Rajya Sabha Deadlock

Amid ongoing disruptions and deadlock in both Houses of Parliament over Manipur situation, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman, Jagdeep Dhankar said Parliament is a temple, where debate, discussion and dialogue have to take place.

Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday reached out to various parties to break the deadlock in Parliament.

The Centre has not received any information from state governments about deadlocks between university vice-chancellors and chancellors, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday took up a Constitution amendment bill to restore the powers of states to have their own lists of OBCs for reservation in jobs and educational institutions, ending a three-week deadlock between the government and the oppos

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned today at the end of the winter session, ensuring the "triple talaq" bill is pushed to the budget session which begins in less than a month. The Congress and BJP had issued whips to all their MPs in the Rajya Sabha to be present in the house today just in case the bill was taken up. Though it was listed in the Rajya Sab...

The government said today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in parliament and ready to speak in a debate on the notes ban. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi arrived in parliament this morning and said, "I am here to speak, let's see if the government allows it." But the Lok Sabha was again adjourned till tomorrow, just over an hour after conv...

Bracing for a showdown in Parliament, the BJP and Congress have instructed their members in both Houses to ensure their presence for the remainder of the Winter session which resumes today. The issue of demonetisation has cast a shadow on the winter session of Parliament with the opposition parties protesting the governments move to scrap high-valu...

With half of the Monsoon session virtually washed out, the government will make a fresh bid to end the two-week-long deadlock in Parliament with an all-party meeting on Monday.

Rajya Sabha failed to transact any business today as stalemate continued with the opposition persisting with its demand for resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over Lalit Modi issue and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the Vyapam Scam.

Government will call an all-party meeting on Monday in a bid to break the Parliament logjam as it accused Congress of "hurting" the country by blocking the passage of key reform bills like GST with its relentless protests.

A row in Parliament over union minister Niranjan Jyoti's hate speech ended on Monday with Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari brokering a pact to end a week-long deadlock.

The deadlock in the Rajya Sabha over a proposal to reserve promotions in government jobs for Dalits and tribals remained firmly in place today.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has called for a meeting of the Rules Committee today to try and get the House to function again and conduct the Question Hour smoothly. After many days were lost to the deadlock over Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail till last week, parties are now disrupting proceedings over the Wal-Mart lobby...

Finding itself in a "complex" situation, the Congress is doing a fine balancing act in trying to resolve the Rajya Sabha deadlock over the bill on reservations for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) in job promotions and says it hopes for a positive result. The bill is possibly the next acid test for the government with the Samaj...

An all-party meeting called by Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari today to resolve differences over the promotions quota bill ended without a solution. This comes following an uproar in Rajya Sabha over the contentious bill that ended in the House being adjourned for the day.

Amid ongoing disruptions and deadlock in both Houses of Parliament over Manipur situation, Vice-President and Rajya Sabha Chairman, Jagdeep Dhankar said Parliament is a temple, where debate, discussion and dialogue have to take place.

Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday reached out to various parties to break the deadlock in Parliament.

The Centre has not received any information from state governments about deadlocks between university vice-chancellors and chancellors, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday took up a Constitution amendment bill to restore the powers of states to have their own lists of OBCs for reservation in jobs and educational institutions, ending a three-week deadlock between the government and the oppos

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned today at the end of the winter session, ensuring the "triple talaq" bill is pushed to the budget session which begins in less than a month. The Congress and BJP had issued whips to all their MPs in the Rajya Sabha to be present in the house today just in case the bill was taken up. Though it was listed in the Rajya Sab...

The government said today that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in parliament and ready to speak in a debate on the notes ban. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi arrived in parliament this morning and said, "I am here to speak, let's see if the government allows it." But the Lok Sabha was again adjourned till tomorrow, just over an hour after conv...

Bracing for a showdown in Parliament, the BJP and Congress have instructed their members in both Houses to ensure their presence for the remainder of the Winter session which resumes today. The issue of demonetisation has cast a shadow on the winter session of Parliament with the opposition parties protesting the governments move to scrap high-valu...

With half of the Monsoon session virtually washed out, the government will make a fresh bid to end the two-week-long deadlock in Parliament with an all-party meeting on Monday.

Rajya Sabha failed to transact any business today as stalemate continued with the opposition persisting with its demand for resignation of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj over Lalit Modi issue and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the Vyapam Scam.

Government will call an all-party meeting on Monday in a bid to break the Parliament logjam as it accused Congress of "hurting" the country by blocking the passage of key reform bills like GST with its relentless protests.

A row in Parliament over union minister Niranjan Jyoti's hate speech ended on Monday with Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari brokering a pact to end a week-long deadlock.

The deadlock in the Rajya Sabha over a proposal to reserve promotions in government jobs for Dalits and tribals remained firmly in place today.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has called for a meeting of the Rules Committee today to try and get the House to function again and conduct the Question Hour smoothly. After many days were lost to the deadlock over Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail till last week, parties are now disrupting proceedings over the Wal-Mart lobby...

Finding itself in a "complex" situation, the Congress is doing a fine balancing act in trying to resolve the Rajya Sabha deadlock over the bill on reservations for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) in job promotions and says it hopes for a positive result. The bill is possibly the next acid test for the government with the Samaj...

An all-party meeting called by Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari today to resolve differences over the promotions quota bill ended without a solution. This comes following an uproar in Rajya Sabha over the contentious bill that ended in the House being adjourned for the day.