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Shimla, April 2 The Himachal Pradesh government raised loans amounting to ₹35,555 crore over the past three years, and the state's debt liability stood at ₹1,01,863 crore as of January 31, 2026.Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh informed the state assembly during question hour on Thursday that...

Shimla, April 2 The Himachal Pradesh Assembly on Thursday witnessed a minor argument between the ruling party and the opposition during the Question Hour, after the speaker disallowed the leader of the opposition from asking a supplementary question.As Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu was...

New Delhi, April 2 Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi was absent from the Lok Sabha during Question Hour when an MP raised a query related to his ministry, prompting Speaker Om Birla to direct the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs to take note and ensure it does not happen again.The question was...

New Delhi, April 2 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla cautioned Union ministers and MPs against engaging in lengthy conversations within the House during proceedings, warning that he would name them in the future.As soon as the Zero Hour began at 12 noon, Birla stated that he had observed members and...

Jammu, April 1 The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday witnessed rare consensus as members from all parties expressed their disapproval of the absence of senior officers from the gallery, prompting Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to bring the matter to the attention of Chief Minister Omar...

Jammu, April 1 – On Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir legislators from all parties protested the absence of senior bureaucrats in the Legislative Assembly during Question Hour, as BJP MLAs called for postponing the business of departments whose administrative secretaries were absent from the House...

New Delhi, April 1 The Lok Sabha session was adjourned until noon on Wednesday amid protests by opposition parties over a bill to amend the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act.As soon as the Question Hour began at 11 am, members of the opposition, mainly from Kerala, started raising slogans...

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah informed the House today that a total of 48,958 non-gazetted and 10,217 gazetted posts – across both direct recruitment and promotion quotas – are currently vacant in 38 government departments. Akashvani Jammu correspondent reports that the Chief Minister was...

Jammu, March 28 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Speaker, Abdul Rahim Rather, on Saturday, chaired the High-Level Apex Committee (HLAC) meeting here to review and expedite the implementation of the National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) project in the Union Territory.The meeting was...

Jammu, March 27 – The budget session of the J&K Assembly was adjourned on Friday after MLAs from both the ruling and opposition benches raised slogans against the Israeli attack on Iran.Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather adjourned the assembly for half an hour amid the uproar caused by the MLAs, as...

Jammu, March 27 The Jammu and Kashmir assembly was adjourned for half an hour on Friday as a commotion erupted soon after the budget session resumed after a five-week recess.Members from both the treasury and opposition benches stood up, raising slogans and disrupting the Question Hour despite...

Jammu, March 27 The Jammu and Kashmir assembly was adjourned for half an hour after a chaotic situation arose shortly after the budget session resumed on Friday, following a five-week break.Members from both the ruling and opposition benches stood up, raising slogans and disrupting the...

Bengaluru, March 26 The Karnataka Legislative Assembly witnessed chaotic scenes, with ruling Congress MLAs entering the well of the House, demanding that the Speaker take action against BJP MLA Munirathna, accusing him of inappropriate behaviour and making personal comments against Deputy Chief...

Bengaluru, March 26 The Karnataka Legislative Assembly witnessed chaotic scenes on Thursday, with ruling Congress MLAs storming into the well of the House, demanding that the Speaker take action against BJP MLA Munirathna, accusing him of inappropriate behavior and making personal comments...

New Delhi, March 25 It was a rare occurrence in parliamentary proceedings when the presiding officer himself raised a query during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.Telugu Desam Party leader Krishna Prasad Tenneti was in the chair when a question he had listed on rare earth...

Shimla, March 20 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Friday that 1,098 government buildings in the state remain unoccupied as they have not been put to any use.He said this while responding to a question raised by BJP MLA Satpal Singh Satti in the state Assembly...

Shimla, March 19 A heated exchange took place between the ruling party and the opposition on Thursday during question hour over the regularization of outsourced employees.BJP MLA Deep Ram pointed out that he had raised this very question a year ago, but had not received a response. He demanded...

Chandigarh, March 18 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini rejected the opposition's claim on Wednesday that the rise of online shopping is adversely affecting small traders.He said there is no evidence of distress among small traders.Saini said, in fact, the expansion of digital payments...

Shimla, March 18 All Himachal government officials listed in the List of Officials with Doubtful Integrity (ODI) will be removed from sensitive positions, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told the House during the Question Hour on Wednesday.In response to a question from Satpal Singh...

New Delhi, March 18 The government has taken various measures to protect the interests of consumers, including action against coaching centers for misleading advertisements, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday.Responding to supplementary questions during Question Hour in the Lok...