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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicLok Sabha

Topic: Lok Sabha

Nishikant-led House panel flags ‘regulatory gaps’ in online media & OTT, calls for more PIB fact-checks

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting acknowledges regulatory gap in dealing with online media & OTT platforms. Efforts are underway to develop broader measures, it states. 

622 sanitation workers died in sewers, septic tanks across India in 9 yrs; 52 families got 0 compensation

Govt tabled this data in Lok Sabha Tuesday. UP recorded the highest fatalities at 86, followed by Maharashtra at 82, Tamil Nadu at 77, Haryana (76), Gujarat (73) & Delhi (62).

Russian oil, Epstein & an Om Birla intervention: Rahul sets off fireworks in Lok Sabha

The LoP was stopped mid-speech by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who said he would not allow Rahul to proceed as he was going off topic, to which there was vehement protest from Oppn.

Back after no-confidence saga, Speaker Om Birla says no special privileges in LS, with a Vajpayee story

Birla addressed House a day after Opposition-sponsored resolution seeking his removal over charges of bias and partiality was defeated by voice vote.

China’s investment-heavy growth model is reaching its limits

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

PM ‘compromise’ & parliamentary history: Rahul & Ravi Shankar lock horns in fiery LS showdown

Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad tore into Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi after the latter claimed 'compromises have been made' by PM Modi.

Congress, TMC find common ground—motions to remove LS Speaker Om Birla, CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Impeachment motion against CEC Gyanesh Kumar is being drafted with TMC taking the lead. It will be taken up for voting & discussion during ongoing Budget session, it is learnt.

Tourist arrivals in Ladakh declined post Pahalgam attack. Modi govt data shows sharp drop

Figures were shared in response to question in Lok Sabha on whether government was aware of financial distress among tourism stakeholders in the Union Territory.

‘Making a mockery of me?’ AAP MP Sanjay Singh slams Lok Sabha group appointment amid travel ban

Singh had to surrender passport following bail in Delhi excise policy case. He was Monday named as head of parliamentary friendship group for Caribbean, formed by LS Speaker.

Ready smile & mild manner to ‘bowing before ruling party’—Om Birla’s evolution as Speaker

The extraordinary step by the Opposition to seek Birla’s removal has been a long time in the making—one bitter confrontation after another.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.