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Monsoon Session begins; LS adjourned till 2 pm after obituary references

On the first day of the Monsoon Session on Thursday, Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm after paying tributes to two sitting members and 11 former MPs, including ex-chief minister of Punjab Parkash Singh Badal. Immediately after the House met, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid tributes to sitting MPs Rattan Lal Kataria and Balubhau alias Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar. He also said that 11 former members passed away in the last few months and read out their names. Those who died include Badal, who was a member of the Sixth Lok Sabha, Ranjit Singh, Sujan Singh Bundela, Sandipan Thorat, Viswanadham Kanithi, Atiq Ahmad, Trilochan Kanungo, Ilyas Azmi, Anadi Charan Das, Nihal Singh and Raj Karan Singh. Birla also paid tributes to all past members and adjourned the House till 2 pm. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury were among those who were present in the House. Earlier, Sushi

Gross violation: SC asks Centre to take action in Manipuri women's case

Earlier, addressing the media ahead of the Parliament's Monsoon session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that those found guilty will not be spared

LS Speaker Om Birla calls for meaningful discussions during monsoon session

Earlier on Wednesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi said that 31 bills will be taken up in the monsoon session

Monsoon Session: Oppn parties move notices seeking discussion on Manipur

Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh has given suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267. and demanded to discussion on Manipur violence

Congress demands discussion on Manipur in Parl; 31 bills to be taken up

Some of the parties have planned to move an adjournment motion over Manipur violence among other issues on day one of the Parliament's Monsoon Session on Thursday

Union Cabinet approves recommendations of Parl panel on Mediation Bill

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to the Mediation Bill including reducing the maximum timeline for completing mediation proceedings from 360 to 180 days. The official amendments to the law ministry bill are likely to be tabled in the Monsoon session of Parliament beginning Thursday. The Mediation Bill, 2021 was introduced in Rajya Sabha in December 2021. Later it was referred to the parliamentary committee on law and personnel which gave its report. The official amendments cleared by the cabinet are based largely on the recommendations made by the parliamentary panel, sources said. Under the other key recommendation of the panel accepted by the government, pre-litigation mediation has been made voluntary instead of mandatory. According to the bill pending in the upper house, compulsory pre-litigation mediation in matters of civil or commercial disputes has been provided for before parties approach a court or tribunals. In case of exceptional circumstances, a pa

Oppn alliance to hold 1st meet, discuss strategy for Parl's monsoon session

The first meeting of opposition alliance INDIA will be held on Thursday to chalk out a joint strategy for the monsoon session of Parliament. Sources said the meeting will be held in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge. "The meeting has been called to discuss the issues to be taken up in Parliament from day one of the monsoon session," an opposition party leader. The monsoon session of Parliament will begin on July 20 and conclude on August 11. Twenty-six opposition parties on Tuesday formed a coalition --Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA)-- to unitedly take on the ruling NDA with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asserting that the fight will be "between INDIA and Prime Minister Narendra Modi". The strategy to be followed by INDIA opposition grouping in Parliament was a point of discussion at the two-day opposition meeting in Bengaluru that concluded on Tuesday, sources said. All party leaders unanimously decided to coordinate on

Chhattisgarh monsoon session begins, House pays tribute to departed leaders

The monsoon session of the Chhattisgarh Assembly began here on Tuesday with members paying tributes to BJP MLA Vidyaratan Bhasin and former minister in undivided Madhya Pradesh Bhanupratap Singh, who died last month. BJP MLA Ajay Chandrakar also paid tribute to former Kerala chief minister Oomen Chandy who died in Bengaluru in the early hours of Tuesday. After the obituary references, the House was adjourned for the day. Bhasin (76), the two-term MLA from Vaishali Nagar in Bhilai (Durg district), died at a hospital in Raipur after a prolonged illness on June 22. As soon as the House proceedings began, Speaker Charan Das Mahant mentioned the demise of Bhasin and Singh and paid tributes to them. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Leader of Opposition Narayan Chandel, former CM Raman Singh, minister Mohan Markam and other members also paid homage to the departed leaders and recalled their contribution. Baghel said Bhasin's death is an irreparable loss to Durg district and the entire ...

RS chair calls floor leaders' meet ahead of Monsoon session rescheduled

Opposition parties are gearing up to take on the government on a range of issues as the Parliament goes into session in the Monsoon phase

Chhattisgarh Assembly session from July 18; BJP to bring no-trust motion

The Chhattisgarh legislative Assembly's monsoon session will begin on Tuesday and it is likely to be a stormy affair with the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looking to corner the Congress government on a number of issues, including alleged scams, and also bring a no-trust motion ahead of polls. It will be the last session of the Assembly before the state goes to polls by the year-end. The BJP has decided to corner the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress dispensation on several issues, including alleged scams and agitations being staged by contractual employees of government departments demanding regularisation of service. The main Opposition party will also move a no-confidence motion against the Congress government during the four-day-long session. The people of Chhattisgarh are angry with the Congress government and its policies. We will raise the voice of people in the House. The BJP will raise the issue of scams related to coal, liquor, land, ration and the Public Service ...

Many NCP MLAs skip Maha legislature's monsoon session on 1st day

As many as 27 out of the 53 MLAs of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) did not attend the Maharashtra legislature's monsoon session on the first day on Monday. One NCP MLA, Nawab Malik, is currently under judicial custody in connection with a money laundering case. Out of the 24 NCP MLAs who attended the session, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, cabinet ministers Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Bansode, Dhananjay Munde, Anil Patil and Dharmarao Atram were seated on the ruling side. The other MLAs who extended their support to Ajit Pawar and were present in the House were Babanrao Shinde, Indranil Naik, Prakash Solankhe, Kiran Lahamate, Sunil Shelke and Saroj Ahire. NCP state president Jayant Patil (from Sharad Pawar camp), legislators Balasaheb Patil, Prajakt Tanpure, Sunil Bhusara, Mansing Pawar, Suman Patil, Rohit Pawar, Rajesh Tope, Ashok Pawar and Anil Deshmukh were seated on the Opposition side. Notably, chief whip of the NCP (Shara

17th Lok Sabha may earn ignominy of being shortest full-term since 1952

The monsoon session of Parliament will be held from July 20 to August 11, and have 17 sittings

Will table paper on Maha missing out on Foxconn project in monsoon session

The Maharashtra government will table a white paper on circumstances in which the Vednata-Foxconn project went outside the state in the monsoon session of the legislature, state Industries Minister Uday Samant said on Tuesday. We will present a white paper on reasons behind the semiconductor project of Vedanta-Foxconn went outside Maharashtra. We are working on it and it will be tabled in the monsoon session starting July 17, he said. The minister said he was studying the factors based on which Foxconn announced its decision. "I cannot comment on it without any proper information in my hand, he said. Foxconn on Monday announced withdrawal from its chip-making JV with Indian conglomerate Vedanta.

Five-day long monsoon session of the Bihar legislature to begin Monday

The five-day Monsoon Session of the Bihar legislature will begin on Monday. The monsoon session of the assembly and state legislative council, which will continue till July 14, is likely to be stormy as the opposition led by BJP has decided to take on the state government on various issues including the government's alleged failure to provide 10 lakh government jobs to youths, recent amendments in the school teachers' recruitment rules and withdrawal of the domicile policy for fresh recruitment of school teachers. Besides, opposition members are also expected to raise the issue of the recent charge sheet filed by the CBI against state Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, in the land-for-job scam in the railways. The CBI had on July 3 filed a fresh charge sheet against Tejashwi, his father and former Railway minister Lalu Prasad, mother and former state CM Rabri Devi, and others in connection with the case. The BJP will also take out a march from Gandhi Maidan to the state assembly cornering th

Global supplies of sugar, rice at risk from Thai drought that can last yrs

Rainfall across the nation may be as much as 10% below average this monsoon season, and the onset of the El Niño weather pattern could lower precipitation even further over the next two years

Monsoon session of Rajya Sabha to commence from July 20 to August 11

'The President has summoned the Rajya Sabha to meet on Thursday, 20th July 2023 and to conclude on Friday, 11th August 2023,' it said

Parliament's Monsoon Session to start on Jul 20, to continue till Aug 11

Parliament's Monsoon Session will start on July 20 and continue till August 11, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Saturday. Making the announcement, he urged political parties to contribute towards productive discussions during the session. The session is expected to be a stormy one as the Opposition parties were closing ranks to put up a united front against the Narendra Modi-led BJP in view of the Lok Sabha elections next year. Aslo, Parliament is meeting at a time Prime Minister Modi made a strong pitch for a Uniform Civil Code and amid moves to step up consultations on the issue. The Monsoon Session is expected to commence in the old Parliament building and later move to the new building, sources said. The new building was inaugurated by Modi on May 28. "Monsoon Session, 2023, of Parliament will commence from July 20 and continue till August 11. Urge all parties to contribute towards productive discussions on legislative business and other items during the .

UP Assembly session commences today; Sept 22 reserved for women members

The brief monsoon session of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly that begins on Monday will be unique in the sense that it will have a day exclusively reserved for women members

MP Assembly's 5-day monsoon session begins today; famers, dams top issues

The five-day monsoon session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly will begin in Bhopal on Tuesday, with the opposition Congress planning to corner the BJP government over problems of farmers and alleged irregularities in the construction of dams. The session was earlier supposed to be held from July 25 but was rescheduled. Congress MLA and former minister Sajjan Singh Verma on Monday accused the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government of evading discussion on vital issues like unemployment and inflation by keeping a short session. The BJP and the Congress held separate meetings on Monday night to discuss their strategy for the session, which will have five sittings from September 13 to 17. State Congress chief Kamal Nath, while addressing a meeting of party legislators on Monday night, said they will raises issues pertaining to farmers, corruption, malnutrition, compensation to flood-affected people, irregularities in urea distribution and construction of dams and poor law and order ...

Oppn raises slogans against Shinde govt before start of assembly session

Just before the monsoon session of the Maharashtra legislature began, the opposition parties raised slogans against the Eknath Shinde-led state government on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan