Two Indian-origin MPs in New Zealand have introduced members’ bills to tackle important social issues. While the bill presented by Priyanca Radhakrishnan was aimed at criminalising virginity testing and hymenoplasty, the one by Parmjeet Parmar sought a balance between alcohol licensing and community well-being. Radhakrishnan is an MP from the Opposition Labour Party. She became…
KOLKATA: Caught off guard by the violence during anti-waqf Act protests in Murshidabad – a TMC stronghold – and facing criticism on social media, party MPs and MLAs from the area blamed ‘outsiders’ and’police’ for the bloodshed.Jangipur MP Khalilur Rahaman alleged that the attackers were mainly outsiders. “They might have come from neighbouring Malda and…
Screengrab from the video shared by A NEW DELHI: BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya on Tuesday shared video of alleged confrontation between two Trinamool Congress MPs engaged in a heated exchange at the Election Commission headquarters on April 4.The incident reportedly took place on April 4, at the Election Commission headquarters, where TMC MPs…
NEW DELHI: BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya on Tuesday flagged an alleged public altercation between Trinamool Congress MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad – a former cricketer – at the Election Commission headquarters on April 4. He also claimed that tensions also spilled over onto a party WhatsApp group, with a cryptic reference to…
Israel has detained two British Members of Parliament and barred them from entering the country as part of a parliamentary delegation, according to a statement from British Foreign Minister David Lammy late on Saturday. The detained MPs are Labour Party members Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed, Sky News reported citing Israel’s immigration ministry. They were…
AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi Marlena (PTI file photo) The Aam Admi Party on Wednesday issued whip to its members in Rajya Sabha ahead of the discussion on Waqf Amendment Bill. The three line whip directs the Aam Aam Party MPs in Rajya Sabha to remain present in Parliament from 2nd April to 4th…
HYDERABAD: BJP MPs from Telangana on Tuesday appealed to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to intervene and protect 400 acres of land in Kancha Gachibowli, located near the Hyderabad Central University campus. The MPs emphasized the need to preserve the land for educational and developmental purposes.A delegation of MPs led by Union Minister for Mines…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha on Friday witnessed a fiery showdown between the opposition leaders and the treasury bench over the remarks made by Samajwadi Party MP Ramji Lal Suman on medieval Rajput ruler Rana Sanga.The SP MP sparked outrage by labelling Rana Sanga a “traitor” for allegedly inviting Babur to India to defeat Ibrahim Lodi….
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over “disturbing trends” that are “undermining” the sanctity of Parliament and the “practice of fairness”, a joint opposition Thursday complained to Speaker Om Birla that leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi was being repeatedly denied the opportunity to speak in contravention of parliamentary norms, and microphones of opposition members were being switched…
Union minister of Parliamentary affairs Kiren Rijiju. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The govt on Monday notified a 24% increase in salaries of members of Parliament (MPs), with effect from April 1, 2023, on the basis of the cost inflation index, taking their monthly remuneration to Rs 1.24 lakh from Rs 1 lakh earlier.In a notification,…