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New Delhi, May 13 (IANS): Parliament's budget session that ended on Wednesday, finally saw the passage of a bill for operationalising land boundary agreement with Bangladesh. The session, spread over three months, saw 24 bills being passed…

New Delhi, May 12 (IANS): The Lok Sabha on Tuesday referred the contentious land acquisition bill to a joint committee of the two houses consisting of 30 members. The motion was moved by Rural Development Minister Birender Singh after a…

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) The government has approved the National Smart Grid Mission (NSGM) for planning, monitoring and implementing smart power grids with an outlay of Rs.980 crore, parliament was told on Thursday. "Government has…

New Delhi, May 7 (IANS): As the Indian parliament on Thursday passed the constitutional amendment bill relating to the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina…

The Orissa High Court on Thursday allowed Mayurbhanj MP Ramachandra Hansda, who is currently lodged in Jharpada jail, Bhubaneswar, to attend one working day of the Parliament under the custody of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).…

Facing stiff opposition over the land bill, the government has proposed nine amendments including restricting acquisition of land within one km of both sides of railway tracks and highways, providing employment to at least one member of…

The release of separatist leader Masrat Alam in Jammu and Kashmir created uproar in both houses of parliament even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi clarified that the central government was not consulted on the decision. The prime…

Parliament on Wednesday passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill which seeks to merge the Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) schemes. The bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday, was cleared by the…

The government on Monday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to facilitate plying of e-rickshaws and e-carts and a bill to provide for allocation of coal mines. The two bills seek to replace ordinances issued during the inter-session period.…

Both houses of parliament witnessed brief adjournments Thursday as the opposition demanded an apology from Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu for his remarks targeting them. Shortly after the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha met…