The Budget Session of Parliament may be running out of time to pass crucial bills, such as the one on food security, but that has not stopped the Opposition from continuing its attack on the government, disrupting House proceedings.
BJP's top leaders are meeting at the Annexe building of Parliament House to discuss their strategy for cornering the government in Lok Sabha, during the ongoing budget session. The discussion will primarily focus on the fresh revelations on the coal scam and R...
It looks as if the Opposition is ready to take on every move of the government. The Parliament has witnessed huge uproar after the government decided to move the Food Security Bill despite raging protests. The government appears to be keen to pass the bill as ...
The Opposition is gearing up to corner the UPA government in the Parliament. It should be interesting to find out what the Congress' strategy would be to counter the Opposition's unrelenting attack.
The Opposition, which has been relentlessly attacking the government in Parliament over coal block allocation scam, 2G scam, Sarabjit Singh issue and China's incursion, is likely to continue cornering the government in the days ahead. The Budget Session, thus,...
After five days of all ruckus and no work, the Parliament will finally get down to work tomorrow morning, when the key Finance Bill will be passed in Lok Sabha. The Opposition has agreed to take up the Finance Bill in the Lok Sabha tomorrow.
The meeting at the Speaker's chamber has ended. The deadlock has broken to let the financial Bills to be passed tomorrow. The BJP has agreed to let the Railway Budget, the Finance Bill and the demand for grants to be passed tomorrow.
The second half of the Budget session has been tumultuous. For the last five days, the Opposition has been up-in-arms against the coal scam report, demanding that the Law Minister Ashwani Kumar be removed for tampering with the CBI investigation.
Following protests by the Opposition on the coal scam and 2G spectrum scam, the Houses of the Parliament had to be adjourned again today. While the Lok Sabha began with a prayer to the Bangladesh building collapse victims, peace quickly deteriorated as the BJP...
And yet again, the Opposition cooked up a storm in Rajya Sabha over the coal block allocation report, ignoring Vice-President Hamid Ansari's attempts to conduct a peaceful session.
BJP is all set to take on the government in both Houses of the Parliament. BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Murli Manohar Joshi said that they would protest in the well of the House. BJP has accused the UPA government of tampering with the 2G report as well as th...
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath calls for cooperation from the Opposition in the Budget session that reconvened today. He says that asking for the law minister's resignation is not a valid demand as the CBI has said that they were not pressurized. He...
The second half of the Budget session starts on a stormy note as the debate on the 2G spectrum allocation scam report turns noisy. The House was adjourned till Tuesday.
Vice President Hamid Ansari calls an all-party meet ahead of the second half of the Budget session. Pointing out that several mikes and chairs were broken during the Budget session, Ansari said that unruly behaviour will not be pardoned and that MPs who misbeh...
The second half of the Budget session begins today at the Indian Parliament. This session is expected to be stormy as issues such as 2G spectrum probe, coalgate scam, and violence against women will be discussed.
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It is not just the railway tickets that are set to cost more, keeping in mind, Finance Minister, Chidambaram's budget, eating out at an AC restaurant or buying a smart phone above Rs 2000 will become more expensive. Along with smart phones, buying a luxury car...
Following the announcement made by the Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal at the 2013 Railway Budget, travelling by trains is all set to become costlier. The fare hikes as well as the increase in reservation and cancellation tariffs will come into practice fr...
The revised pension age, which was announced in the Budget, comes into effect from today. According to this revised pension scheme, the retirement age of those who enter into government jobs will be 60. The proposed contributory pension scheme too comes into e...
The railway fare hike, which includes reservation charges, superfast and cancelation or tatkal, announced in the Union Rail Budget, comes into effect from today. Hike in freight charges too comes into effect from today.
The new financial year has brought nothing to cheer as the train fares and many other facilities are all set to increase. Reservation and cancellation of railway tickets is set to be costlier. Along with railways, eating out in an AC restaurant or buying a sma...
Hike in reservation fee and superfast charges, which were announced in the Union Rail Budget, have come into effect from today. The hiked freight tariff too have come into effect. These hikes are expected to offer greater profits to railways.
Sol Pudhidu | The Tamil Nadu State Budget was recently tabled by Finance Minister O Pannerselvam. How will this affect the common man? Will this increase the cost of living this year? Economist Ramasubramanian explains.
On the last day of the Budget session of Andhra Pradesh Assembly, the chief minister gave assurance that the poor won't be unnecessarily burdened by the proposed hike in power tariff. After the vote on account budget was passed, and amidst protests by the TDP,...
Amidst sloganeering and general ruckus, Speaker Meira Kumar adjourns Lok Sabha till April 22. External affairs minister Salman Khurshid's statement about Italian marines' return was also not made due to the ruckus.
Question Hour in Kerala Assembly | Opposition leaders question the steps taken by the state government to help farmers who have been part of several drought packages, as well as agricultural budgets, but haven't really reaped any real benefits from these gover...
DMDK chief Vijayakanth slams the Tamil Nadu Budget for not doing anything for the common man. He accused the Finance Minister O Pannerselvam and the AIADMK government for not giving any financial compensation for drought-ridden farmers.
Finance Minister O Pannerselvam announces the state Budget for Tamil Nadu. This Budget is being hailed as a tax-free Budget, as no taxes have been introduced. The existing tax rates are not not being hiked. Close to Rs 2000 crore has been allocated for develop...
TDP today forced a adjournment of the Assembly after its members reached the Speaker's podium and refused to budge until several issues were discussed. At the core was the privilege issue over naming of the agriculture policy as agriculture budget. The TDP say...
Tamil Nadu Finance Minister O Paneerselvam will today present the state's Budget 2013-14. The Budget session is expected to reconvene on March 25. The session is expected to be very stormy as the Sri Lankan war crimes issue will loom large over the proceedings...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy has announced that a citizen's charter for services offered through Mee Seva would be brought forth through an ordinance and that 170 more services would be added to the existing list.
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit will present the Delhi budget today. This will be her last budget before the general elections in 2014. Congress leader Dr Narendra Nath said that the budget will bring a smile to the citizens of the capital. But BJP leader ...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy held a meeting with his ministers to discuss the issue of privilege notice tabled by Loksatta chief Jayaprakash Narayana in the Assembly. The issue related to the presentation of a separate Agriculture budget.
The meet of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and District Congress Committee (DCC) will decide on the ouster of PC George as the chief whip in the wake of a letter submitted by JSS, demanding the same. Another major issue that will be debated in the me...
Officials of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and District Congress Committee (DCC) are set to meet today to discuss various issues like the political situation in the state, preparations for 'Kerala Yatra', PC George controversy and the recently prese...
Loksatta chief Jayaprakash Narayan says the separate Agriculture budget or policy statement made by Agriculture minister Kanna Lakshminarayana is misleading and called it a issue of privilege of the house.
TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu says the Agriculture budget presented today in the Assembly is a sham on the part of the state government. Naidu says the state budget showed that the state had fallen behind in economic growth.
Finance minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy has made separate allocations for development of Telugu in his budget presented today. He also made special mention of allocation for housing.
The state budge was presented by Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy in the Assembly today. Debating the budget in the studio are Tusli Reddy from Congress, E Peddi Reddy from the TDP and Raghunandan from the TRS. This is the second part of the debate. AP ...
The state budge was presented by Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy in the Assembly today. Debating the budget in the studio are Tusli Reddy from Congress, E Peddi Reddy from the TDP and Raghunandan from the TRS.
This is the second part of Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana's speech as he presents the agriculture policy statement, a part of the annual state budget for 2013-2014.
Agriculture Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana stands up to present the agriculture policy statement, a part of the annual state budget for 2013-2014. The minister at the start clarified that this was a agriculture policy statement and not an agriculture budget th...
This is the second part of the Budget speech of Finance Minister Anam Ramnarayana Reddy. His statement on power situation was interrupted by the Opposition which said that the government had failed to resolve the shortage.
The meeting called to iron out the differences over the anti-rape bill ends on an inconclusive note. The parties continue to remain upset with certain provisions in the bill. BJP and SP have opposed the bill saying that women can misuse the provisions. Along w...
The meeting called by Congress to discuss the opposition against the anti-rape bill proves to be inconclusive and a second round of discussion has been scheduled for 12.30 PM. The BJP and SP have opposed the bill saying that women can misuse the provisions. Al...
In this episode of Encounter with Murli Krishna, TDP leader Payyavula Keshav is first asked about the TDP staying away from the no-confidence motion that was tabled in the Assembly last Friday. Keshav clarifies why his party stayed away, which allowed the Cong...
Question Hour is underway in the Kerala Assembly. Various ministers answer to questions posed by Opposition MLAs on different issues regarding governance, recently presented Budget and the projects undertaken by the government.
As the Assembly convenes to discuss and debate the Budget that has been presented, there are indications that the Assembly is likely to witness dramatic scenes over the controversial statement by chief whip PC George. Speaker has assured that disciplinary acti...
The government will call a meeting to discuss the reservations about the anti-rape bill. Opposition parties like BJP, SP and Trinamool Congress have expressed their reservations about certain provisions in the bill. The main bone of contention is lowering of t...
Andhra Pradesh will become one of the first states where the Agriculture Minister will present an agriculture budget, separate from the general budget being presented by the Finance Minister. Today, Anam Ramnarayana Reddy will present the state budget that wil...
During the debate on the no confidence motion tabled by the TRS and YSR Congress, Harish Rao listed out failures of the government. Congress MLA Kanna Babu lavished full praise on party leader K Chiranjeevi.
The Kerala chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has welcomed the budget presented by Finance Minister, stating that it has touched almost all sections of society. However, they also opined the budget failed to present any concrete plan for gro...
Finance Minister KM Mani allocated Rs 100 crore, besides the Rs 186 crore budgetary allocation, as special assistance to the KSRTC which had been facing a severe crisis following the hike in diesel prices. Leader of Opposition, VS Achuthanandan says that the a...
The Kerala Budget for 2013-14, presented to the Assembly by Finance Minister KM Mani gave priority to agriculture, infrastructure and alternative energy sources. The Minister also proposed a chain of fair price restaurants named Trupthi in all 63 taluk headqua...
Presenting the budget for 2013-14 in the state assembly, Finance Minister KM Mani said the interest on loans taken by small scale farmers would be entirely written off and a scheme would be introduced to provide interest-free loans to them through co-operartiv...
Finance Minister KM Mani announced in the state budget that those who enter government service from April 1, 2013, will retire at the age of 60. He also underscored that the government will not hike the pension age of serving employees. The Kerala Budget for ...
TDP's Mothkupalli Narasimhulu launches a spirited attack on YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's party and the companies and wealth that Jagan had managed to accumulate in span of less than a decade. He also attacked the state government over the woeful power situation in t...
During the debate on no confidence motion, the Assembly witnessed a curious phenomenon: TDP versus YSR Congress, TDP versus Congress, YSR Congress versus TDP and Congress, and TRS versus Congress and TDP. TDP's Mothkupalli Narasimhulu attacked the YSR Congress...
During the debate on the no confidence motion in the Assembly today, YS Vijayamma is left defending her husband YS Rajasekhara Reddy and son Jagan Mohan Reddy. The YSR Congress had tabled a no confidence motion against the Congress government. Earlier TDP's Mu...
YSR Congress MLA Shobha Nagi Reddy speaks in reply to Labour Danam Nagender's statement. Her statement was interrupted by the TDP MLAs, and Deputy Speaker Batti Vikramarka had to bring peace before Shobha got to resume her speech. Labour minister Danam Nagende...
It is one of the most heated debates in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The debate over the no confidence motion and the speeches made by the leaders of the TRS and YSR Congress and their replies from the TDP and the Congress party frequently veer to personal att...
Kerala finance minister KM Mani presents the budget for fiscal year 2013, with an eye on the elections. The Congress-led UDF government's budget is mostly people-friendly as the budget increases the social pensions, raises the retirement age and offers several...
TDP's Payyavula Keshav and Mothkupalli Narasimhulu launch a spirited defence of their party chief Chandrababu Naidu. Motkupalli Narasimhulu quotes the Bible in the Assembly during the debate today on the no-confidence motion. Mothkupalli quotes the Bible to sa...
Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and TRS MLA Harish Rao had an heated argument over the relative lack of development in the Telangana region. Earlier the CM had shouted back at Harish Rao after he accused the CM of neglecting the region. In his retort Harish R...
An unusually angry Kiran Kumar Reddy stopped short of thumping his thighs like actor Balaiah does in his movies. The CM got hot under the collar when he was accused by Etela Rajender of neglecting the Telangana region. He was answering to the diatribes against...
YSR Congress honorary president YS Vijayamma reads out from a prepared statement during the debate on the no-confidence motion. Her speech is followed by that of Labour Minister Danam Nagender who says it is unfortunate that the YSR Congress is supporting the ...
Civil Supplies Minister D Sudhir Babu presents the government measures on providing agricultural subsidies and inputs to farmers. He was talking during the debate on the no-confidence motion that was tabled today in the Assembly by the TRS. TRS MLA Harish Rao ...
An unusually angry Kiran Kumar Reddy stopped short of thumping his thighs like actor Balaiah does in his movies. The CM got hot under the collar when he was accused by Etela Rajender of neglecting the Telangana region. He was answering to the diatribes made by...
A very combative and unusually aggressive Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy replies to TRS MLA Harish Rao's diatribe against top political posts in the state being occupied by leaders from the non-Telangana region. CM says it was the Congress that made a person...
This is the start of the proceedings during the tabling of the no-confidence motion by the TRS against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government. TRS leader Etela Rajender tables the motion that is followed by a head count. The MLAs of CPI, CPM, BJP, YSR Congress and t...
Kerala finance minister KM Mani presents the state budget for fiscal year 2013-14. In this segment, Mani announces the budget allocation to boost cashew production in the state. He also allocates funds to use plastic in road-tarring, to reduce the plastic litt...
Kerala finance minister KM Mani presents the state budget for fiscal year 2013-14. In this segment he talks about the budget allocation for agriculture, welfare schemes, research and other grants provided by the state government. Also featuring state pension a...
Kerala finance minister KM Mani presents the state budget for fiscal year 2013-14 amidst strong protests from the Opposition. The state Assembly budget session began today with Opposition leader VS Achuthanandan making his displeasure known about chief governm...
The real face of the TRS and the YSR Congress has been revealed in their efforts to table a no-confidence motion, says TDP leader Revanth Reddy. He said the motion moved by the TRS had no mention at all of the Telangana issue.
TDP's Lingareddy and TRS' KT Rama Rao explain their respective stands on the no-confidence motion. The TDP is the chief Opposition party in the Assembly. The TRS attacks the TDP for acting in support of the ruling Congress. Srinivas Reddy of the BJP attacks th...
The Telugu Desam Party defends its stand on abstaining from supporting the motion of no-confidence, in the Assembly, against the Congress government. Bojjala and Devineni clarify why the TDP plans to abstain during today's motion.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi party, which moved a no-confidence motion against Kiran Kumar Reddy government in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, has asked all Opposition parties to unite and support the motion. TRS MLA KT Rama Rao also blasted the Telugu Desam Par...
On the third day of the Budget session of the AP Assembly, Speaker Nadendla Manohar announces the tabling of two no-confidence motions, one from the TRS and another from the YSR Congress.
Kerala has registered an economic growth rate of 9.5 per cent during 2011-12, the highest among all southern states and way above the national average of 6.5 per cent for the period, according to the Economic Review, 2012, brought out by the state Planning Boa...
KSRTC says it is expecting that KM Mani's budget presentation will have something solid to solve its crisis. The budget is expected to come up with plans to introduce new projects in the budget. Deregulating diesel price by the Central government has put KSRTC...
The eighth session of the 13th Kerala Assembly will commence on Friday, in which Finance Minister KM Mani will present annual budget of the state for 2013-14. The budget, which is also a record of sorts for him, as it will be Mani’s 11th budget for the state...
Kerala Finance Minister KM Mani is all set to present the Budget for the state on March 15. There are indications that the Finance Minister will present a budget that is farmer-friendly and women-friendly.
Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Assembly today received two notices to table a no-confidence motion against Kiran Kumar Reddy-led government. One was from the TRS and the other from YSR Congress. The Congress, however, is confident of its numbers, but is tense about...
In a frank chat with the media, on the sidelines of the second day of the Budget session, Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy says that he is not unduly worried about the no-confidence motion being tabled by the TRS and the YSR Congress. The CM also hinted at a r...
TRS MLA KT Rama Rao explains the injustice to the Telangana region and the state from the Centre in the recent Railway and Union Budgets. He also said the CM failed to obtain the requisite amount of funds for cyclone affected areas of the state.
The TDP has asked its MLAs to remain neutral during the no confidence motion in the Assembly. The TRS has issued notice of no confidence motion against the Kiran Kumar Reddy government that could come up for discussion in the Assembly tomorrow.
Congress has pointed out that the TRS in its no confidence motion did not mention a word on Telangana in the notice given to the Speaker. The Congress government may face a no confidence motion in the Assembly tomorrow.
The second day of the Budget session of the Assembly was adjourned following hungama. Five parties submitted a joint motion of no-confidence against the government of Kiran Kumar Reddy. But after Speaker disallowed the motion citing rules, the House was thrown...
On the second day of the Budget session of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly, the TRS MLAs rushed to the well of the house and raised slogans against the government of the Kiran Kumar Reddy. They were joined by the TDP MLAs, but they had different reasons for their ...
Four Congress MLAs who had sent in their resignations from the party to the Speaker have apparently had a rethink over the issue. Two of them, Ranga Rao and Rajesh, met the Speaker Nadendla Manohar in his chamber and said they were taking back their resignatio...
TDP leader Mothkupalli Narasimhulu speaks after an adjournment during the second day of the Budget session of the Assembly. Mothkupalli demanded release of water for irrigation for Nalgonda and Warangal districts. He said the state government had failed to use...
TRS leader T Harish Rao renewed his demands that the TDP support his party's no confidence motion against the Congress government. Harish reminded TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu of his statement during the padyatra in which he had said the Congress government nee...