New Delhi, March 24 – Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Member of Parliament, Malvinder Singh Kang, criticised the Union Government on Tuesday while speaking on the Finance Bill 2026 in the Lok Sabha, stating that the government’s claims of economic strength and reforms over the last decade are completely...
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New Delhi, March 24 The Lok Sabha passed a bill on Tuesday to amend a law protecting and granting rights to transgender persons, despite concerns raised by opposition members that the proposed legislation excludes social orientations from its scope.Responding to the debate on the Transgender...
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New Delhi, March 24 The government is unlikely to immediately introduce a bill to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha to 816, so that 273 of them could be reserved for women in the ongoing parliamentary session. This session may be adjourned early, but will not be prorogued to keep the...
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New Delhi, March 24 The Lok Sabha passed a bill on Tuesday to amend a law protecting and safeguarding the rights of transgender persons, even as opposition members raised concerns that the proposed legislation excludes social orientations from the scope of the law.Responding to the debate on...
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Jaipur, March 24 Rajasthan Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra on Tuesday accused the Centre of failing to prepare for a potential shortage of LPG and petroleum products amid the ongoing West Asia crisis.Addressing a meeting of party departments and frontal organizations at the Congress...
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New Delhi, March 24 The Lok Sabha passed a bill on Tuesday to amend a law protecting and safeguarding the rights of transgender persons. The bill aims to exclude social orientations from the scope of the law and provides for graduated punishment based on the severity of harm inflicted on such...
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New Delhi, March 24 – The government is planning to request a break in the ongoing parliamentary session this week, following requests from members, including many from the opposition, who wish to focus on the upcoming state assembly elections and union territory elections next month, an...
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New Delhi, March 24 – The government stated on Tuesday that the objective of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, is to provide protection to such persons, while the opposition criticized the proposed legislation for taking away the right to self-determination of...
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New Delhi, March 24 Ten requests from central investigating agencies to prosecute officials are pending with the Union Home Ministry for more than three months, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.In a written reply, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai also said that since 2014, the...
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New Delhi, March 24 There was "no representation" from the West Bengal government in the two tripartite meetings, and "no significant representation" in one meeting concerning the Gorkha community, the Centre informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.Responding to a question by Trinamool Congress MP...
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New Delhi, March 24 More than 7,500 applications seeking permission for protests and public gatherings have been filed with the Delhi Police, and all have been disposed of, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi had sought "the number of protest...
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New Delhi, March 24: Following Samajwadi Party (SP) President Akhilesh Yadav’s criticism of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over his remarks about the government being "compromised," Yadav also criticised the Central government's foreign policy on Tuesday, amid the ongoing...
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New Delhi, March 24 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that the government's Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, is a "brazen attack" on the constitutional rights and identity of transgender people, and asserted that his party strongly opposes the proposed...
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New Delhi, March 24 – The opposition on Tuesday accused the government of ceding strategic autonomy to the United States, while the ruling alliance praised the measures taken for the overall development of the country and its people.Participating in the debate on the 2026 Finance Bill in the...
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New Delhi, March 24 The "martyrdom" of freedom fighters during the freedom struggle, including Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru, is "a fact" and is not dependent on the presumed presence or absence of official records, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.In a written reply to a query seeking...
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New Delhi, March 24 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his reference to COVID-19 in his statement to Parliament on the West Asia situation, saying he has forgotten what happened during the pandemic and the kind of tragedies that unfolded then...
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New Delhi, March 24 BJP MP Anurag Thakur accused Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, of being the "Leader of Propaganda or the Leader opposing Bharat" on Tuesday. This follows Rahul Gandhi's recent remarks alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "100 per cent under the...
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New Delhi, March 24 The government said on Tuesday that no centralized data is maintained on incidents of "hate speech, racial slurs, harassment, and discrimination" against people from the Northeast, while emphasizing that policing and public order fall under the purview of state governments...
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New Delhi, March 24 The government has called an all-party meeting on the West Asia crisis on Wednesday, sources said.This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to Parliament on the West Asia situation.The prime minister on Monday said the difficult global conditions caused by...
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New Delhi, March 24 CPI(M) MP John Brittas on Tuesday cited the 2003 unanimous resolution of Parliament, under then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, condemning the Iraq war, to urge the government to move a similar motion on the Iran conflict.Speaking in the Rajya Sabha during zero hour...
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