legislative procedure

Shimla, April 2 The 16-day, two-phase budget session of the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, which lasted approximately 90 hours, concluded on Thursday with 103 per cent productivity.This 11th session of the 14th Legislative Assembly was conducted in two phases – the first phase, held from...

In Jammu and Kashmir, as many as 64 Private Member Bills are listed for discussion in the Legislative Assembly today. An Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that according to the business schedule circulated by the Assembly Secretariat, 64 bills have been scheduled for introduction in the...

Bhubaneswar, March 23 The opposition BJD has said the party is ready to take legal action to ensure that its six MLAs, who have been suspended for allegedly voting in favour of the BJP in the recent Rajya Sabha polls, are disqualified from the Odisha assembly.Addressing a press conference here...

March 17, New Delhi: Former SP Vaid has strongly criticised Rahul Gandhi for his actions inside the Indian Parliament on March 12. In a detailed statement, Vaid said that Gandhi, along with several MPs, defied the Speaker's instruction prohibiting demonstrations within the parliamentary complex...

On March 16 in Bengaluru, Karnataka Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader convened a meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka, Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, and other senior Congress leaders regarding unanswered questions in the state Assembly, which had previously...

New Delhi, March 16 – Lok Sabha MP and Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday to revoke the suspension of eight Opposition MPs for the entire Parliament session."At least some decision should be taken," said the Congress MP while raising the issue...

Bengaluru, March 13 Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker U T Khader on Friday reprimanded the government, stating that his "gentleness" should not be considered his "weakness", as he strongly objected to the fewer number of replies provided by various departments compared to the number of...

Panaji, March 13 Opposition MLAs protested in the Goa assembly on Friday after Speaker Ganesh Gaonkar disallowed them from introducing their private member's bills.The House was adjourned three times as Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, Congress MLAs Carlos Alvares Ferreira and Altone D'Cruz...

New Delhi, March 12 Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday for his speech delivered in the Lok Sabha at the end of the debate on the resolution seeking the removal of Om Birla as Speaker.Modi noted that Shah's address was rich in facts and outlined the...

New Delhi, March 9 Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to respond to the debate on the no-confidence motion moved against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla by opposition members, who alleged that he had acted in a "blatantly partisan" manner while conducting the proceedings of the House, sources...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 24 – A constitutional disagreement between the Kerala government and Governor Rajendra V. Arlekar over the policy address has escalated, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan asserting on Tuesday that only the version of the address approved by the Cabinet holds...

Jaipur, February 22 Congress whip in the Rajasthan Assembly, Rafiq Khan, accused the BJP government of attempting to use the Assembly as a "publicity platform" by introducing a proposal on its two-year achievements.This move led to uproar and repeated adjournments of the state assembly on...

Shillong, February 19 Meghalaya's opposition leader, Mukul Sangma, urged the Assembly Speaker on Thursday to remove a remark made by the Chief Minister, which was addressed directly to him, rather than to the Chair.The opposition leader also demanded a government inquiry into alleged...