Page 29 - Budget Session

President bats for debate on simultaneous Lok Sabha, Assembly polls

Frequent elections put on hold development programmes, disrupt normal public life, says Mukherjee

Ahead of Budget Session, Modi appeals for peaceful Parliament proceedings

Budget Session starts on Tuesday and the Budget will be presented on Feb 1

Odd-even scheme: Delhi govt to run 6 special buses to ferry MPs to Parliament

Delhi Transport Minister Gopal Rai said the ministers should contribute to make Delhi a pollution-free city

Parliament session beginning tomorrow to be stormy

Govt's agenda for the session includes passage of 13 bills in Lok Sabha and 11 bills in Rajya Sabha

Lok Sabha clears Aadhaar Bill as Opposition shows its RS strength

Productive first half of Budget session ends on embarassing note for govt

PM Modi: Govt should be criticized to strengthen democracy

Govt.'s 'limitations' must also be discussed in Budget Session: PM Modi

Budget session to begin today, opposition all set to nail govt on JNU row

From Modi's acerbic comments to JNU row, the opposition has enough ammunition to rock the Parliament proceedings tomorrow

Letters: Budget session

Apropos "MPs pad up to ensure fruitful Budget session" (February 22), the front page lead came as a balm for frayed nerves following news of the Kanhaiya Kumar sedition episode and Jat stir for reservation. It's high time our leaders realised that they should not bring Parliament to a halt by resorting to an obstructionist approach. Political differences will always be there, but we need maturity in the thinking of all parties. They must not oppose a bill just for the sake of opposing. Criticism and debate are an integral part of democracy, but there should be objectivity and a sense of right and wrong.Some of the pending bills are crucial for the country's progress and do not harm any political party's interest. Most of these are broadly good for everyone and yet we have wasted valuable sessions refusing their passage, only because the party now in power had adopted the same attitude when they were in Opposition. This tit-for-tat game has caused incalculable damage to the nation and t

MPs pad up to ensure fruitful Budget session

JNU row, Jat stir make leaders call for more discussion, less disruption