In Rajya Sabha, BJP members and the lone Trinamool Congress member Dinesh Trivedi sought to raise the Nandigram issue as soon as the House met for the day.
The government will cut the central sales tax rate to 3 per cent from 4 per cent from April 1 through a notification, as announced by Finance Minister P Chidambaram in his Budget speech.
Both the Houses observed a two-minute silence in memory of the former prime minister
On the occasion of International Women's Day, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee suspended the Question Hour for some time to make a statement on the issue and allowed lady members to share their views.
Mahato, who represented Jamshedpur constituency in the Lok Sabha, was gunned down when he was attending a sports event in his constituency at Baguria in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee was on Tuesday awarded the gold medal of the Hellenic Parliament in Athens.
Speaker urges unambiguity in rule-making
Inducted into the government only a few months ago, he said he would announce his future plans on joining the ongoing Cauvery agitation in a day or two.
She has also resigned as chairperson of the NAC.
It was not clear whether the petition filed recently against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram.\n\n
RJD members reacted angrily to allegations against their leader, Lalu Prasad.
Targeting the Aam Admi Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday accused Arvind Kejriwal of becoming an expert of "dumping issues half-way" and running away from answering questions.
The Left and the NDA clashed over the latter's charges against the Speaker.
Chatterjee, who had hit upon the novel method to observe the day, was euphoric over the spontaneous response from members.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has been left out of the whip issued by CPI-M to its MPs to vote against the government in the trust vote on July 22.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict upholding the right of Parliament to expel members for misconduct.
Members of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday stalled proceedings in Lok Sabha over the issue of suicides by farmers across the country, forcing brief adjournment of the House.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force started landing in Gujarat with the help of the Indian Air Force to undertake preventive evacuation of people living on the west coast, an IAF official said.
The remark came as Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh, who was concentrating on his reply during the Question Hour, said, "I thought the applause was for mango exports."
On the Indo-Pak peace process, Chatterjee said, "It is driven by the people's urge for peace and normalcy. I am confident that it will succeed."
With Uttar Pradesh elections round the corner, the mood of the House was clearly reflected as members came prepared for the battle ahead. Shiv Sena members wore saffron scrafs in support of the Ayodhya cause.
As many as 21 members, against whom these 13 questions were listed, were absent during Question Hour when it is imperative for the government to reply.
Of the 137 candidates having criminal records, 78 candidates are facing serious cases such as murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and rape.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, concerned over the development, has already said that the issue could come up at the meeting of leaders convened by him on April 25 on the eve of the re-convening of the second phase of Budget session.
Though the idea did not find favour at an all-party meeting convened by Chatterjee last month, he has received kudos for his efforts to discipline MPs.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram said he bowed down to the Speaker's observation, and admitted that an ordinance in taxation matters should not be promulgated.
The Speaker ruled that these did not relate to the Union government, nor were they matters of recent occurence.
He announced adjournment of the House till April 26. Before the debate began, Chatterjee appealed to members to discuss the contentious water-sharing issue in a dispassionate and responsible manner.
Rao had quit the UPA ministry last month.
The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday rubbished the allegations of former diplomat and its founding member Madhu Bhaduri that she was heckled at Friday's National Council meeting for introducing a resolution condemning Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti's midnight raid.
Rao has called off his strike after a request from the Lok Sabha Speaker.
TRS members refused to co-operate and disrupted proceedings.
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Friday rejected notices of privilege against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on leakage of the Pathak Inquiry Authority report but said he expects government to investigate how this happened and take action.
As the din continued, the Speaker adjourned the House till noon. Similar scenes were witnessed in the House on Thursday leading to its adjournment for the day.
In a letter to Chatterjee, Vajpayee endorsed the NDA's plans not to attend Lok Sabha for a day as a mark of protest against the speaker.
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