Parliament Highlights: LS to continue discussion on allocation for civil aviation ministry; RS to discuss budget for J&K tomorrow

Opposition parties protested in both Houses of Parliament, disrupting proceedings in Rajya Sabha and walking out of Lok Sabha over the issue of fuel price hike. The discussion on Jammu and Kashmir's Budget will continue tomorrow as the government prepares responses to the questions. Thank you for following our coverage on Parliament.

Lok Sabha adjourned

Glaring lapses in Udaan scheme: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhry

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asks if any more students are stuck in Ukraine and if 'Operation Ganga' is still ongoing?

Govt, airlines must be applauded for the Ukraine evacuation. However, the confusion and chaos could have been avoided had the government been more proactive: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary in Lok Sabha

Make quarters for CISF closer to airports, regulate ticket fares: MP in Lok Sabha

Special mentions ongoing in Rajya Sabha

Is the assumption that so much money will be raised by selling state PSUs viable?: Jairam ramesh asks Sitharaman

What are the additional resource mobilisations on which the revenue receipt budget be raised? Ramesh asks FM

Government plans to reduce share of coal-based thermal power generation capacity in the year 2030 by 32% in the energy mix as against the present share of 52%: Ministry of Power

84.61% of total defrauded funds attached/seized under PMLA and Fugitive Economic Offenders Act...Consortium of banks raised Rs. 7,975.27 crores by sale of assets: Ministry of Finance

As many as 257 police stations in country do not have any vehicle and 638 police stations do not have a telephone connection: Centre tells Lok Sabha

Governmen defends J&K's Article 370 abrogation, says it has led to development in state

Lok Sabha continues discussion on demand for grants for the Ministry of Civil Aviation for the year FY23

DMK MP highlights the failures of the J&K Budget, says that the UT performed better before the union govt took over. He also brings up the issue of language in registration of documents

Discussion on Demands for Grants under the control of the Ministry of Civil Aviation for 2022-23 in LS

Union cabinet approves Bill for unification of all 3 Municipal Corporations of Delhi

J&K's Budget has shown a development narrative, says Trivedi. He also mentions Afzal Guru and the cricket match where Pro-Pak slogans were chanted to exemplify the antisocial elements present in Kashmir previously

A bulldozer ran in UP, a vaccuum cleaner will be used in J&K, all those who disrupt peace in the region will be cleaned out: Trivedi in RS

The Opposition has raised the issue of Kashmir on account of secularism, but now it is pitted against nationalism: BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi

The neighbouring country wants that we raise 'violation of human rights' issues in Kashmir and fight. Human rights do not just belong to miltants and separatists, also belong to the common Kashmiris: Naqvi tells Upper House

More discussion on 'The Kashmir Files' than on the J&K Budget in Upper House. I understand why. The film has exposed the truth of several dynastic families, political parties and their misdeeds: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

When you talk about human rights, focus must be on armed forces who are putting day and night together to keep Kashmir safe, Naqvi says.

"Kashmir not limited to Dal Lake, its beauty, we have to take measures to restore its economy. Everything remains shut in Kashmir, apple industry has suffered. Internet services have been disrupted, how will students learn without internet amid pandemic?"

INC MP Rajni Patil tells RS that we need to look at the militancy problems and empathise with those families whose iccocent kin have been killed. There is no "aman-chain" (peace and order) there, she says.

If the govt was to be believed, J&K should have undergone an industrial revolution already but the place faces a serious unemployment, lack of wage regularisation, she says.

Kharge tells Chair that it is noteworthy, the loyalty to parties; Chair asks him not to make comments, remarks

Ruckus continues in RS after members speak simultaneously on the J&K Budget

Concrete steps needed, we need a way forward. Kashmir is one of India's ost beautiful places....It's time to remove the Satan from this Garden of Eden... I hope next time we will not have to discuss this Budget in RS: NCP MP Fauzia Khan in RS

Politics on 'The Kashmir Files' but no real measures for Kashmiri pandits in Budget: Priyanka Chaturvedi, MP from Shiv Sena in RS

We want to brood over the past and it's fine to apportion blame but this is the present, right now it's your government, at least now you can make changes in J&K: Gopal Yadav, SP in RS

Opposition leaders flag lack of representation of Kashmiris in Upper House, call for democratic elections and a Budget that truly points to their problems of that region

RJD leader Manoj Kumar Jha pushes for Kashmir reconciliation

"You and I won't stay tomorrow in RS but Kashmir will stay and so will Kashmiriyat," says RJD leader Manoj Kumar Jha in Rajya Sabha

Keep the Maharaja out of the skies by all means but let's keep the aam aadmi flying high: Mahua Moitra in LS

Rajya Sabha discussing appropriation bill for Jammu and Kashmir and its budget for considering and Budget

AITC MP Haque says all those formulating the Budget are situated outside of Jammu and Kashmir

Lok Sabha MP from AITC Mahua Moitra brings up merging Ministry of Civil Aviation with Ministry of Transport

She names other countries who have done this such as US, Singapore and Canada. She says government should "fix the basics" at existing airports, expand facilities and not rush to build new airports for "bragging rights"

If the Budget is not meeting the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, then isn't it time for us to restrore democracy in the region?: Tankha asks in Upper House

Administrative paralysis in Jammu and Kashmir. Sitharamanji cannot possibly know the reality of Kashmir's economy because she is the Finance Minister of India: Tankha

The input she gets is from those who have different interests, how can this Budget help the people of Jammu and Kashmir: Tankha in Rajya Sabha

An economic, not a political answer needed. Making the governor the government's chief executive is a political answer: Tankha in RS

Despite the reorganisation act, no Kashmiri Pandits have returned. There is no climate for investments in Kashmir: Tankha in RS

Does this Budget reflect the pain and agony of the commoners, like the shikarawalas, the ponywalas there?: Tankha

INC MP Vivek Tankha from Madhya Pradesh on J&K Budget: "We can't just look at the Budget as as arithmetic numbers"

"Where is the Dal lake from which its beauty has been measured?" Tankha asks

Rajya Sabha resumes proceedings

Akhilesh Yadav resigns as Lok Sabha MP after UP polls, to shift base to Lucknow

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INC Punjab MP Ravneet Singh raises the issue of overprices items at airports and asks Scindia to regulate high charges on ticket cancellation and seat preferences

He also talks about flight companies not using aerobridges and flags more domestic cargo carriers

26,330 posts have been identified in various departments of UT of J&K and presently selection process has been completed for 11,324 posts: MoS Home Nityanand Rai in a written reply to Lok Sabha on vacant posts filled in UT of Jammu & Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370

BJP MP calls Gadkari 'Spiderman' for building web of roads across country

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Gadkari urges states to adopt hydrogen technologies for transport, says hydrogen will soon be the cheapest fuel alternative. India will soon not need to import petrol: Gadkari

Every car must have 6 air bags, lives of rich, poor equally important: Gadkari

Gadkari says the industry was miffed with him over rising costs of cars, he says can't go on with 'gareeb marta hai toh marne do' model.

Gadkari says sub-standard road engineering also responsible for road accidents: Gadkari

Successive tolls within 60 kms will be shut, only one toll will be levied. This will be implemented in 3 months: Gadkari

We have succesfully transplanted many trees and will continue doing so while we make ne roads: Gadkari

RSS chief should advise his govt on eradicating social discrimination...KCR is damaging Congress by taking our leaders: Kharge

Come to my city Nagpur, you will not find any pothole: Gadkari

He also says he has stopped all expenses under road maintenance and repair and instead tried to put it under one-time development

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has broken four world records, Gadkari tells LS

To realise PM's Atma-Nirbhar vision we have to ramp up exports. To be a viable exporter, we have to reduce logistcal costs; green express highways will help realise this dream: Gadkari

Green express highways will cut the traffic on Pune-Mumbai expressways: Gadkari

Gadkari tells Lower House on the progress made by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

He talks about the Majuli Bridge and the highways the government proposes to finish by the end of the year

I promise that by the end of this year, people will be able to go to Mumbai from Srinagar within 20 hours; people will be able to trave between Chennai and Bengaluru between 2 hours: Gadkari in Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid uproar in the House by Opposition MPs

Opposition parties MPs walk out of Loksabha in protest against the LPG price hike

Congress, DMK , TMC, NCP, JMM, CPM, CPI , IUML , RSP , MDMK, VCK MPs walk out

AITC MPs stage protests against fuel hike

Rajya Sabha resumes proceedings: Ruckus continues

Lok sabha discusses promotion of indigeneous sports; MP Nishikant Dubey raises the issue of sports infra in Jharkhand

Rajya Sabha: This is the first adjournment due to disruption after 12 uninterrupted sittings

DMK's Kalanidhi raises the issue of salary to elected representatives of local bodies in LS

Question Hour under way in Lok Sabha

Rajya Sabha adjourned till noon as opposition protest fuel price hike

Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned for a little less than an hour on Tuesday as opposition parties, including the Congress and TMC, voiced their protest against the hike in petrol, diesel and cooking gas LPG prices.

While TMC members stormed into the well of the House carrying placards on the issue, Congress, Left, Samajwadi Party and Shiv Sena MPs were up on their feet, some shouting slogans.

This after Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu said he has not accepted notices given by Shaktisinh Gohil (Congress), Dola Sen (TMC), V Sivadasan, Elamaram Kareem and John Brittas (CPM) under rule 267, requiring setting aside of the listed agenda to take up a discussion.

Naidu said the issue can be discussed during demands for grants of concerned ministries.(PTI)

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 noon today amid ruckus created by Opposition parties on price rise

PM Modi holds meeting with Rajnath, Shah, others to discuss government strategy

BJP MP Sushil Modi has given a Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha to demand central GST exemption on the movie 'The Kashmir Files'.

Congress MP Manish Tiwari has given Adjournment Motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the issue of inflation in prices of kerosene oil.

TMC MP Dola Sen has given suspension notice under rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to discuss the issue of ‘Rising prices of kerosene oil and LPG’.