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If adjournments continue, House will be convened on Sunday as well: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday warned the members that if the business of the House is disrupted further due to adjournments, then he will have to convene the proceedings over the weekends to make up for the loss of time. The government and opposition parties reached an agreement on Monday to break a week-long impasse in Parliament with the dates announced for a discussion on the Constitution, to mark its 75th year of adoption, in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The Lower House will take up the discussion on the Constitution

Sambhal violence: Opposition stages walkout in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) Almost the entire opposition in the Lok Sabha, including Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday staged a brief walkout from the House over the recent violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal. As soon as the House assembled to take up the Question Hour, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav rose from his seat and raised the issue, seeking Speaker Om Birla’s permission to speak on the subject. “This is a very serious matter. Five people have lost their lives,” Yadav was heard saying. As the Speaker said members could raise the issue in the

INDIA bloc MPs hold protest over Adani issue on Parliament premises

New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) MPs of several INDIA bloc parties protested on the Parliament premises on Tuesday over the Adani issue and reiterated their demand for a joint parliamentary probe into the matter. MPs of the Congress, AAP, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT), DMK and the Left parties among others raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded accountability. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, AAP’s Sanjay Singh, RJD’s Misa Bharti and Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Arvind Sawant also participated in the protest on the steps leading to the Parliament’s Makar Dwar. The Congress and some other

Former CBI director Vijay Shankar passes away

New Delhi, Dec 3 (PTI) Former CBI director Vijay Shankar breathed his last on Tuesday after prolonged illness, his family said. He was 76. Shankar was admitted to a private hospital in Noida for some time. His mortal remains will be donated to AIIMS as per his last wish, they said. A 1969-batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, Shankar headed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from December 12, 2005 to July 31, 2008. During his tenure as CBI director, the agency took over the infamous Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case. As additional director of CBI, he supervised the

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