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Opposition, including Bharatiya Janata Party, Left and other parties, on Tuesday walked out of the Lok Sabha, charging the government with indulging in one scam after another and saying they would not be party to the passage of the Finance Bill and the Railway Budget. The Opposition protest came after Speaker Meira Kumar announced that the money bills would be passed without discussion, as decided by leaders of parties at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee on Monday. Maintaining that ...

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said it was UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's writ that ran in the Lower House and that she instigated her MPs to disrupt the BJP leader's speech, barely two minutes after she had begun ...

New Delhi: Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar wants the Food Security Bill, pending in Lok Sabha since last week, to be passed only after a proper debate, CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury said on Tuesday. "Pawar is on record to say that this crucial ...

The Centre's surprise move to initiate discussion on the Food Security Bill in the Lok Sabha on Monday hit an opposition wall after the BJP stuck to its stand that the law and railway ministers, allegedly involved in scandals, should be removed before it can ...

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday approved the Finance Bill and Demands for Grants of different Ministries in the absence of Opposition parties and without a debate. The Railway Budget also got approved in a similar manner. Opposition parties staged a ...

A day after the Cabinet Committee on Investment cleared 25 stalled oil & gas blocks, the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) on Tuesday wanted the government to do more. Despite a reasonable investment rate, it said held-up capital ...

Futures trading in guar gum and seed resumed on Tuesday; the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) had banned it in March 2012. Both National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange and Multi Commodity Exchange made contracts for June, July and October ...

The national auditor has turned its attention towards the 3G and BWA spectrum auctions conducted three years ago. Having accused the government of allowing private telecom operators to fail the 2G spectrum auctions, it has now sought details not ...

ng materials giant Holcim proposed to more than double the royalty fee from its Indian subsidiaries last October, some independent board directors strongly opposed the move. They said the hike was too steep and would cut into the net profit of the ...