Ahead of the second half for the Budget session of the Parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he hoped the long delayed Goods and Services Tax (GST) law would clear its final hurdles this time.
“I hope there is a breakthrough on GST,” he said.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh is expected to make a statement on the killing of a suspected ISIS terrorist in Lucknow and the blast on a train at Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh.
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13:42
Lok Sabha adjourned till 2:40pm.
12:42
High time India should intervene and protect Indians, and see to it that such incidents don’t repeat: AIADMK leader M Thambidurai in Lok Sabha
12:34
NIA will probe Lucknow terror operation, says Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha
12:25
Proud Of Father Who Refused To Accept Terror Suspect Saifullah’s Body: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
11:19
Rajya Sabha session has been adjourned but Lok Sabha proceedings are still on.
Matters that will benefit the poor will be discussed during this session: PM Modi
10:40
There will be detailed discussion on the Budget and I am sure the level of debate and discussion will be of good quality: PM Modi
10:39
Hope to see breakthrough in GST in this session:
PM Modi
10:38
PM Shri @narendramodi briefing the media before the beginning of budget session. pic.twitter.com/jgVaFOFI4X
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PM Modi speaks to media before the start of the second part of the Budget Session, says hopeful of a fruitful session.
09:16
Congress gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha on ‘hatred generating for Indians in USA’.
08:22
Rajnath Singh is likely to make a statement in Parliament on UP, MP incidents
Union home minister Rajnath Singh is likely to make a statement on Thursday in Parliament on the killing of a suspected Islamic State terrorist in a Lucknow gunfight and train blast in Madhya Pradesh, a ministry official said.
08:21
Congress to raise attacks on Indians in US in Parliament on Thursday
Attacks on Indians in the US and the anti-terror operation in Lucknow will be raised in Parliament on the first day of the second-half of Budget Session starting on Thursday, the Congress said on Wednesday.
Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said the party will raise the issues of attack on Indians in the US and the anti-terror operation of Lucknow, in which a youth was killed, as well as the bomb blast in a train near Bhopal.
“On Thursday, these two issues will be raised. We will decide on other issues to be raised in rest of the session later,” Kharge said.
08:19
Govt to move maternity leave bill in Lok Sabha today
The government will move a bill that seeks to enhance paid maternity leave from 12 weeks to 26 weeks in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016, which was passed by the Rajya Sabah in August last year, provides for increasing maternity benefit from 12 weeks to 26 weeks for two surviving children and is aimed at benefiting about 1.8 million women in the organised sector.