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New Delhi, February 13 – The intense first leg of the Budget Session of Parliament, marked by heated exchanges between the opposition and the ruling benches over the India-US interim trade deal and the unpublished memoir of former Army Chief M M Naravane, concluded on Friday.Both the Lok Sabha...

Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw stated today that Aadhaar-based authentication, multi-layered cybersecurity, and anti-fraud measures have led to the deactivation of 3.03 crore suspicious User IDs in 2025. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Mr. Vaishnaw said this has ensured seamless...

New Delhi, February 13 Approximately 3.03 crore suspicious user IDs were deactivated in 2025 to prevent automated form filling by hacking tools and to curb fraud in online Tatkal ticketing, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.In a written response, Vaishnaw...

February 13, New Delhi – WAVES was organized in line with the government’s vision of making India a global hub for content creation under the “Create in India, Create for the World” initiative. The summit provided an integrated platform for Indian creators, producers, and startups to engage with...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid floral tributes to Sarojini Naidu on her birth anniversary in New Delhi today. In a social media post, Mr. Birla said that Sarojini Naidu's contribution to the golden chapters of nation-building is truly unique. The Speaker stated that the freedom fighter not only...

New Delhi, February 13 Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday, citing remarks made by Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan that studies have established that stubble burning contributes no more than 5 per cent to pollution in the Delhi-NCR region, criticized the environment ministry and...

New Delhi, February 13 Approximately 12,300 coaches, including all operational Vande Bharat and Amrit Bharat trains, and 460 locomotives, are equipped with CCTV cameras, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in a written statement in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.Congress MP Anil Kumar Yadav...

Kochi, February 13 Senior Kerala Congress (M) leader Roshy Augustine said on Friday that its chairman Jose K Mani would contest the upcoming Assembly elections, calling it a matter of confidence for the party.His remarks come amid growing demand within Kerala Congress (M) for Mani to enter the...

New Delhi, February 13 Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, raised the issue of portions of his speech being expunged during the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address on Friday, demanding their restoration.Speaking soon after the Zero Hour...

New Delhi, February 13 Leaders from various opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha have demanded that a discussion on the functioning of the Ministry of External Affairs, Rural Development, and Commerce be held during the ongoing Budget session, sources said on Friday.According to a source, the...

New Delhi, February 13 Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien pointed out on Friday that no minority groups were mentioned in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech, stating that the word "minority shareholders" was only used once during her 85-minute-long speech.Accusing the...

New Delhi, February 13 With the launch of the Crop Residue Management (CRM) Scheme, under which machines are provided to farmers at subsidized rates, instances of stubble burning have been steadily declining, especially in states like Punjab and Haryana, Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh...

February 13, New Delhi – The first phase of the Parliament's Budget session concluded today, with both houses – the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha – adjourning to reconvene on March 9.The Lok Sabha, or the lower house, observed a moment of silence in memory of former MP Bhagwan Dass Rathor, who...

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, stated that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, continuous efforts are being made to address every problem faced by farmers across the country.Responding to supplementary questions during Question...

New Delhi, February 13 Members of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha raised a variety of issues during Zero Hour on Friday, including voting rights for undertrials, inter-basin water transfer projects, high-speed rail connectivity in the Northeast, and gaps in healthcare infrastructure.Karnataka MP...

Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha have been adjourned for a break to reconvene on the 9th of next month. The first phase of the Budget Session began on the 28th of last month with President Droupadi Murmu's address to a joint session of both Houses.The Budget Session is being held in two...

New Delhi, February 13 The Rajya Sabha session was adjourned on Friday until March 9, as Parliament went into a three-week recess to allow standing committees to review the Budget proposals.The Upper House convened for Zero Hour at 11 am and was adjourned at 1 pm after the scheduled Question...

New Delhi, February 13 The tumultuous first leg of the Budget session, which saw heated exchanges over the India-US interim trade deal and the unpublished memoir of former army chief M M Naravane, concluded on Friday, and the House will now reassemble on March 9.The three-week recess period...

New Delhi, February 13 TMC Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Friday urged the government to introduce a legally binding minimum wage for workers across all sectors.Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the House, the TMC MP said that one in three young people are unemployed, and there is no...

New Delhi, February 13 DMK Rajya Sabha member Rajathi raised concerns about the declining water supply to the Ponnaiyar river in the Rajya Sabha on Friday and urged the government for immediate intervention to address the agrarian distress in the region.Raising the issue during Zero Hour in...