple talaq have lapsed as they were not passed by Rajya Sabha.

President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday dissolved the 16th Lok Sabha with immediate effect on recommendation of the Union cabinet, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet President Ram Nath Kovind this evening around 8 pm and stake claim to form government, following a meeting of the victorious BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the central hall of the parliament. A slew of political leaders have arrived to attend the meeting of the coalition.

Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leader of the Congress in the 16th Lok Sabha, is one of the Congress's most prominent leaders in the south. The 76-year-old leader is yet to see an electoral defeat in his decades-long career, but is facing defeat in the Gulbarga constituency.

On May 16, 2014 -- the day when the 16th Lok Sabha election results were announced -- the rupee traded around 58.74 against dollar.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday expressed her satisfaction over the performance of the 16th Lok Sabha, as its sitting came to an end on the last day of the Budget Session, saying the House passed 205 of the 219 Bills introduced during the entire period.

The productivity of Parliament during the Winter session was the third lowest in the present Lok Sabha and the question hour this session was also one of the least productive, a think-tank has said.

When Kamal Nath was named the Congress chief in Madhya Pradesh in April ahead of the Assembly polls, many in the party recalled that former prime minister Indira Gandhi described him as her "third son" who helped her take on the Morarji Desai-led regime in 1979. Thirty-nine years later, the senior-most member in the 16th Lok Sabha donned the battle...

Ram Vilas Vedanti, 59, is part of the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, a body of seers that has been at the forefront of the campaign for a temple to mark what many Hindus believe is the birthplace of Lord Ram and where the 16th century Babri mosque stood until it was razed by Hindu activists on December 6, 1992.

The 16th Lok Sabha's eighth session that ended on Wednesday created history of sorts as business in the lower house, the Lok Sabha, was carried out without any adjournment due to interruptions.

Today, the 16th Lok Sabha has a record number of new MPs. Fresh minds, fresh ideas and a celebration of democracy. But does this actually set a new agenda? How do we escape the politics of the past or embrace the best of tradition as we look to a new future?