Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that Om Birla’s experience of being a Speaker in the previous term would help him guide the country further in his second consecutive term. Birla, the Bharatiya Janata Party (MP) from Kota, Rajasthan, was elected as Speaker of 18th Lok Sabha earlier in the day. Birla, the … Read more
Lok Sabha Session Live: The second session of the 18th Lok Sabha to begin shortly. New Delhi: BJP’s Om Birla, who was speaker in the NDA’s previous term is set to be the Lok Sabha Speaker again, his nomination will be filed soon. Earlier today, Mr Birla met PM Modi. The opposition INDIA bloc is … Read more
Bhojpuri is not listed in the Eighth Schedule. The Lok Sabha witnessed a display of linguistic diversity on Monday, with the newly-elected MPs taking their oaths in English and Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, Dogri, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati and Odia. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his oath in Hindi amid slogans of “Jai Shri Ram” … Read more
New Delhi: The first day of the 18th Lok Sabha session witnessed mixed reactions from both the treasury benches and the Opposition. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed it as a historic moment for India’s parliamentary democracy, with the newly elected MPs taking oath in the new Parliament building for the first time since Independence. However, … Read more
Opposition MPs held up copies of the Constitution in a demonstration at Lok Sabha 1st Session today. New Delhi: In a show of strength as the Parliament met for the first time after Lok Sabha polls, MPs of the INDIA Opposition bloc today held up copies of the Constitution and raised slogans inside the Parliament … Read more
Dharmendra Pradhan is drawing fire over the irregularities in NEET At the centre of the political storm surrounding the irregularities in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan faced NEET slogans raised by Opposition MPs as he took oath as a member of Lok Sabha, which met today the first time … Read more
Lok Sabha Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab is the son of Odisha’s first chief minister. Bhartruhari Mahtab, a seven-time Member of Parliament, was sworn in as pro-tem Speaker for the 18th Lok Sabha today. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Cuttack. However, the Opposition slammed the Centre for Mr … Read more
PM Modi addressed the media ahead of the Parliament session today In an apparent attack on the main Opposition Congress ahead of the first Parliament session after the general election this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this June 25 will mark the 50th anniversary of Emergency and called it a “black spot” on the … Read more
Seven-term parliamentarian and BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab was on June 20 appointed pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha, deviating from the largely followed convention of appointing the senior most member of the House to the post, drawing sharp criticism from the opposition Congress. The primary job of the pro-tem Speaker is to administer the oath … Read more