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TopicOm Birla

Topic: Om Birla

Parliament Winter Session: Speaker Om Birla summons Opposition MPs after SIR protests & early adjournment

The Lok Sabha witnessed only 15 minutes of legislative business, as Opposition sloganeering and protests forced the House to be adjourned till noon during the Question Hour.

5 MPs write to LS Speaker seeking privilege motion against Air India over flight diversion row

Group also writes to civil aviation minister seeking a time-bound investigation, covering both technical & procedural aspects, & to ensure that the findings are made public in full.

Parliament Monsoon session: Both houses adjourned amid continued protests from Opposition

Lok Sabha has been adjourned till 2 pm & Rajya Sabha has been suspended till 12 noon amid protests by Opposition demanding a Suspension of Business under Rule 267.

As BJP targets Rahul over ‘parliamentary decorum’, INDIA bloc hits back, knocks on LS Speaker’s door

Move comes day after Speaker abruptly adjourned proceedings after reminding members, particularly LoP Rahul Gandhi, of need to uphold dignity of House, without pointing out a violation.

Om Birla Pays Floral Tribute to former LS speaker Rabi Ray on birth anniversary

Rabi Ray served as Lok Sabha Speaker from 1989 to 1991.

Waqf board JPC’s Oppn members seek time to submit report, say many stakeholders yet to give their views

AAP MP Sanjay Singh said Speaker Om Birla assured that the time limit for submitting the report would be extended.

Artisans ‘denied access’ to Parliament to see their own work get invite from Speaker Om Birla

This comes after politician & activist Jaya Jaitly wrote to Speaker. Over 300 artisans from across India contributed to the creation of Shilp Deergha gallery in new Parliament building. 

Middle class ‘stabbed’ in chakravyuh budget, Oppn is Shivji ki baraat, says Rahul in Lok Sabha

Leader of Opposition fends off hostile interjections during his entire speech, which was a mash-up of his usual themes.

Om Birla, Jagdeep Dhankhar are more vocal, visible. And up against an aggressive new Opposition

The conduct of both Speakers in Parliament last week is a vestige of the past decade. The Opposition’s pushback is evidence that politics ended on 4 June 2024.

Our take on US presidential debate, T20 World Cup, and Manipur crisis—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

On Camera

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.