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Google removed about 100 personal loan apps violating user safety between Dec 2020-Jan 2021: Dhotre
Google removed about 100 money lending apps that were "possibly not in compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory framework" from December 2020 till January 20, 2021, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
Lok Sabha adjourned till tomorrow - ANI
No foreign government supported farmers' agitation: MoS Muraleedharan
No foreign government has given support to the farmers' agitation against the three farm laws, but protests related to these laws by a "few motivated" persons of Indian origins (PIOs) were reported in Canada, the UK, the US and in some European countries, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. - PTI.
Don't make farm laws a prestige issue, Opposition urges BJP
The farm laws dominated the debate during theMotion of Thanks to the President's Address in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday with the ruling BJP urging opponents not to make the farmers' agitation "another Shaheen Bagh" while the Opposition asked the government to repeal the legislation without making it a prestige issue.
Lok Sabha adjourned till 9:00 pm as Congress insists on a separate discussion on farmers issue
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi accuses opposition leaders of going back on their assurance of allowing discussion in Lok Sabha on Motion of Thanks on President's address; Lok Sabha adjourned till 7:00 pm amid opposition sloganeering
Lok Sabha adjourned till 5 pm amid uproar by the Opposition in the House, over farm laws - ANI
Lok Sabha adjourned till 4:30 pm amid uproar over farm laws
11 MPs from Shiromani Akali Dal, CPI(M), Trinamool Congress, IUML, BSP, Shiv Sena, Revolutionary Socialist Party and Congress have given notices of adjournment motion in Lok Sabha - ANI
Committee formed to suggest reforms in criminal laws, govt tells Parliament
The Centre has set up a committee to suggest reforms in criminal laws and sought suggestions from state governments, courts and bar councils, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
India has taken up with Sri Lanka in the strongest terms the killing of Tamil Nadu fishermen in the island nation, and has made it very clear that such incidents are unacceptable, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 9 am tomorrow.
Over 93,000 cybercrimes related to fraud, sexual exploitation and spreading of hate have been registered in the country between 2017 and 2019, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Watch Ghulam Nabi Azad's remarks | Motion of Thanks on the President's Address in Rajya Sabha
Don't shoot videos of proceedings in Rajya Sabha Chambers and circulate them on social media: Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu tells MPs
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday asked MPs not to record the proceedings of the House using their mobile phones and said that their circulation on social media amounted to breach of privilege and contempt of the House.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, February 03, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo
AAP MP Sanjay Singh after Rajya Sabha Chairman M.Venkaiah Naidu asked him to withdraw as he trooped into the Well of the House raising slogans against the new farm laws, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo
NIA and ED have not issued summon against 40 people related with voluntary agencies, groups and individuals who are providing humanitarian support to farmers agitation: Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a written in Rajya Sabha.
(ANI)
The government of Jammu and Kashmir has further reported that no person is under house arrest in the Union Territory: Ministry of Home Affairs in a written reply in Rajya Sabha
(ANI)
613 persons including separatists, overground workers, stone pelters, etc. were detained. Out of these, 430 persons have been released till date: MHA in a written reply in RS on number of arrests in J&K under Public Safety Act from August 2019
(ANI)
Central Government has been vested with powers under relevant sections of Foreigners Act to detain & deport foreign nationals staying illegally in the country: MHA in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on steps taken to deport Rohingyas
(ANI)
Detection & deportation of illegal migrants including Rohingya migrants from Myanmar after due process of nationality verification is a continuous process: Ministry of Home Affairs in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on steps taken to deport Rohingyas
(ANI)
Ghulam Nabi Azad asks for restoration of statehood of Jammu and Kashmir in Rajya Sabha.
We can't fight our farmers, says Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad in Rajya Sabha, asks for repeal of farm laws.
Motion of Thanks to the President's Address is now being discussed in Rajya Sabha.
Motion of Thanks to the President's Address moved in Rajya Sabha. Amendments to the Motion are now being moved.
Congress MP Jasbir Singh has given an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over farmers' issue.
3 AAP MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha for a day after sloganeering on farm laws
Three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members were marshalled out of Rajya Sabha on Wednesday after Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu asked them to withdraw as they trooped into the Well of the House raising slogans against the new farm laws.
AAP MP Sanjay Singh. Credit: PTI Photo
We expressed our dissent in the house, we want repeal of three farm laws because talks won't help. Three of us have been suspended for a day: Sanjay Singh, AAP MP
(ANI)
Congress MP Manish Tewari gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the farmers' protest.
(ANI)
Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu imposed Rule 255 against three Aam Aadmi Party MPs including Sanjay Singh asking them to 'withdraw' from the House.
AAP continue sloganeering. Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu asks marshals to help the MPs to leave the House. Naidu terms AAP MPs action as nothing but one upmanship.
Rajya Sabha proceedings resume. M Venkaiah Naidu appeals to AAP MPs to leave the house.
House adjourned for 6 minutes as 3 MPs remain in House.
Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu suspends Sanjay Singh, ND Gupta and Sushil Gupta for the day.
As Rajya Sabha takes up Motion of Thanks, 3 AAP MPs rush to Well and shout slogans demanding separate discussion.
There's a restriction on the usage of cellular phones within Rajya Sabha chambers: Naidu
It has been observed that some members are using their mobile phones to record proceedings of the house while sitting in the chamber. Such conduct is against parliamentary etiquette: RS Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu
Members should desist from such unwarranted activities inside the chamber. Such unauthorised recording of proceedings of House and its circulation on social media may lead to a breach of privilege and contempt of the house, he added.
Debate on Motion of Thanks on President's address to start at 9.30 am. BJP's Bhubhaneswar Kalita to move motion.
Today's Question Hour and tomorrow's Question Hour and Zero Hour to be suspended. Pvt Members business on Friday also suspended.
Govt and Opposition reach consensus over a discussion on farmers issue.
Time for debate on Motion of Thanks increased from 10 hours to 15 hours. Parliament Affairs Minister informs RS about consensus. LOP Ghulam Nabi Azad says extended 5 hours to discuss farmers issues.
Report on The DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2019 by the Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change tabled in Rajya Sabha.
Proceedings of Rajya Sabha begin.
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Congress MP Rajeev Satav gives Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over demand for withdrawal of three farm laws.
(ANI)
DMK MP Tiruchi Siva gives Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha over 'the need for steps to tackle harassment of Indian fishermen by Sri Lanka Navy'.
(ANI)
Bahujan Samaj Party, CPI, All India Trinamool Congress , Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, CPI(M) have given suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha over ongoing farmer agitation.
(ANI)
Congress MPs Ghulam Nabi Azad & Anand Sharma have given suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha over ongoing farmer agitation.
(ANI)
Opposition parties including the Congress, Left, TMC and DMK had given a notice under rule 267 that calls for setting aside of business of the day to take up a discussion on the issue pressed.
Chairman Naidu had, however, disallowed the motion saying the members were free to raise the issue during the discussion on Motion of Thanks to the President's address.
When the House met for the day, Naidu said he has received notice under rule 267 from various members but the issue can be raised during the discussion on Motion of Thanks to the President's address to the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament.
The President, he said, had referred to the farmer's agitation in his address made at the start of the Budget session of Parliament last week.
(PTI)
Farmer agitation rocks Lok Sabha
The issue of ongoing farmer agitation against three farm laws rocked the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, resulting in repeated disruptions and forcing Speaker Om Birla to adjourn the House for the day.
MPs from Punjab hold placards during their protest against the new farm laws, at Parliament House in New Delhi, Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo
Farmers' agitation at Delhi borders reverberates in RS; House adjourned as Oppn seeks discussion on farm laws
Farmers' agitation at Delhi borders reverberated in Parliament on Tuesday with the Opposition stalling the proceedings in both the Houses after its notice to suspend the business and discuss the issue was not accepted.