White House Visit for Myanmar's Thein Sein Historic, and Earned

London - The House of Commons has voted in favour of the same sex marriage bill, paving the way for gay marriage in England and Wales. A proposal to allow civil partnerships to be extended to heterosexual couples was rejected British Prime Minister ...

The upper house of parliament voted Wednesday to join the 1980 Hague Convention on international child abduction following passage by the more powerful lower house last month. The convention seeks to ensure that custody decisions are made by the ...

Despite the Bharatiya Janata Partys (BJP) assurance that it was ready to discuss the Food and Land Bills in Parliament, the Government has not yet decided the dates for a special session of Parliament. Opposition leader Sushma Swaraj said here on Wednesday ...

In a significant decision, the recently constituted General House of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) in its maiden meeting held on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution to erect a peace memorial in memory of victims of 1984 anti Sikh ...

Barristers and solicitors will gather outside the Houses of Parliament today in protest against proposed changes to legal aid. Certain areas of law have already been moved out of the scope of the system in a bid to save £350 million on the ...

12:48 AM [LONDON] ONE quarter of British lawmakers believe there is an "unhealthy" drinking culture in the houses of Parliament, according to a survey

Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans, 55, was arrested on Saturday. He was questioned about sex offenses that allegedly took place between July 2009 and March 2013 and was later released on bail.

First Published: 19:01 IST(18/5/2013) | Last Updated: 19:02 IST(18/5/2013) BJP on Friday said Parliament would notbe allowed to function unless Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resigned on the issue of Coalgate scam. "We are not against the Food Security bill...

The UPA government is far from a consensus over the anti-rape bill even as it is in a rush to have it passed in Parliament. Renu Mittal reportsThe Union cabinet is virtually split down the middle over the anti-rape bill with a minister describing it as "TADA ka Baap" and a number of ministers opposing various aspects of the bill even. The United Progressive Alliance government needs to pass the bill by April 14 to avoid its anti-rape ordinance from lapsing. Following the differences, Prime ...