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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Jalebi or not, why MPs, including Gautam Gambhir, don’t have it easy

People had voted to elect Modi, and MPs were just a medium.

Shashi Tharoor: Next Parliament session will again see Modi govt propose, opposition oppose

Most MPs only study the bills they speak on; the rest vote as per what their party whips demand. This is nothing but a travesty of the parliamentary process.

MPs will now get tutorials on laws by experts before they vote on them

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has decided to involve domain experts to explain the provisions of proposed legislations to Members of Parliament before they vote on them

Fridays in Parliament are graveyard of ideas even under Modi govt

In Modi’s first Lok Sabha term, about 900 private member bills were introduced in Parliament but not even 2 per cent of these bills were discussed.

Not just Modi’s museum for PMs, Indian MPs need archives and oral histories too

Beyond leaders’ speeches, there’s not much of parliamentary history. For instance, what was the mood in Lok Sabha when Vajpayee lost confidence motion by one vote?

PM Modi & Amit Shah to brief BJP MPs in 2-day training programme in August

The party communicated to all its MPs to ensure that they attend the Abhyas Varga starting August 3.

Modi government is making laws, not the lawmakers in Parliament

The message is clear: A government with such a brute majority can’t make mistakes.

How to master oratory? Learn from the Communists, Congress tells first-time MPs

At session held for first-time MPs to train them in ways to be effective parliamentarians, Congress cites Hiren Mukherjee, Mohan Kumaramangalam

400 new flats to be built for MPs in Lutyens’ Delhi using construction waste

Old flats built nearly 60 years ago will be demolished and replaced by new ones in North Avenue and South Avenue.

36 flats with modular kitchens, lift & view of Rashtrapati Bhawan to be allotted to new MPs

The Central Public Works Department have constructed the 4-bedroom flats that also have an office area.

On Camera

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

The engines are meant for Tejas Mk 2 and the first tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.