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Parliament Updates: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm tomorrow; joint session to be held on occasion of Constitution Day on Tuesday
Fp Staff • 5 years agoParliament LIVE Updates: Joint session of both Houses of Parliament to be held tomorrow on the occasion of Constitution Day. The moment the Lower House assembly post-lunch, ruckus ensues in the Lok Sabha with Opposition MP's resorting to sloganeering against the ongoing developments in Maharashtra. Lok Sabha Chairman Meenakshi Leekhi adjourned the House till 2 pm tomorrow. The Upper House of Parliament gets adjourned till 2 pm on 26 November
Parliament's Winter Session: Uproar in RS over JNU protests; Left calls for probe over cop action, BJP demands Central govt 'oversight' of activities
• 5 years agoMembers of Left parties and the BJP on Friday clashed in Rajya Sabha over the issue of Jawaharlal Nehru University students' protest against a hike in hostel fees
Winter Session of Parliament: Prakash Javadekar sounds optimistic note on combating pollution; Opposition demands PM 'break silence' over electoral bonds
Fp Staff • 5 years agoFor the second consecutive day, air pollution was discussed at length in the Lok Sabha, while electoral bonds were discussed in the Rajya Sabha.
Amid Delhi air pollution crisis, BJP MPs busy belting out songs, playing blame game and indulging in whataboutery in Parliament
Fp Staff • 5 years agoThe Parliament, for the second straight day, discussed air pollution in North India, including New Delhi, but the lawmakers' approach remained lackadaisical and cavalier in face of an impending public health emergency
Parliament Updates: BJP moves bill seeking mass movement for cleanliness, spread message of Clean India in Rajya Sabha; proceedings reconvene in Lower House
Fp Staff • 5 years agoParliament LIVE Updates: In the Upper House, BJP leader Prabhat Jha wanted to pass Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2017 (amendment of articles 51A) seeking to participate in mass movement for cleanliness and propagate the message of Clean India.
Delhi air pollution: Air quality in National Capital 'very poor', slight improvement likely in next 48 hrs due to increase in wind speed
• 5 years agoThe overall air quality index in Delhi stood at 360 at 2 pm. Rohini was the most-polluted area with an AQI of 416, followed by Bawana (411) and Anand Vihar (410).
Not privatising Railways, but only outsourcing commercial and onboard services to private players, Piyush Goyal tells Rajya Sabha
• 5 years agoThe government is not privatising the Indian Railways but only outsourcing commercial and on-board services to private players in order to provide better facilities to commuters, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said in Rajya Sabha on Friday.
Winter Session of Parliament: Debate on air pollution takes musical turn; Congress says electoral bonds made 'corruption official'
Fp Staff • 5 years agoParliament proceedings on Thursday saw sharp exchanges of words as well as, rather unexpectedly, singing sessions as legislators spoke at length on air pollution in Delhi.
Parliament Updates: Greta Thunberg's 'how dare you' remark was directed at all of us, says KJ Alphons in Rajya Sabha
Fp Staff • 5 years agoParliament LIVE Updates: In the Rajya Sabha, KJ Alphons of the BJP spoke on air pollution and said, 'Greta Thunberg's remark of 'How dare you!' was directed at all of us.'
Delhi pollution: Air quality index in National Capital remains in 'very poor' category; AQI recorded at 331 on Monday morning
• 5 years agoDelhi's air quality remained in the 'very poor' category on Monday morning. At 10.37 am, the air quality index (AQI) was 331.