Monsoon Session

Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah, state PCC president DK Shivakumar and some Congress leaders on Monday arrived at Vidhana Soudha in a bullock cart, to attend the monsoon session of the state legislature.

The Congress on Friday distanced itself from any committee investigating the August 11 chaos in the Rajya Sabha - when opposition leaders and security staff jostled with each other, leading to allegations of assault on women MPs.

Ruckus by the opposition BJP over allotment of a room for offering namaz and protests over the state's employment policy stopped Jharkhand Assembly from transacting any substantial business for the second day of its monsoon session on Monday.

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Sunday rued the unruly scenes in the Rajya Sabha and wastage of the recently concluded Parliament session without any debates on issues affecting people, saying he had not seen anything like it in his 30 years

The Question Hour in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council was disrupted on the first day of the Monsoon session today amid protests by members of the opposition Samajwadi Party over the law and order situation in the state.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said rules that will facilitate scrapping of retrospective tax demands will be framed soon.

Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said the opposition and the government were equal in his eyes.

After his eight questions for Ministers yesterday in a fierce row over parliament, Trinamool leader Derek O'Brien today put up a new video on "Friday the 13th", firing a question straight to "their boss" PM Modi and declared, "Your time starts now."

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that the "aggression" by the Opposition parties in the Monsoon session of Parliament was just because the ruling BJP did not allow any discussion over the issues like Pegasus.

On an average, more than one bill per day was passed by Rajya Sabha during the just-concluded Monsoon Session despite "highest disruption" since 2014, the government said on Thursday.

Opposition leaders on Thursday met Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu to apprise him of yesterday's incident in the Upper House.

A special press conference by eight Union Ministers was little more than "faff", Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien said on Thursday, countering accusations that the opposition had forced the monsoon session of parliament to end two days prematurely

The opposition must apologise for "disruptive (and) threatening behaviour" that forced Parliament to close two days early, the government said today, countering allegations by 12 parties, including the Congress, that "outsiders" were brought in.

Opposition members are seen jostling security personnel in the Rajya Sabha in CCTV footage released today in the middle of an acrimonious standoff that peaked over the abrupt end to the monsoon session yesterday.

The ending of the monsoon session of parliament - with much left undone - has saddened former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.

Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah, state PCC president DK Shivakumar and some Congress leaders on Monday arrived at Vidhana Soudha in a bullock cart, to attend the monsoon session of the state legislature.

The Congress on Friday distanced itself from any committee investigating the August 11 chaos in the Rajya Sabha - when opposition leaders and security staff jostled with each other, leading to allegations of assault on women MPs.

Ruckus by the opposition BJP over allotment of a room for offering namaz and protests over the state's employment policy stopped Jharkhand Assembly from transacting any substantial business for the second day of its monsoon session on Monday.

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Sunday rued the unruly scenes in the Rajya Sabha and wastage of the recently concluded Parliament session without any debates on issues affecting people, saying he had not seen anything like it in his 30 years

The Question Hour in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council was disrupted on the first day of the Monsoon session today amid protests by members of the opposition Samajwadi Party over the law and order situation in the state.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said rules that will facilitate scrapping of retrospective tax demands will be framed soon.

Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said the opposition and the government were equal in his eyes.

After his eight questions for Ministers yesterday in a fierce row over parliament, Trinamool leader Derek O'Brien today put up a new video on "Friday the 13th", firing a question straight to "their boss" PM Modi and declared, "Your time starts now."

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that the "aggression" by the Opposition parties in the Monsoon session of Parliament was just because the ruling BJP did not allow any discussion over the issues like Pegasus.

On an average, more than one bill per day was passed by Rajya Sabha during the just-concluded Monsoon Session despite "highest disruption" since 2014, the government said on Thursday.

Opposition leaders on Thursday met Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu to apprise him of yesterday's incident in the Upper House.

A special press conference by eight Union Ministers was little more than "faff", Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien said on Thursday, countering accusations that the opposition had forced the monsoon session of parliament to end two days prematurely

The opposition must apologise for "disruptive (and) threatening behaviour" that forced Parliament to close two days early, the government said today, countering allegations by 12 parties, including the Congress, that "outsiders" were brought in.

Opposition members are seen jostling security personnel in the Rajya Sabha in CCTV footage released today in the middle of an acrimonious standoff that peaked over the abrupt end to the monsoon session yesterday.

The ending of the monsoon session of parliament - with much left undone - has saddened former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.