The BJP-led NDA, which currently has 99 Rajya Sabha members, is likely to get a majority in the Upper House of Parliament by the end of 2021, making it easier for the ruling alliance to carry out its …
Citizenship amendment, triple talaq bills lapse
With the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, the contentious Citizenship (amendment) Bill and the one on banning triple talaq have lapsed as they were not passed by Rajya Sabha. The two bils could not …
#LokSabhaElections2019 | Tracking the Twitter Poll Buzz
As India voted in the penultimate phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections Sunday, the social media, including twitter, has been abuzz with how people were exercising their democratic right in the…
Lok Sabha passes Citizenship bill
The Lok Sabha today (Jan 8) passed the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, after the bill was tabled in Lok Sabha by Home Minister Rajnath Singh earlier in the afternoon. The bill will now…
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: JPC report tabled in Lok Sabha
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the much-debated Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, was tabled in Lok Sabha today (Jan 7) amid protests across Assam by the AASU-led conglomerate comprising…
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee passes away
Veteran Parliamentarian and former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee passed away Monday morning following multi-organ failure in Kolkata. He was 89. Chatterjee had a chequered political career and …
