Agartala, March 18 (IANS) Former Minister and senior BJP legislator Ram Pada Jamatia was on Wednesday elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Tripura Assembly. After the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies — Tipra Motha Party (TMP) and Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) — proposed his name on March 12, Jamatia filed his nomination for the Speaker’s post.The election for the new Speaker became necessary following the demise of the sitting Speaker, Biswa Bandhu Sen, on D…
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New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Lok Sabha took up voting on the Demands for Grants for the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare for the financial year 2026-27 on Wednesday.The Ministry has been allocated Rs 1,40,529 crore in the Union Budget, reflecting a 5.4 per cent increase over the revised estimates of 2025-26.Nearly 93 per cent of this allocation is directed to the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, which oversees farmer-centric schemes, subsidies, crop insurance, and welfare …
Agartala, March 12 (IANS) The ruling BJP legislature party on Thursday night proposed the party’s veteran tribal MLA Ram Pada Jamatia as the Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly. A BJP leader said that the legislature party, during a meeting here, decided to propose Jamatia as the next Speaker of the Assembly. Chief Minister Manik Saha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ratan Lal Nath, state BJP President Rajib Bhattacharjee, incumbent Deputy Speaker Ram Prasad Paul, the party’s central …
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) A wave of panic swept through the Maharashtra Vidhan Bhavan (Legislative Assembly) in Mumbai early this morning after an anonymous individual sent a bomb threat via email to the official office account. The threat has triggered a massive security operation, bringing proceedings to a temporary standstill during the critical Budget Session. Following the receipt of the threatening email, Mumbai Police and security agencies acted swiftly to secure the premises.According to t…
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Amid a search operation launched after a bomb threat received in an email at the Vidhan Bhavan during the ongoing budget session, the Maharashtra Legislative Council Chairman Ram Shinde on Thursday said the threat extended beyond the Vidhan Bhavan. According to Chairman Ram Shinde, an email was sent to the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) at 6.57 a.m. “Given that the Budget Session is currently underway, the email specifically threatened attacks using bombs …
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, replying to the debate on Tuesday, questioned the morality of Opposition in bringing a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker and took potshots at the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over latter’s antics in the House, while referring to his past instances of hugging the Prime Minister and winking at MPs, inside the Parliament.Rijiju pointed out that during the first session of the Budget Session, the Congress lea…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) As Parliament reconvened for the second phase of the Budget Session, Congress MPs intensified their criticism of Om Birla, backing the Opposition’s no-confidence motion against the Speaker.Congress MP Mallu Ravi said the motion has been brought because Opposition members were repeatedly prevented from speaking during proceedings.“Today we are bringing resolution to remove the speaker because he is not allowing the Leader of Opposition to speak. Not only the Leader o…
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) The Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group meeting discussed national and international issues and decided to raise foreign policy, unemployment and economic issues prominently during the second part of the Budget Session of Parliament starting on Monday, a party MP said.In light of the conflict in the Gulf, the Congress has decided to raise issues related to its implications, the fall in the rupee and our foreign policy deviation, said Congress MP from Rajya Sabha Syed …
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday issued a three-line whip to its Lok Sabha MPs, instructing them to remain present in the House next week, when the second phase of the Budget Session commences.The directive stated that “very important legislative business” will be taken up in the House on March 9-10, and it thus necessitates their presence.The instructions to all the BJP members in Lok Sabha come amid likely discussion on the motion in the House, seeking t…
Bengaluru, March 2 (IANS) Karnataka BJP on Monday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress government, alleging internal surveillance, financial mismanagement, and failure to fulfil election promises. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, R. Ashoka, alleged that Siddaramaiah had formed an “unauthorised team” headed by an officer of the rank of a Superintendent of Police (SP) to monitor the activiti…