Indian Speaker Om Birla meets BangladeshJatiyo Shangsad Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury
New Delhi: Indian Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met Speaker of Bangladesh's Jatiyo Shangsad, Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury during the Fifth World Conference of the Speakers of Parliaments (5WCSP) in Vienna when he exchange greetings with her over Golden Jubilee year of Bangladesh’s independence.
PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi attend Speaker Om Birla's meeting after Lok Sabha session ends abruptly
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Sonia Gandhi were on Wednesday present at a meeting of all political parties' leaders called by Speaker Om Birla at his room in Parliament after the monsoon session ended this morning, two days early.
Lok Sabha passes three bills by voice vote amid opposition protests
New Delhi/UNI: The Lok Sabha on Monday passed The Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Bill 2021, The Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (Amendment) Bill 2021 and The Constitution (Schedule Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill 2021 by voice vote and without discussion amidst opposition protests.
Expose Opposition: PM Modi tells BJP MPs on Parliament disruption
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday asked the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs to expose the Opposition for disrupting normal businesses in Parliament during the ongoing monsoon session, media reports said.
PM Narendra Modi congratulates Om Birla for completing 2 years as LS Speaker
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for completing two years in office.
Vice President, Lok Sabha Speaker reject request for Parliamentary Panel virtual meets
New Delhi/IBNS: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla have refused to allow parliamentary committees to function virtually despite requests for the same from the opposition as well as some parties that support Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
IAS backdoor entry claim for Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's daughter found false in fact check
New Delhi/IBNS: Rumours that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's daughter passed the IAS examinations without even appearing in the highly competitive test, have been proved wrong by a fact-check into social media claims by AFP Fact Check.
No all-party meeting ahead of Parliament session tomorrow
New Delhi/IBNS: The traditional all-party meeting, held before the commencement of each Parliament session, has been scrapped ahead of the Monsoon Session beginning on Monday.
Lok Sabha Sect sets up control room for coordination between MPs, MLAs in fighting Covid
New Delhi/UNI: On the initiative of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, a Control Room has been set-up in Lok Sabha Secretariat with an immediate effect with a view to facilitate quicker interface between MPs, MLAs and the public for emergency assistance in the fight against COVID-19.
Improper to question Chair outside House: Speaker Om Birla
New Delhi/UNI: Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday said it was not appropriate to question the Chair's decisions outside the House.
New Delhi/IBNS: A a day after 600 of its 751 European Union Parliament members moved six resolutions on the Citizenship Amendment Act, expressing concern that it would create the "largest statelessness crisis in the world", Lok sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday wrote to its President stating that is is not proper for a legislature to pass judgement on another.
Patriot Godse row: Congress demands 'unqualified apology' from Pragya, Speaker calls meeting
New Delhi/IBNS: After launching an unsparing attack on the Bhopal MP, the Congress on Friday demanded an "unqualified apology" from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Pragya Thakur though she tendered an apology for her reference to Nathuram Godse as a "patriot" in the parliament.
Women MPs manhandled in Lok Sabha, alleges Congress
New Delhi/IBNS: After a clash with the marshals in Lok Sabha on Monday, the Congress has alleged that two of its women MPs were manhandled in the lower house of the parliament, media reports said.
Azam Khan sexist remark: Speaker Om Birla to meet all parties, SP leader may face action
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has said he will meet all political parties before taking an action against Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Azam Khan who on Thursday stirred a row by making a sexist jibe at the then officiating Speaker Rama Devi.
TMC, BJP MPs clash, Speaker urges them not to turn the Lower House into Bengal legislature
New Delhi, Jul 3 (UNI) Members from West Bengal belonging to the BJP and state's ruling party Trinamool Congress clashed intensely and repeatedly in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday forcing the chair to snub them more than once.