New Delhi, July 9 (ANI): Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has expressed her disappointment over the briefing given by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram on BJP leader Varun Gandhi’s security. Swaraj said she is not satisfied with Chidambaram’s briefing and rather disappointed. She refused to disclose details of her meeting as she said she would like to respect... 

New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): For modernization of police force in the States, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has proposed an additional amount of Rs. 430 crore over and above the provision in the Interim Budget. While presenting the Budget proposals for the year 2009-10 in Lok Sabha today, Mukherjee said that the Government has also sanctioned special risk/hardship allowances to the personnel of Para... 

New Delhi, July 6 (ANI): Presenting the General Budget 2009-10 in Lok Sabha today, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the Government has clearly recognized and identified the challenges to boost Indian economy specially at a time when the world is still struggling with an unprecedented financial crisis and an economic slowdown. Elaborating on challenges, the Minister pointed out that the... 

New Delhi, July 2 (ANI): The next session of Parliament will begin from today. The Economic Survey will be presented in the Lok Sabha today. The Railway Budget will be presented on July 3 and the General Budget on July 6. The Liberhan Commission report and Lalgarh violence are likely to dominate the proceedings. The session will continue till August 7. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan... 

New Delhi, June 9 (ANI): The first session of Parliament will conclude today after Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address.   President Pratibha Patil addressed the joint parliamentary session of both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on June 4. The House discussed and passed the motion of thanks to the President. The first session of 15th... 

New Delhi, June 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Karia Munda was unanimously elected as the new Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha by a voice vote on Monday. The Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) filed 13 sets of nomination papers on behalf of Munda on Friday. He was chosen by the BJP as the Deputy Speaker candidate after the UPA offered the post to the Opposition... 

New Delhi, June 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Karia Munda is all set to be the new Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha with the ruling and the opposition parties extending support to him. The Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) filed 13 sets of nomination papers on behalf of Munda on Friday.   He was chosen by the BJP as the Deputy Speaker candidate after the... 

New Delhi, June 4 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil will address the joint parliamentary session of both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha today. The President is also expected to unveil the government’s agenda for the year ahead in tune with the policies and programmes of the ruling party and its allies. After the President’s address, the House will discuss and pass the motion of thanks to... 

New Delhi, June 3 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Meira Kumar took oath as the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha today. Kumar hails from the Dalit community and is better known as the daughter of former Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram. Born in Patna in 1945, she is law graduate and holds a Masters in English literature. She joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1973 and served at the embassies... 

New Delhi, June 3 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Meira Kumar will be elected unanimously the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha today. Kumar is the consensus candidate of the ruling UPA and the opposition BJP.   She is the only candidate in the fray after nominations were filed on Tuesday. All the 14 sets of nomination papers are in her favour. The nominations had the signatures of leaders of all... 

New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday decided to nominate Kariya Munda for the post of Deputy Speaker in the Lok Sabha. Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitely disclosed this here. Kariya Munda, a tribal leader, has been a six-time Member of Parliament from Jharkhand. He was a Cabinet Minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance government at the centre.   Born... 

New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Meira Kumar filed her nomination for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker on Tuesday. Kumar was nominated for the post by the UPA Government on Monday. On the same day, she resigned as the Union Minister for Water Resources. If elected, Kumar will be the country’s first woman Speaker. Kumar hails from the Dalit community and is better known as the daughter... 

New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): Manikrao Gavit, senior most member of the Lok Sabha, was appointed as Pro-tem Speaker by President Pratibha Patil on Monday. Gavit was administered oath by the President in Rashtrapati Bhavan. Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Parliamentary Affairs Minister PK Bansal attended the ceremony. Nine-term parliamentarian, Gavit will undertake the duties... 

New Delhi, May 28 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil administered oath of office to 14 Cabinet ministers, seven Ministers of State (Mos) with Independent charge and 38 (MOS) on Thursday. The grand swearing-in ceremony, which started around 11:30 a.m., took place in the Ashoka Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Virbhadra Singh, Vilasrao Deshmukh, Farooq Abdullah, Dayanidhi Maran, A Raja, Mallikarjun Kharge,... 

“The people’s verdict tells us that above all else they crave honest and capable governance and decency in public life. We must not disappoint them,” Gandhi said. In his acceptance speech, Singh said the “impressive mandate” came with “the challenge of rising expectations”. “The youth of India, inspired by the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, have voted in...