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Union Cabinet meets in Parliament ahead of Budget presentation
Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met in Parliament on Tuesday to approve the Un…
ANI
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WATCH: Delhi Parliament seen leaking after the national capital receives over 100 mm of rainfall in 24 hours
Delhi's infrastructure was overwhelmed as the monsoon unleashed its fury, and the newly constructed…
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Interim Budget 2024: FY25 capex hiked 11%; no change in tax slab, says FM Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is presenting the Interim Budget 2024-25 at Parliament on Thurs…
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No crypto ban in India — SEBI will reportedly be pulled in to regulate the sector
The Indian government is not looking to ban cryptocurrencies, but to regulate them as ‘assets’. All…
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Rishi Sunak says UK is committed to working quickly on free trade agreement with India
At a House of Commons session on the G20 Summit in Indonesia on Thursday, the British Indian leader…
PTI
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Rajya Sabha passes Banking Amendment Bill 2020 bringing cooperative banks under RBI's umbrella
"During the COVID period, many cooperative banks have come under stress. 277 urban cooperative b…
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India and China begin to disengage from friction areas along the border — terms and conditions apply
India and China have agreed on a disengagement plan in Eastern Ladakh where the two Asian giants …
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Over 50 people, including 25 MPs test positive for COVID-19 on first day of Parliament’s monsoon session
So far, 25 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs have test positive. According to the report, 12 of …
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The border issue with China remains unresolved, India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tells Parliament
“The question of China’s boundary in its customary and traditional alignment is not agreed upon …
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New rules on MPs freebies and lobbying crackdown welcomed amid calls for further restrictions on second jobs
The Standards Committee recommended ministers would have to declare freebies given to them in a min…
Henry Dyer
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Budget 2023-24 highlights: Those with income below ₹7 lakh a year need not pay income tax
The FM today changed the income tax rebate limit from ₹5 lakh per annum to ₹7 lakh per annum in the…
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Budget Session of Parliament from Jan 31 to Apr 8: Lok Sabha Secretariat
The Monsoon Session of 2020 was the first full session held under Covid protocol with the Rajya Sa…
PTI
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Japan finally updated its definition of rape so that the crime no longer requires the use of force. Its age of consent is also no longer 13.
The definition of rape in Japan was changed from "forcible sexual intercourse" to "non-consensual s…
Sophia Ankel
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The Queen reluctantly decides to skip her annual UK Parliament speech due to 'episodic mobility problems,' palace says
For the first time since 1963, Prince Charles will read the Queen's speech in her place at the Stat…
Rebecca Cohen
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Labour MP Chris Bryant recuses himself from possible probe into whether Boris Johnson misled Parliament over partygate
Bryant, who leads parliament's privileges committee, has previously been an outspoken critic of Joh…
Catherine Neilan
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Conservative MPs in 'despair' after Boris Johnson invokes far-right conspiracy theory against political opponent in Parliament
Johnson repeated a false claim that Labour leader Keir Starmer failed to prosecute the sex offender…
Catherine Neilan
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Rahul Gandhi says Twitter is a 'biased platform' after his account gets blocked
Rahul in the video statement said, "By shutting down my Twitter they are interfering in our poli…
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A prominent Conservative Party group is still working for a disgraced MP who was suspended for sexual harassment
Rob Roberts MP, who lost the Conservative whip after sexually harassing a member of staff, is still…
Henry Dyer
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Cairn Energy in wait and watch mode even after the bill to kill retro tax is tabled in the Parliament
Cairn Energy is not making any notable statements and has instead chosen to wait and watch how the …
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There are at least 10 hot issues in India that the government has no data for
It has already been almost 10 days since the Indian parliament kicked off its monsoon session on Ju…