Kumbh stampede to rock Parliament's Budget session

Parliament's Budget session is likely to get off to a stormy start on Friday with Opposition parties demanding a discussion on the alleged mismanagement of the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj......

Simultaneous polls bill introduced with 269 votes in favour, 198 against

Two bills that lay down the mechanism to hold simultaneous elections in the country were introduced in Lok Sabha on Tuesday after a fiery debate, with the Opposition terming the move......

BJP MP Mahtab appointed LS pro-tem speaker, Cong cries foul

Seven-term parliamentarian and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Bhartruhari Mahtab was on Thursday appointed pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha, bucking the largely followed convention of appointing the......

Tolerated Nitish Kumar's Hindi push for INDIA bloc, says DMK's Baalu

Janata Dal-United president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said 'only Hindi should be spoken' and the party tolerated it for the sake of cordiality in INDIA bloc, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam......

Mukherjee, Swaraj in LS Business Advisory Committe

Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and Congress member V Kishore Chandra Deo are among the 14 members of the Business Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha. Besides......