Winter Session

The government on Wednesday listed 18 bills, including two to extend provisions of the women's reservation act to Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry and three to replace the criminal laws, during the Winter Session of Parliament beginning next week.

Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was on Tuesday suspended for the entire winter session of the West Bengal Assembly for making "objectionable remarks" against Speaker Biman Banerjee.

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday urged the Maharashtra government to pass a bill to provide reservation to Marathas in the upcoming winter session of the state legislature instead of convening a special session for it.

The winter session of the Parliament will commence from December 4 and will continue till December 22, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi announced today.

The Winter session of Parliament is likely to commence in the second week of December and could conclude ahead of Christmas, sources said on Wednesday.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday referred the three proposed laws that will replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act to the Standing Committee on Home Affairs for examination and asked it to submit its report within three months.

Opposition members today tried to disrupt Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai's address to the Goa Assembly on the first day of its winter session, demanding a statement from him on the Mahadayi river water diversion issue.

Prime Minister Modi turned breakfast meetings with party MPs, during the recently concluded Winter Session of Parliament, into power meetings where he explained to them the vital importance of social media and digital presence.

Nine bills were passed by the two Houses of Parliament in the winter session that concluded on Friday.

National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah was videographed singing Mukesh's iconic song "Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan" at the Parliament complex today, which is also the last day of the Winter Session.

The Winter session of Parliament concluded today, six days ahead of schedule, with opposition members forcing repeated adjournments in the final days over their demand for a discussion on the border issue with China.

The Lok Sabha was adjourned indefinitely six days ahead of schedule today. The session, which commenced on December 7, was to conclude on December 29, subject to exigencies of business.

Parliament's ongoing Winter Session may end on Friday, a week ahead of schedule, sources have said.The decision, the sources said, was taken at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee, which manages the schedule of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

The government on Thursday said it is taking all steps to ensure crude oil supplies and mitigate the risk of dependence on a single region.

Commerce and industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday in Lok Sabha introduced Jan Vishwas Bill, which seeks to decriminalise minor offences by amending 183 provisions in 42 Acts with a view to promote ease of business.

The government on Wednesday listed 18 bills, including two to extend provisions of the women's reservation act to Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry and three to replace the criminal laws, during the Winter Session of Parliament beginning next week.

Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was on Tuesday suspended for the entire winter session of the West Bengal Assembly for making "objectionable remarks" against Speaker Biman Banerjee.

Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Tuesday urged the Maharashtra government to pass a bill to provide reservation to Marathas in the upcoming winter session of the state legislature instead of convening a special session for it.

The winter session of the Parliament will commence from December 4 and will continue till December 22, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi announced today.

The Winter session of Parliament is likely to commence in the second week of December and could conclude ahead of Christmas, sources said on Wednesday.

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday referred the three proposed laws that will replace the IPC, CrPC and the Evidence Act to the Standing Committee on Home Affairs for examination and asked it to submit its report within three months.

Opposition members today tried to disrupt Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai's address to the Goa Assembly on the first day of its winter session, demanding a statement from him on the Mahadayi river water diversion issue.

Prime Minister Modi turned breakfast meetings with party MPs, during the recently concluded Winter Session of Parliament, into power meetings where he explained to them the vital importance of social media and digital presence.

Nine bills were passed by the two Houses of Parliament in the winter session that concluded on Friday.

National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah was videographed singing Mukesh's iconic song "Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan" at the Parliament complex today, which is also the last day of the Winter Session.

The Winter session of Parliament concluded today, six days ahead of schedule, with opposition members forcing repeated adjournments in the final days over their demand for a discussion on the border issue with China.

The Lok Sabha was adjourned indefinitely six days ahead of schedule today. The session, which commenced on December 7, was to conclude on December 29, subject to exigencies of business.

Parliament's ongoing Winter Session may end on Friday, a week ahead of schedule, sources have said.The decision, the sources said, was taken at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee, which manages the schedule of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

The government on Thursday said it is taking all steps to ensure crude oil supplies and mitigate the risk of dependence on a single region.

Commerce and industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday in Lok Sabha introduced Jan Vishwas Bill, which seeks to decriminalise minor offences by amending 183 provisions in 42 Acts with a view to promote ease of business.