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No Question Hour in Monsoon Session; 'govt reducing Parliament to noticeboard', says Opposition

There will be no Question Hour in in the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament. Notifications issued by Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha secretariats said that private members' bills will also not be taken up

BJP says Congress is creating 'fake narrative' on suspension of Question Hour in Monsoon Session of Parliament

Rajya Sabha member and BJP media head Anil Baluni said that the uproar caused by Opposition over the Question Hour suspension is nothing but a "masterclass in hypocrisy"

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju says government making efforts to take kabaddi to Olympics

Responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports said kabaddi is an indigenous sport and that the government would make efforts to take it to the Olympics

Speaker cracks whip in Lok Sabha, says MPs who cross over to other side will face suspension; bans placards

Sending out a stern message, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday said members from Opposition and Treasury sides who cross over to the other side during the time of uproar in the House will be suspended for the Session

SP, BSP members stage walkout from Uttar Pradesh Assembly during Question Hour, say state govt failed to increase power production

SP member Sanjay Garg asked energy minister Shrikant Sharma about the power consumption, production and purchase in the state

After ruckus in Bihar Assembly, Nitish Kumar says 'constitutionality of CAA lies with SC', calls for omission of 'contentious clauses' from NPR forms

Ruckus prevailed in the Bihar Assembly on Tuesday as BJP members strongly objected to the opposition describing the amended citizenship act as 'Kala kanoon', leading to brief adjournment of House proceedings.

Unemployment rate at 6.1%, labour force participation 36.9% in 2017-18: Govt cites new survey in Rajya Sabha

This survey on unemployment is not comparable to previous surveys, he said, adding it was an attempt to provide authentic data with the new survey conducted through the Ministry of Statistics.

No pardon for Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted of assassinating Punjab CM Beant Singh in 1995, says Amit Shah while replying to Congress member in Lok Sabha

Amit Shah said this during Question Hour, Congress' Ravneet Singh Bittu sought a response from Shah on why Rajoana was pardoned

PMC Bank scam: Nearly 78% depositors can withdraw entire deposits, says govt; efforts underway to repay customers money

Sitharaman also said in Lok Sabha that in case of medical emergencies, marriages and other crisis situations, a depositor of PMC Bank can withdraw up to Rs 1 lakh by invoking the 'hardship provisions' of RBI.

Assam Assembly Winter Session: Congress and AIUDF stage protest, shout slogans against BJP govt over CAB, NRC

As soon as the House assembled, opposition Congress and AIUDF sought to raise the two contentious issues through an adjournment motion