Parliament Winter Session Highlights: Both Houses adjourned for the day; to resume at 11 am on Wednesday

Discuss Moitra's expulsion report before taking any decision: Oppn members to LS Speaker Birla

Opposition members on Monday demanded a discussion in Lok Sabha on the Ethics Committee report recommending the expulsion of TMC member Mahua Moitra before any decision on the matter.

Bill aimed at regulating legal profession, curbing touts passed by Parliament

A Bill which aims at regulating the legal profession by a single Act and seeks to target "touts" was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday with Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal saying there should be no role of such persons in the country's courts.

TMC leaders stressed at the opposition meeting on Monday that the Winter Session should be used to raise important issues.

They insisted that multiple issues should be taken up and the session should not be wasted by protesting on any one issue.

Derek O'Brien to start debate on India's economic situation in Rajya Sabha today

Congress MP Manish Tewari gives Adjournment Motion Notice in Lok Sabha and demands discussion on the death penalty to 8 ex-Indian Navy personnel in Qatar.

Notice by TMC's Derek O'Brien for Short Duration Discussion on Current Economic Situation accepted in Rajya Sabha. Discussion scheduled for 2 pm today

TMC MP Derek O'Brien speaks in the Rajya Sabha during a special session of Parliament, in New Delhi. 

Confident of I.N.D.I.A coalition, says CPI leader Binoy Viswaram

When account can get hacked, Pentagon can get hacked then how can EVM not?: Samajwadi party leader on Assembly poll results

BJP leader and Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal says, "The opposition should stop spreading this negativity. By saying this (that there is problem in EVM) they are disrespecting the voters also..."

When they were in power from 2004-2014, they did not question EVM says BJP MP Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

I.N.D.I.A bloc leaders hold meeting ahead of winter session of Parliament

House proceedings begin, discussion on economic situation on cards

Parliament session under way, matters being laid with the permission of Chair in Rajya Sabha, Question Hour in Lok Sabha

Ruckus in Rajya Sabha after Kerala INC MP raises issue of farmer suicide in state. Quotes suicide notes holding govt responsible

Don't know whether they will table it or not, Mahua Moitra on tabling Ethic Committee report on cash-for-query case

Ruckus breaks out in Rajya Sabha after GVL Narasimha Rao accuses I.N.D.I.A bloc of deliberately trying to hurt religious sentiments after their comments on Sanatan Dharma. He calls for dismissal of leaders who commented against Sanatan Dharm and demands an apology from them

Amit Shah arrives at the Parliament

Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi leaves from Parliament.

Nirmala Sitharaman says action is being taken on Willful defaulters in response to Jairam Ramesh's question asking her to name-and-shame them

Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm

Derek O'Brien initiates discussion on economic situation in India

Derek O'Brien asks FM Sitharaman why rural inflation is higher than urban inflation

We have to ask ourselves why are farmers committing suicides everyday? Let the stock market and billionaires go up but the debate of the economy should be about why 3/4 Indians can't afford a balanced diet and why 2/3 children die of hunger: Derek O'Brien

Many promises have been made, this is not the time to point out what happened 70 years ago: Derek O'Brien

The Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 taken up for consideration and passing in Lok Sabha.

Jagdeep Dhankhar rebuttals Derek O'Brien and says Bengal economy good because they had good governor(pointing at himself) for three years, leaving O'Brien in fits

Will this govt tell us how many women's lives were actually touched by the 'beti bachao' programme? If you ask us how many lives were touched by our programme in Bengal, we can give you the exact number: Derek O'Brien

The Rajya Sabha is currently discussing the 'economic situation in the country'

BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi currently speaking in Rajya Sabha

We were ridiculed for not being able to grow beyond the 2 per cent growth rate. It was called the Hindu growth of rate. Since we came, we have changed it to 7-8 per cent which is Hindutva growth rate.

Sudhanshu Trivedi in Rajya Sabha

Even in Britain, they have hardly money. They have to choose between either to heat or to eat, says Trivedi on economic situation

Even in Britain, they have hardly money either to heat or to eat, but our commander is taking the ship with utmost skill but still Opposition is complaining

Sudhanshu Trivedi in Rajya Sabha

P Chidambaram now speaking in Parliament

P Chidambaram

23 crore Indian are poor even with a low poverty bar and it shows in the inequality. The bottom 50 per cent of the country owns only 3 per cent of national wealth and gets 13 per cent of the national income. Top 5 per cent gets 60 per cent of the national wealth and 1 per cent owns 22 per cent of it. This growth is unacceptable.

P Chidambaram in Rajya Sabha

AAP MP Ashok Kumar Mittal in Rajya Sabha joins debate on Economic situation in India

In Asia's largest electronic market in Chandni Chowk, 90 per cent of the items are Chinese. I can't understand why we are so far behind in Make In India. ...can't understand what kind of self reliance this is.

AAP MP Ashok Kumar Mittal in Rajya Sabha

Modi govt working on Swaminathan Commission's recommendations, UPA didn't: Agri Minister in Lok Sabha

The Swaminathan Commission's report on agriculture reforms came during the UPA regime but it was the Narendra Modi government which started working on its recommendations and fixed the MSP at 50 per cent more than production cost, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in Lok Sabha Tuesday.

Tomar said a committee, set up by the Centre following farmers' protest against three farm laws to examine various issues including minimum support price (MSP), has held 30 to 35 meetings so far.

"The recommendations of the committee are yet to come," he told Lok Sabha.

How can a country have two PMs, two constitutions and two flags? asks Amit Shah in Lok Sabha on Jammu and Kashmir

NCP MP Supriya Sule raises issues of long power outages in Jammu and Kashmir in Lok Sabha

Anil Prasad Hegde calls for special status for Bihar in Lok Sabha

Sushil Kumar Modi speaking in Rajya Sabha on economic situation in India

P Chidambaram said growth is not reflected on the ground. Which ground he is talking about? If there is no growth on ground then how BJP won three states in elections?... If one sees from the lens of party they'll never see any growth

Sushil Kumar Modi in Rajya Sabha

Remove GST from states ruled by you if it is so bad, says Sushil Kumar Modi in Rajya Sabha

No state in country can now get special status, says Sushil Kumar Modi in RS

When Congress comes, inflation accompanies it, says BJP's GVL Narsimha Rao in Rajya Sabha

Earlier today, Speaker Birla cautioned MPs against bringing placards in Lok Sabha

Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday cautioned MPs against bringing placards in the Lok Sabha and said dignity and discipline need to be maintained in the House.

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In Rajya Sabha earlier today, BJP MP asked TN govt to register FIR, sack ministers for 'hate speech' against Sanatan Dharma

BJP Rajya Sabha member GVL Narasimha Rao on Tuesday accused Tamil Nadu ministers of making "hate" speeches against Sanatan Dharma and Hindu religion and asked the state government to register a case against them.

The Constitution allows every religion, every member and every sect to practice their faith and even propagate it, he said, and demanded the sacking of the state ministers for their objectionable remarks.

Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the Upper House, Rao said that a minister in the Tamil Nadu government indulged in hate speech against Sanatan Dharma and the Hindu religion.

"I quote what he said, 'Sanatan Dharma is like malaria, and dengue, and so it must be eradicated and not opposed'," the BJP member said without naming anyone.

Another minister in the same state government has mentioned that the purpose of the formation of the INDIA alliance is " the eradication of Sanatana Dharma", the BJP member alleged, and wondered whether they wanted to pursue "this kind of anti-India agenda".

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BJP winning elections only in 'Gaumutra' states..." DMK MP DNV Senthilkumar S says

Union minister Jitendra Singh and Congress leader Manish Tewari trade barbs on Nehru's handling of Kashmir in 1947

We have given true autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir, says Jitendra Singh as he urges people to trust Centre

Shah to speak Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023 in the Lok Sabha tomorrow

DMK MP sparks row by referring to Hindi heartland states as 'gaumutra states' in Lok Sabha

A DMK MP in Lok Sabha sparked a controversy on Tuesday by describing Hindi heartland states as "gaumutra states", and said the BJP can win elections only there and not in south India.

BJP leaders hit back at the DMK and asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi if he agreed with the insulting remarks of its INDIA bloc partner against the north Indians.

Participating in a debate in the Lower House on two bills related to Jammu and Kashmir, D N V Senthilkumar said people of this country should think that the power of the BJP is only winning elections "in the heartland states of Hindi and what we generally called as gaumutra states".

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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Gaumutra remark by DMK MP says

Govt says 45.59 lakh jobs created so far under PMMSY

 The government on Tuesday informed Parliament that about 45.59 lakh employment opportunities have been created under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).

Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala, in a written reply to the Lok Sabha, said the PMMSY aims to generate 55 lakh direct and indirect employment opportunities between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha adjourned for the day

Both Houses to resume at 11 am tomorrow