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The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for the arrest of Anmol Bishnoi, brother of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who is suspected to be living in Canada as of now.
Massive explosion was heard outside a CRPF school in Delhi's Rohini on Sunday morning. At 7:47 am, the police received a PCR call reporting the incident. No maj...
Giving the much needed boost to the SME and MSME sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced to hike the limit of Mudra Loan to Rs 20 lakh from Rs 1...
After the Narendra Modi government rejected the demands for special status for Bihar, Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar issued a cryptic response...
23, Jul 2024, by : Fnf correspondent
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced to slash basic customs duty on Gold and Silver. The basic customs duty (BCD) on gold has been reduced to 6% from 10%. The move is likely to ease gold and silver prices in the coming days.Read News
23, Jul 2024, by : Fnf correspondent
Bringing the much needed cheer to the salaried individuals, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced revisions in the New Tax Regime.Read News
23, Jul 2024, by : Fnf correspondent
In line with expectations, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman offered a slew of measures and sops for the common people, who had pinned high hopes from the FM.Read News
01, Jul 2024, by : Fnf correspondent
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Speaker Om Birla had a verbal exchange in the Lok Sabha on Monday when the Congress leader questioned why he bowed before Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he and the PM shook hands with him on his election as the presiding officer. As the treasury benches objected to Gandhi's remarks, Speaker Birla responded saying he maintains the tradition of bowing to elders.Read News
01, Jul 2024, by : Fnf correspondent
Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi today made his first fierce speech in the Lok Sabha targetting the BJP and its ideological parent the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh. In a no-holds-barred attack on the ruling National Democratic Alliance led by the BJP, Rahul Gandhi at one point, said that 'those who call themselves Hindu only talk about violence, hatred, untruth...Aap Hindu ho hi nahi.'Read News
29, Jun 2024, by : Fnf Correspondent
NCP (SP) President Sharad Pawar took a dig at Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday over his remarks concerning the Emergency of 1975, claiming that the speech did not suit his 'stature' of his post. Read News
As many as 20 bills were passed by both Houses in the Monsoon Session of Parliament which concluded today and the productivity of Lok Sabha was 118 per cent, while that of Rajya Sabha 74 per cent.
Rahul Gandhi does not inspire me. He certainly is not my choice of a leader. Yet Rahul going to PM and hugging him after his speech which was sharp, critical and caused ...
While the first no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha was introduced by Acharya Kriplani in 1963 against the Jawaharlal Nehru-led government, a majority of such motions have ...
From last year onwards 26th November is being observed as the Constitution Day. It was on 26th November 1949 the Constituent Assembly adopted, enacted and gave to the pe...
17, Feb 2017, by : FnF Desk
In tax returns filed a year before they were elected, 72% Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress MPs and MLAs claimed they earn less than Rs 10 lakh, according to an analysis of affidavits of 4,848 (of 4,910) lawmakers.Read News
02, Feb 2017, by : FnF Correspondent
Finance minister Arun Jaitley speaks about India's progress in the past few years, and its future challenges, as he presents Budget 2017-18 in Lok Sabha .Read News
26, May 2016, by : FnF Desk
Two-thirds of central government ministries have not implemented more than 50 percent of 'assurances' given to parliament, even as the government completes two years in office on May 26, according to data from the Lok Sabha. Read News
14, May 2016, by : FnF Correspondent
The Government's persistent outreach to opposition and other parties is resulting in better functioning of Parliament despite heat generated on some issues, said the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Read News
06, May 2016, by : FnF Correspondent
From 29 percent today, 33 percent members of the Lok Sabha will come from three states; Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal within a decade, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of data in a Kotak Securities report on the demographic dividend of India's Gangetic belt. Read News
23, Apr 2016, by : Nirendra Dev
With the Congress set to corner the government over the dismissal of the Uttarakhand government and the ruling BJP intending to strongly counter it over "faulty" investigation in cases related to Ishrat Jahan and Lt. Col. Shrikant Purohit, yet another parliament session, this one beginning on Monday, looks set for a washout.Read News
15th Lok Sabha has many interesting facts. Present Lok Sabha has total 544 MPs ( as on 21.12.2009). Out of them 485 are male MPs and 59 women MPs .Oldest MP is Mr.Ram Sunder Das (88) and youngest is Mr.Hamdullah Sayeed (27). Have a look.. ITS HISTORYThe Lok Sabha (House of the People) was duly constituted for the first time on 17 April 1952 after the first General Elections held from 25 October 1951 to 21 February 1952. The first Session of the First Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952. The Lok Sabha is composed of representatives of the people chosen by direct election on... Read News
by : Priti Prakash
In a riveting development in the last 24 hours on October 14, relations between India and Canada plu...
by : Satya Narayan Sahu
Creation of Odisha as a separate State on 1st April 1936 based on language was a historic step in fu...
by : Rajeshwar Singal
This may sound like a dilemma, but it is not far from truth. Conduct Rules are meant to govern condu...
by : Sunita Narain
The idea of secularism is this very idea of India which respects the equality of all. Of course, wit...
by : Ravi Kishore
Today every one is talking about judicial accountability i.e. how the whole system of judiciary is t...
by : Surya Mohan Dubey
Continuous deadly events happening every now and then prove that Indian Government has utterly faile...
