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Democracy Our Greatest Strength, Must Defend It At All Cost: Rahul Gandhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 16, 2019

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said democracy is India's greatest strength and must be defended at any cost, as he cited an incident when an Afghan lawmaker had told him that arguments that take place in Indian Parliament, are carried out with guns in that country.

Parliament Attack Anniversary: What Happened On December 13, 2001

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Thursday December 13, 2018

Parliament attack anniversary: Five heavily armed gunmen stormed the Parliament in New Delhi and opened indiscriminate fire, killing nine people on December 13, 2001.

Parliament Winter Session Day 9 Highlights: Around 98 Private Member Bills Introduced In Rajya Sabha

India News | Edited by Amrita Ray | Saturday December 30, 2017

The winter session of the parliament entered day 9 following the passage of the -historic- triple talaq bill in the Lok Sabha on December 28th. The bill makes instant "triple talaq" a criminal offence and proposes a three-year jail term for a Muslim man who divorces his wife by uttering the word "talaq" thrice. The bill will now be tabled in the Ra...

Parliament Attack Anniversary: Here's What Happened On December 13, 2001, And After

India News | Edited by Richa Taneja | Wednesday December 13, 2017

Five heavily armed gunmen stormed the Parliament in New Delhi and opened indiscriminate fire, killing nine people instantly on December 13, 2001.

Against The Idea Of Issuing Whip On Every Issue: Varun Gandhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday September 9, 2017

Advocating that lawmakers should have the right to express their views freely inside Parliament, BJP MP Varun Gandhi today said he was against the idea of issuing whip by parties on every issue.

Pervez Musharraf Considered Using Nukes Against India In 2002: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 27, 2017

Pakistan's former military dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf says he considered the use of nuclear weapons against India amid tensions following the 2001 terror attack on the Indian Parliament, but decided against doing so out of fear of retaliation, according to a media report.

Winter Session: 9 New Bills Including Surrogacy Regulation In Line

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 10, 2016

As many as nine new bills, including three related to GST, and surrogacy regulation will be introduced in Parliament in upcoming Winter Session.

GST Will Unleash Significant Economic Activity: Barack Obama

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday September 9, 2016

US President Barack Obama on Thursday expressed confidence that the Goods and Services Tax (GST), passed by the Indian parliament last month, will unleash significant economic activity.

UK Feared Nuclear War Between India, Pakistan In 2001: Iraq War Inquiry

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 7, 2016

The UK feared an India-Pakistan nuclear war in the wake of the terror attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001 and tried to "persuade and cajole" the two countries to pull back from a military confrontation, according to evidence presented to an inquiry into the 2003 Iraq war made public today.

Opinion: My Memories As An Indian MP

Opinion | Mani Shankar Aiyar | Tuesday March 22, 2016

It has been a tumultuous 25 years, with many ups and downs, many unexpected twists and turns, many gifts of Destiny and some cruel blows of Fate.

'Parliament of India is Not a Sovereign Body', Says Ram Jethmalani

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday November 29, 2015

Eminent jurist Ram Jethmalani today asserted that Indian Parliament "is not sovereign" for its decisions can be challenged in court, as he hit out at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for criticising the Supreme Court verdict to scrap National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act on appointment of higher judiciary.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Blames Congress for Stalling GST Bill

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday August 23, 2015

Describing the passage of the stalled Goods and Services Tax Bill as a parameter to measure the maturity of India's political system, union finance minister Arun Jaitley today made a veiled attack on the Congress for "stalling the country's progress".

Opinion: For MPs, No Work, No Pay is Deserved

Opinion | Poonam Mahajan | Tuesday August 4, 2015

I am reminded of a famous statement made by a former judge in the House of Lords, "I ask: is a man to be entitled to the wages for his work when he, with others, is doing his best to make it useless? Surely not. Wages are to be paid for services rendered, not for producing deliberate chaos."

Implementation of India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement to Start Tomorrow

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 30, 2015

Ending more than four decades of wait, India and Bangladesh will start the exchange of 162 adversely-held enclaves from tomorrow, marking the start of implementation of their landmark Land Boundary Agreement (LBA).

IMF Welcomes Passage of GST by Indian Parliament

Business | Thursday May 7, 2015

The GST - originally mooted by the UPA - will subsume excise, service tax, state Value Added Tax (VAT), entry tax, octroi and other state levies after its implementation from April 1, 2016.