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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicWinter Session

Topic: Winter Session

India extended lines of credit ‘worth $32.02 billion’ for infra projects in Asian & African countries

Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan, told Parliament these funds have supported more than 600 projects in sectors such as infrastructure, power, connectivity and health.

3 more opposition MPs suspended from Lok LS for unruly behaviour, total number reaches to 100

Opposition MPs continued their protest against suspension of a large number of MPs from the House, and demanded a discussion on the Parliament security breach issue.

‘Modi Magic’ in Parliament & ‘accountability under drain’

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

143 & counting — Lok Sabha suspends 2 more Opposition MPs over Parliament security breach protests

MPs Thomas Chazhikadan & A.M. Ariff were suspended Wednesday. Oppn is demanding a statement in the House by Home Minister Amit Shah, while govt says detailed probe should suffice.

‘Parliament without Opposition’ Parliament & ‘donate for desh’ campaign

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

49 Lok Sabha MPs suspended for disrupting Parliament proceedings. Tally for both Houses now 141

The MPs suspended on Tuesday include National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tewari and Karti Chidambaram and Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav.

92 Oppn MPs suspended in 1 session for disrupting proceedings, a record in parliamentary history

While 33 MPs were suspended Monday in Lower House, 45 faced action in Upper House. In 1989, then govt barred 63 MPs for a week after ruckus over tabling of Thakkar Commission report.

Centre spent over Rs 416 crore of allocated Rs 990 crore on G20 summit, MEA informs Parliament

MoS for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan shares breakdown of expenses for hosting the summit in Delhi, including conferencing, venue charges, website creation and branding.

‘Quiet boy’ from Latur who ‘wanted to join Army’ — who is Parliament security breach accused Amol Shinde

Shinde's parents — 'poor landless labourers' — recall their son's 'sporting achievements', say he was 'dejected... wanted to serve the country' & attended military and police recruitment camps.

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...'.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.