New Delhi: The Women Reservation Bill, known as the 'Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam,' aiming to ensure a 33% quota for women in both the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, was introduced today during a special session in the new Parliament building. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal presented the bill as the 128th Constitutional Amendment Bill, which states that the provisions related to the reservation of women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies will come into effect after the delimitation ...Read More

New Delhi: Gujarat and Maharashtra were the two states with the highest number of deaths in police custody in the last five years, as stated by the Union government in the Lok Sabha today. According to Union Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, a total of 687 people died in police custody across the country from April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2023. Out of these, Gujarat reported 81 deaths in police custody, while Maharashtra recorded 80 such deaths during the mentioned period. Other ...Read More

New Delhi: The monsoon session of Parliament will commence on July 20th. This session will be the first session of Parliament in its new building. However, it is important for other reasons as the NDA government, led by Prime Minister Modi, will be bringing several significant bills during the session. Some of the bills that will be introduced during the session are the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023, the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill 2023, and se...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly built parliament building of India on May 28th, Sunday. The triangular-shaped New Parliament Building consisting of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha & Central Courtyard and other office areas was planned by consultant M/s HCP Design Planning Management Pvt Ltd. in a 9.50-acre plot of land immediately contiguous to the existing Parliament House at New Delhi. Gujarat-headquartered HCP Design, Planning and Management Private Limited, loc...Read More

 New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi dedicated the new Parliament House to the nation today. Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister installed the Sengol with Nandi at the top facing East-West direction in the new Parliament House. He also lit up the Diya and offered flowers to the Sengol. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister remarked that there are few moments in every nation’s history that are immortalized. Some dates become the immortal signature on the fac...Read More

Gandhinagar, Japan K Pathak: The new Parliament building is scheduled to be inaugurated tomorrow, May 28th, Sunday, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress and its allied opposition parties have decided to boycott the inauguration program. However, it is noteworthy that during the inauguration of the outgoing parliament by Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India, in 1927, Pandit Motilal Nehru (father of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru) - Rahul Gandhi's great-great-grandfather - along with several other...Read More

New Delhi: The inauguration of India's new parliament building has sparked a heated exchange of words between the government and the opposition. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the building on May 28. In the latest development today, 19 political parties across the country have announced their decision to boycott the inauguration programme. They perceive it as a breach of constitutional norms and have criticised the government for not involving the president in the openi...Read More

New Delhi: Tweeples called out Congress leader Jairam Ramesh after the latter called Prime Minister Modi a dictator on Thursday. Prime Minister Modi visited the new Parliament building on Thursday evening. He spent more than an hour inspecting various works going on in the upcoming building. Reacting to this, Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "The first of the personal vanity projects. Every dictator wants to leave behind his architectural legacy. Colossal waste of money." The first of the personal v...Read More

Gandhinagar: The gross state domestic product (GSDP) of Gujarat experienced a healthy growth of 19.6% in 2021-22, compared to the previous year said the Union government's figures presented during the ongoing session of the Parliament, Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown and restrictions in 2020-21, Gujarat's GSDP only grew by 1.2% during that period. However, in 2021-22, only two states, Odisha and Karnataka, had higher growth rates than Gujarat in their GS...Read More

New Delhi: In Gujarat 15 National Highway Projects costing Rs 3,193.53 crore are approved/sanctioned/under sanction during 2022-23 as per the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India. During the last three years, 84 National Highway Projects costing a total of Rs 50,013 crore and covering a total length of 2077.46 kms along with building 15 projects such as river bridges, minor and major bridges and black spot ratification projects have been completed/under construction/awa...Read More