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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
TopicParliament special session

Topic: Parliament special session

‘Shows sick mentality’ — Urdu press slams BJP MP Bidhuri for hurling communal slurs in Parliament

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

‘No science without sanskar’ — Rajnath slams Oppn’s ‘pseudoscience’ jibe in Chandrayaan-3 discussion

Anyone saying culture & science can’t go together understands neither, he says during a debate. Opposition, however, says Chandrayaan-3’s success ‘doesn’t belong to one individual’.

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

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

‘Space programme not about muscular nationalism’ — Oppn MPs slam BJP in Chandrayaan-3 discussion

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh says India’s space programme didn't start in 2014 when BJP came to power. Opposition leaders supported his speech, said other PMs have contributed too.

Support women’s reservation bill but want OBC sub-quota, says Sonia Gandhi, demands quick rollout

As Congress's lead speaker, Sonia Gandhi has asked the bill not be linked to completion of population census & delimitation process, adding that further delay will be 'grave injustice'.

Women’s reservation in pipeline for 27 yrs, all about new bill & how it compares to 2010 version

The 2023 bill, called ‘Nari Shakti Vandan’, will remain in force for 15 years and is very similar to the 2010 UPA-era bill in its provisions.

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’.

‘One nation, one election’ speculations & ‘where’s the media ban’

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

‘Built by foreign rulers, but with hard work, money of Indians:’ Modi on last day at old Parliament House

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced at the five-day special session that proceedings would shift to the new building from 19 September.

‘It will be short but of historic developments,’ says Modi about Parliament’s special session

The rare, five-day sitting will discuss the Parliament’s 75-year journey – starting from the Constituent Assembly – and other legislative businesses.

On Camera

Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.