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Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicNew Parliament building

Topic: New Parliament building

Parliament security breach was ‘part of larger conspiracy’, say police. Terror charge invoked

5 arrested booked under UAPA. Police sources say they were 'funded' by 'channel of an organisation' now under probe. Add that they meant to throw pamphlets which said: 'Our PM is missing...'.

Row over Parliament security lapse: After TMC’s Derek O’Brien, 13 more Opposition MPs suspended

While O'Brien was suspended from Rajya Sabha, 10 Congress MPs, 2 from CPI(M), 1 from DMK and 1 CPI MP were suspended from Lok Sabha for the remainder of the winter session.

Lok Sabha secretariat suspends 8 over Parliament security breach, Opposition demands discussion

In Rajya Sabha, TMC MP Derek O’Brien was suspended too for committing 'breach of privilege'. 5 have been arrested so far for security breach. Hunt on for a 6th accused.

‘Did recce months ago, realised footwear isn’t checked’ — how Parliament security breach was planned

Manoranjan, one of the accused, got a cavity made inside his shoe to conceal a smoke canister. That is how he was able to take it inside bypassing all security, say police officers.

Oscar win, World Cup, Uttarkashi rescue — 10 events that brought Indians together in 2023

2023 was a momentous year for India. The country took great strides in science, cinema, sports and diplomacy.

Year after sizing down MP Chambers project, govt ‘rethinks’ plans to build it near new Parliament

In January, CWPD invited pre-qualification bids for construction of new office spaces for MPs. Discussions going on about looking for alternate plots and other aspects, it is learnt.

The ‘long road to women empowerment’ & crumbling political alliances

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Issue that derailed women’s quota Bill in ’96 still stands—Indian feminism lacks diversity

Whether we liked Sharad Yadav’s ‘parkati mahila’ remark or not, it was an important moment of reckoning for the women’s movement in India.

Ganpati Bappa! & the ‘midnight stroke’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

MPs say bye to old Parliament, 96, with photocall; business shifts to new Parliament House of India

Both Houses of Parliament are sitting for a five-day special session from 18-22 September during which Modi has promised some ‘historic decisions’.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?