Lok Sabha

Farooq Abdullah Gets First Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 2, 2021

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, who is Lok Sabha member from Srinagar, on Tuesday got his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Srinagar, officials said.

BJP Lok Sabha Member Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan Dies

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday March 2, 2021

Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan, the BJP Lok Sabha member from Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, died at a hospital in Gurugram, family sources said on Tuesday. He was 69.

PM Should Ask Officials To Cooperate In MP Death Probe: Uddhav Thackeray

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 28, 2021

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said he will request Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to direct the authorities in Dadra and Nagar Haveli to cooperate with Mumbai police in the probe in Lok Sabha member Mohan Delkar's death.

Congress Demands Judicial Inquiry Into Death Of Lok Sabha MP Mohan Delkar

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 26, 2021

The Congress on Friday demanded a judicial inquiry into the alleged suicide of Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar in Mumbai earlier this week and asked why the Centre had not acted when he repeatedly raised the issue of "harassment" by the union territory's administrator.

Discussion, Dialogue Solution To All Problems In Democracy: Om Birla

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 26, 2021

Constructive discussion and dialogue is the way to resolve all problems in a democracy, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Friday.

JDU Demands Fair Probe In Lok Sabha MP Mohan Delkar's Suicide

India News | ANI | Thursday February 25, 2021

Janata Dal (United) has asked for a fair probe into the death of Dadra and Nagar Haveli MP Mohan Delkar.

Body Of Lok Sabha MP Mohan Delkar, Found In Mumbai Hotel Room, Handed Over To Family

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 23, 2021

The body of Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha member Mohan Delkar, who was found dead in a Mumbai hotel, has been handed over to his relatives after a forensic test, an official said today.

P Chidambaram's 2009 Lok Sabha Election Win Holds, Says Madras High Court

India News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Tuesday February 16, 2021

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's victory from Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga constituency in the 2009 national election holds, the Madras High Court said today, cancelling a petition which challenged the former Union Minister's Lok Sabha election win.

Malappuram Lok Sabha Bypoll To Be Held With Kerala Assembly Election

Kerala News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 14, 2021

The election to Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency, which fell vacant after the resignation of IUML MP Kunhalikutty, will be held simultaneously with the coming assembly polls, the Election Commission (EC) said on Sunday. The polls are due to be held in April-May.

"Political Speech": Shashi Tharoor On Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Replies

India News | ANI | Saturday February 13, 2021

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor accused Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of evading questions during the Lok Sabha session on Saturday and termed her replies on Budget as a "political speech."

BSP Backs Government On Jammu And Kashmir Bill, Lashes Out At Congress

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 13, 2021

The Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday supported the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha and lashed out at the Congress for its opposition to the government's measures that it said are in "support" of the poor, Dalits and other deprived communities in the union territory.

Parliament Approves J&K Reorganisation Amendment Bill

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday February 13, 2021

A bill to merge the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) cadre of all-India services officers with the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre was passed by Lok Sabha on Saturday by a voice vote.

"J&K Will Get Statehood At Appropriate Time": Amit Shah In Lok Sabha

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Nazir Masoodi, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday February 13, 2021

Jammu and Kashmir will be given statehood "at an appropriate time", Home Minister Amit Shah said Saturday afternoon, during a Lok Sabha discussion on the J&K Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2021

"Give Land Taken By Damadji": Gandhis Get "Hum Doh, Hamare Doh" Reply

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 14, 2021

Replying to the general discussion on Budget in Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the former Congress chief was "creating fake narratives, but does not have patience to listen to replies on allegations levelled against the government."

"Rahul Gandhi Becoming India's Doomsday Man," Says Nirmala Sitharaman

India News | Reported by Rajeev Ranjan, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Saturday February 13, 2021

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today launched a scathing attack on critics - particularly the Congress - accusing the Narendra Modi government of crony capitalism, ignoring the poor and mishandling of the farmers' protest