Latest News LIVE: Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am tomorrow

IT minister Vaishnaw to give statement on spyware scandal as Opposition, government MPs clash in Parliament.

4:15 PM

Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am on Friday

3:27 PM

PLI scheme for Specialty Steel

3:22 PM

Cabinet approves establishment of a Central University in Ladakh: Anurag Thakur

3:22 PM

Cabinet approves PLI scheme for Specialty Steel with incentives worth Rs 6,322 crore

2:43 PM

Mamata crticises tax raids on Dainik Bhaskar

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticises Income Tax raids at media group Dainik Bhaskar’s offices, accuses the government of "brutal attempt" to stifle democracy.

2:19 PM

Lok Sabha adjourned till 4pm

Lok Sabha adjourned till 4pm as Opposition protests continue

2:09 PM

Oppositon disrupts I-T minister Vaishnaw's statement

Oppositon disrupts I-T minister Vaishnaw's statement in Rajya Sabha on Pegausus controversy, reports NDTV. Rajya Sabha adjourned tiil Friday

2:08 PM

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11am Friday

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11am Friday; IT minister was scheduled to make statement on Pegasus controversy

1:47 PM

Kejriwal protests tax raids Dainik Bhaskar, TV channel

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal protests tax raids on newspaper group Dainik Bhaskar and TV channel Bharat Samachar, alleging the government was harassing the media

1:12 PM

56 Air India employees have died of Covid-19

As many as 56 Air India employees have died due to Covid-19 till July 14, said V K Singh, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, in Lok Sabha on Thursday. A fixed-term contractual employee dying of Covid-19 gets a compensation of Rs 5 lakh, PTI quoted Singh as saying.

1:00 PM

Two bills introduced in Lok Sabha

The Inland Vessels Bill, 2021 and the Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021 were introduced in Lok Sabha before the house was adjourned till 2pm

 

1:00 PM

Govt willing to discuss any topic: Minister tells Lok Sabha

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi told Lok Sabha the government was ready to discuss any topic the opposition wanted, speaking before the house was adjourned till 2pm. "Rajya Sabha had a discussion on Covid--we are ready for discussion on whatever topic you want...Question Hour is a right of every member," he said, according to PTI.

 

12:40 PM

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm as Opposition parties continue protest. Rajya Sabha was adjourned before, till 2pm 

12:27 PM

Farmers start protest at Jantar Mantar

Farmers arrive at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar to protest against three laws that liberalise India’s agriculture market. TV channels showed farm union members getting down from buses to gather at Jantar Mantar, which is near Parliament, as scores of Delhi Police officials surround them.

12:17 PM

US first lady arrives in Tokyo for Games

US first lady Jill Biden landed on Thursday in Japan, where she is leading the United States' diplomatic delegation to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

12:04 PM

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2pm

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2pm as Opposition protests continue

12:03 PM

Congress MPs show support for farmers

Congress MPs held a demonstration inside the Parliament complex to show their support for farmers protesting against three agriculture laws that open up India’s farming sector. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other leaders of the party participated in the protest, PTI reports.

11:14 AM

Houses adjourned till noon

Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are adjourned till 12 noon as Opposition MPs protest against Pegasus spyware scandal and controversial farm laws.

11:07 AM

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 noon

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 noon as Opposition MPs protest against Pegasus spyware scandal and controversial farm laws.

11:00 AM

Congress MPs protest against farm laws

10:23 AM

Tens of thousands evacuated in flood-hit China

Tens of thousands of people were being evacuated from flood-hit regions of central China on Thursday as officials raised the death toll from heavy rains that have deluged Henan province for almost a week to 33 people, Reuters reported.

10:19 AM

Tax department searches Dainik Bhaskar offices

News agency PTI and others are reporting that the tax department has searched the multiple premises of Dainik Bhaskar, the Bhopal-headquartered Hindi newspaper which earned international attention for its coverage of deaths in the second wave of Covid-19 infections.

10:01 AM

IT Minister to make statement in Rajya Sabha on 'compromise of phone data'

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will make a statement in Rajya Sabha "regarding compromise of phone data of some persons as reported in the media", PTI reports.

9:50 AM

Lok Sabha to consider these bills

According to a PTI advisory, Lok Sabha will today consider the Inland Vessels Bill, 2021; the Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021. Bills scheduled for consideration and passing: the Factoring Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2020 and the National Institutes of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2021.

9:05 AM

CPI seeks Rajya Sabha privilege motion against Minister

Binoy Viswam, CPI Rajya Sabha MP, moves notice for privileged motion against Minister of State Bharati Pravin Pawar’s statement to the house that states had not reported any deaths due to shortage of medical oxygen in the second wave of Covid-19 infections, ANI reported.

9:01 AM

Congress MP gives adjournment notice on farmers' protest

Congress MP Manickam Tagore has given an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss farmers' protest against three laws on agriculture, reports news agency ANI.

8:54 AM

Delhi Police step up security for farmers' protest

Delhi Police stepped security around Jantar Mantar, the place near Parliament where plan a protest starting Thursday to press the government to scrap three new agricultural laws. Security has been tightened at the Singhu border where farmers will gather from different protest sites and head towards Jantar Mantar.

8:37 AM

Vaishnaw to give statement

Information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw will at 2pm make a statement in Parliament on Pegasus controversy, reports NDTV.

 

8:33 AM

$300 mn spent on spyware, says Mexico about former administrations

Mexico's top anti-money laundering investigator has said that officials from previous administrations from 2012 to 2018 spent about USD 300 million in government money to purchase spyware from the Israeli spyware firm NSO Group, the Associated Press reported.

8:30 AM

Macron not targeted: Pegasus maker

An official at Israeli cybersecurity company NSO Group said Wednesday that the firm's controversial Pegasus spyware tool was not used to target French President Emmanuel Macron, Agence France-Presse reported.