House

Congress MPs suspended from Lok Sabha: How Parliament deals with disruptive, unruly lawmakers

Congress MPs Manickam Tagore, TN Prathapan, Jothimani and Ramya Haridas, after a warning by Speaker Om Birla, were suspended from Lok Sabha for the rest of the session for displaying placards and disrupting proceedings

No passage of bills in House amid disruptions, says Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar

Narwekar also exuded confidence about the smooth functioning of the state assembly despite a bitter split in the Shiv Sena ranks, contending that the disruptions in the Maharashtra House were mild when compared with other states

Over 20 people rescued after house catches fire in southeast Delhi

The fire was in a house comprising five floors. It was triggered from meter boards and reached up to the third floor of the house

Sri Lanka's Parliament to meet for crucial session after Opposition submits no-trust motions against president, govt

Article 42 stipulates that the President is responsible to Parliament for the exercise, performance and discharge of his functions. Any motion needs seven days' notice before getting into the order paper for debate.

Key Congressional committee passes bill to eliminate per country cap on Green Card

Indian IT professionals, most of whom are highly skilled and come to the US mainly on the H-1B work visas, are the worst sufferers of the current immigration system which imposes a seven per cent per country quota on allotment of the coveted Green Card

PM Awaas Yojana-Gramin: 1.75 crore houses, out of 2.28 crore have been completed, says Centre

Union Minister for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said that during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic induced nation-wide lockdown, all construction activities including construction of houses under PMAY-G were also affected

West Bengal Assembly passes resolution against Centre's move to extend BSF jurisdiction

Bengal became the second state after Punjab where such a resolution has been tabled and passed

Steve Bannon, longtime ally of Donald Trump, taken into custody on contempt charges

The 67-year-old was indicted on Friday after defying a subpoena from a House committee investigating January’s insurrection at the US Capitol

Salman Khurshid's Nainital home vandalised days after release of his new book, 21 booked

The Congress leader was embroiled in controversy after he recently launched his new book 'Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times.'

'Sacrilege in temple of democracy': RS Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu slams Opposition behaviour in Parliament

Ugly scenes were witnessed in the Upper House when the House began a discussion on farmers' protest against new reform laws