JPC report on Waqf bill tabled in Rajya Sabha amid uproar

The Rajya Sabha was adjourned briefly on Thursday amid uproar by opposition parties after tabling of the joint committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. Photograph: Sansad TV The......

Will empower Muslim women: Govt tables Waqf Bill in Rajya Sabha

Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday rejected the opposition's allegations that the rights of Muslims were being snatched away. Photograph: Sansad TV/ANI Photo While......

Rajya Sabha takes up Reservation Bill

Rajya Sabha on Thursday took up for consideration the 104th Constitutional Amendment Bill 2005, which seeks to provide reservation to students from socially and educationally backward classes to......

Rajya Sabha Chairman rejects privilege notice against Amit Shah

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday rejected a privilege notice against Union Home Minister Amit Shah after the minister cited a 1948 government press release to authenticate his......

Rajya Sabha passes Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill

The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday gave its green light to the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill 2023. Photograph: Sansad TV/ANI Photo This Bill introduces significant amendments to the......

5 changes Rajya Sabha wanted in Aadhaar Bill

The Congress and the Left parties might move court to challenge LS speaker's ruling on Aadhaar as money Bill. Image: It is rare in the history of Parliament for the Upper House to have......

Lok Sabha passes Finance Bill 2025 with 35 amendments

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Finance Bill 2025, along with 35 government amendments, including one that abolishes a 6 per cent digital tax on online advertisements. Photograph: ANI Photo......

Rajya Sabha passes SBI Bill amid din

Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a Bill which seeks to transfer powers to the Central Government from the Reserve Bank of India with regard to SBI subsidiary State Bank of Hyderabad with an amendment......

Parliament passes National Sports Bill after extensive discussion

IMAGE: India's medal winners at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Photograph: Indian Olympic Association/Instagram The National Sports Governance Bill was on Tuesday passed by the Parliament with......

'Longstanding demand met,' Patel on Sports Bill

'It will help India as a major sporting nation': Praful Patel on the Sports Bill IMAGE: Praful Patel emphasised that one of the most important features of the bill is the establishment of a......

Visionary & long overdue: PT Usha hails sports bill

'Let me take you back to 1984, I was just 20 when I missed an Olympic medal in Los Angeles. That day my heart broke... there was no comprehensive sports law to support the dreams that we carried in......

National Sports Governance Bill becomes an Act

IMAGE: India's medal winners at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Photograph: Indian Olympic Association/Instagram The National Sports Governance Bill has become an Act after President Droupadi Murmu......

New Sports Bill: Many Positives, Some Concerns!

'India is a big country, so restricting the Executive Committee to 15 members will be tough to follow.' IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has been posted for representational purposes only.......