Lok Sabha: News
30 Mar 2017
Arun JaitleyLok Sabha approves GST: Moves one step closer to implementation
The four GST Bills were approved in the Lok Sabha bringing GST one step closer to a roll out on July 1st. "We seem to be on time... (we are) reasonably optimistic about meeting the deadline", said Arun Jaitley.
29 Mar 2017
DiwaliGST Bills: Employee amenities, gifts made taxable
An examination of the recently introduced Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill reveal that the tax could be levied on certain perks provided by employers to employees, that fall outside Cost to Company (CTC).
28 Mar 2017
ParliamentParliament clears Mental Healthcare Bill which seeks to decriminalize suicide
The Parliament cleared Mental Healthcare Bill after Lok Sabha approved 134 amendments made by the Rajya Sabha in August 2016.
28 Mar 2017
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)Political drama in Bihar: MP Pappu Yadav arrested for nuisance
The Patna police arrested the Jan Adhikar Party-Loktantrik (JAP-L) patron and Madhepura MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav.
20 Mar 2017
Yogi AdityanathYogi Appointment: BJP Planning ahead to 2019?
Yogi Adityanath's appointment as CM of UP has been met with anxiety and uncertainty by media and civil society. A Hindutva hardliner, the Yogi's appointment was termed "surprising" by many.
18 Mar 2017
Uttar Pradesh#SuperSaturday: BJP to announce UP CM amid speculations
Speculations have intensified that Union Minister Manoj Sinha is Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah's choice to be Uttar Pradesh's next Chief Minister.
18 Mar 2017
Jitendra SinghAny plans to brew beer on the moon, asks MP
During Lok Sabha's Question Hour, Sisir Kumar Adhikari, a TMC MP, posed a rather peculiar question seeking to know if "an Indian spacecraft is planning to brew beer on the moon?"
16 Mar 2017
Bahujan Samaj PartyHow well did BJP fare among Muslim voters in UP?
There has been plenty of disagreement in the media regarding BJP's success, or the lack thereof, among Muslim voters in UP elections.
14 Mar 2017
Delhi PoliceDelhi-Chicago Air India flight had no functioning lavatories
According to reports, an Air India flight from Delhi that took off for Chicago had only 8 out of 12 toilets functioning.
24 Feb 2017
Indrani MukerjeaRs. 19L raised for expenses of Eman, world's heaviest woman
The family of Eman Ahmed, the world's heaviest woman currently in Mumbai for surgery, has managed to raise Rs. 19L from 169 well-wishers to cover her expenses.
15 Feb 2017
Bangladesh Premier LeagueBill in Lok Sabha to clamp down on ostentatious weddings
A bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha by Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan that seeks to end the practice of opulent and extravagant weddings.
07 Feb 2017
Narendra ModiLok Sabha listens to PM Modi in rapt attention
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the members of Lok Sabha earlier today.
03 Feb 2017
Kapil SibalNotes Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
To give legal permanence to the ordinance that led to nation-wide demonetization of high value bank notes, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduced the Notes Bill in the Lok Sabha today.
01 Feb 2017
Narendra ModiIndia's budget and the rituals that kick it off
The Narendra Modi government is set to present this year's budget on February 1, 2017.
31 Jan 2017
Uddhav ThackerayOne dies after falling off crowded Mumbai local
Two men fell off an overcrowded Virar-Borivali local near Vasai. Irfan Shaikh died while Vikas Prajapati was grievously injured.
31 Dec 2016
Navi MumbaiCity of Dreams all set to welcome 2017
Mumbai has all its plans chalked out to welcome 2017.
06 Dec 2016
Mysore"Iron Woman" Jayalalithaa: From a Cine Superstar to Political Queen
Jayalalithaa's political graph was an improbable one; she proved what a woman is capable of doing in a patriarchal society.
02 Dec 2016
IndiaTax laws amended in light of black-money crackdown
On November 30, 2016, the Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill 2016 was passed in the Lok Sabha to amend the Income Tax Act 1961.
27 Nov 2016
Ministry of Health and Family WelfareGovernment will soon roll-out injectable contraceptives
The government has announced that 'injectable contraceptives' will soon be available for free under the family planning programme.
25 Nov 2016
Arunachal PradeshCrores of 'missing' demonetized currency resurfaces
Demonetized currency of Rs.3.5 crore had 'vanished' from Dimapur airport on Tuesday after having arrived there in a chartered aircraft from Hissar, Haryana.
26 Oct 2016
KarnatakaFormer Karnataka CM acquitted in bribery case
Senior BJP leader from Karnataka, BS Yeddyurappa (BSY) was today acquitted by a CBI court in Bangalore, Karnataka.
09 Aug 2016
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)Theft in TMC's office in Parliament
A sum of Rs.30,000 was reported missing from the Trinamool Congress office in the Parliament Complex.
07 Aug 2016
JammuJavedkar inaugurates IIT Jammu
Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar unveiled the transit campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Jammu.
01 Aug 2016
Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)Government to move an amendment bill to strengthen debt recovery
In a bid to strengthen debt recovery laws, Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill, 2016 has been cleared in Lok Sabha through a voice vote.
25 Feb 2016
Narendra ModiPM Modi tweets out Smriti Irani's speech
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted the link to Union minister Smriti Irani's speech in the Lok Sabha where she took on the opposition over Rohith Vemula's suicide and the JNU row.
