Centre doesn’t work for cronies, Rahul Gandhi becoming ‘Doomsday Man’: Finance minister in Lok Sabha

Nirmala Sitharaman claimed that the Congress leader was constantly creating false narratives.

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· Feb 13, 2021 · 11:39 am

Parliament: BJP issues whip to all its Lok Sabha MPs for ‘important Legislative Business’ tomorrow

The Lok Sabha will go into recess till March 8 after convening at 10 am on Saturday.

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· Feb 12, 2021 · 09:26 am

Tough action against social media spreading fake news, fuelling violence: RS Prasad tells Parliament

The Union minister’s remarks came amid an intensifying row between the government and Twitter over the company’s principles of free speech.

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· Feb 11, 2021 · 12:16 pm

Parliament: Budget focussed only on poll-bound states, says Opposition in Lok Sabha

The Lower House witnessed an uproar as Rahul Gandhi criticised the new farm laws, and the prime minister’s speech.

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· Feb 11, 2021 · 09:08 am

Parliament: Lok Sabha proceedings extended till midnight for discussion on Budget

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address in the Lok Sabha, said ‘aandolanjeevis’ were undermining the pure intent of protesting farmers.

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· Feb 10, 2021 · 08:50 am

Amit Shah refutes claim he sat on Rabindranath Tagore’s chair in Santiniketan

The home minister instead shared photos of former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi sitting on the Nobel laureate’s sofa.

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· Feb 09, 2021 · 09:26 pm

Parliament: Centre will have to let go of its ego and repeal farm laws, says AIMIM chief

Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking why ‘he cannot shed tears for farmers’.

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· Feb 09, 2021 · 09:27 am

Parliament: Uproar in Lok Sabha after TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s remarks on former CJI

She lashed out at the Narendra Modi government for making ‘hate, pettiness and bigotry’ a part of its narrative, in what she called a ‘truly fascist fashion’.

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· Feb 09, 2021 · 09:10 am

Parliament: Lok Sabha session extended till midnight for MPs to participate in Motion of Thanks

Earlier in the day, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleged that the violence that took place on January 26 was a government conspiracy.

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· Feb 08, 2021 · 08:56 am

Budget Session: Both Houses adjourned early amid protest by Opposition on farm laws

Earlier in the day, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar asserted that there was nothing wrong in the new agriculture legislations.

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· Feb 05, 2021 · 09:37 am

Opposition tears into Centre’s handling of farmer protest, urges government to engage in dialogue

In the Rajya Sabha, AAP leader Sanjay Singh hit out at the Centre, saying farmers were being lathi-charged, called traitors, terrorists and Khalistanis.

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· Feb 04, 2021 · 09:39 pm

Budget Session: Lok Sabha adjourned for the day as Opposition continues to protest against farm laws

The Rajya Sabha was also adjourned for the day after similar protests from the Opposition.

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· Feb 04, 2021 · 09:43 am