Parliament highlights: Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha adjourned till March 15

Fuel price hike continued to rock Parliament for the second day on Tuesday with Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha failing to conduct much business after the Opposition protested against not allowing an immediate discussion on the issue by suspending business of the House. Opposition MPs in both the Houses demanded immediate discussion on fuel price hike but the Chair did not allow it, leading to repeated adjournments. Stay tuned for more updates.

Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 AM on March 15.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till March 15

Lok Sabha passes The National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021.The Bill extends the 2011 Act deadline from Dec 31, 2020 to Dec 31, 2023.

Lok Sabha adjourned till 2:30 pm over uproar over farm laws and fuel price hike.

National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021 taken up for consideration and passing in Lok Sabha.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla holds an all-party meeting in his chamber as the uproar over farmers' protest continues in the House.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid uproar by the Opposition over the farm laws.

There will be no sitting of Rajya Sabha on March 12, says Rajya Sabha Secretariat.

Lok Sabha adjourned till 12:30 pm amid uproar by Opposition parties.

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 pm today, amid sloganeering by the Opposition over rising fuel prices.

Central govt is not responsible for companies shifting from Mumbai, it is due to corruption and poor governance of Maharashtra govt, says Piyush Goyal.

Maharashtra people do not like the bullet train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad because they fear it is an attempt to shift corporate companies from Mumbai to Ahmedabad, says Shiv Sena MP Prataprao Jadhav.

It saddens me that the new government in Maharashtra has put a full stop to the bullet train project, says Piyush Goyal.

Lok Sabha sitting continues despite Opposition MPs continuously raising slogans.

Ravi Shankar Prasad says that after including CSC, internet connectivity to villages has been improved.

Opposition erupts over farm laws as Speaker Om Birla emphasises importance of Question Hour and slams Opposition members for uproar.

BJP parliament party meeting concludes at the Parliament.

Two of our leaders has given suspension of business notices for a discussion on the farmers' protest and three black laws (in Rajya Sabha). We will raise this issue in the House today, says Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge.

Congress and TMC give adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha, demanding repeal of three farm laws. DMK, CPI (M), Shiv Sena and BSP give adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha for discussion on rising fuel prices.

BJP Parliamentary party meeting begins at the Parliament.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Parliament to participate in the BJP parliamentary party meeting.

AAP MP Sanjay Singh gives Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha to raise the demand for an extra chance to Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) aspirants due to Covid-19 pandemic.

Adhir alleges digital blackout of Oppn members in Lok Sabha, Speaker asks whether he wants to show chaos to country

Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Tuesday alleged "digital blackout" of Opposition members in the House to which Speaker Om Birla asked whether he wanted to show chaos to the country.

As soon as the House convened at 11 AM, Chowdhury said whether it is the government or the opposition, everyone has equal rights.

"(But) there is a digital discrimination. Whatever the government says and does comes on television. Whatever the opposition says does not come on television. There are restrictions on the Opposition. Everyone is a stakeholder in the House. Whatever we do is being blacked out.

India imports 19.97 mn tons of fertilisers till Feb: Gowda

The country imported 19.97 million tonnes of fertiliser till February in the current fiscal and there was no shortage of supply during the kharif and rabi season, Fertiliser Minister DV Sadananda Gowda said in Parliament on Tuesday.

Gowda, in his written reply to the Lok Sabha, said 98.28 lakh tonnes of urea, 47.80 lakh tonnes of Di Ammonia Phosphate (DAP), 40.70 lakh tonnes of Muriate of Potash (MoP) and 12.99 lakh tonnes of NPK fertilisers were imported till February this fiscal.

Fuel price hike rocks Parliament again, both Houses adjourned for the day

Rajya Sabha witnessed two adjournments in the morning session while the final one came soon after it re-assembled in the afternoon session.

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In Rajya Sabha, notices to suspend the business under Rule 267 were submitted by Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, BSP floor leader Satish Chandra Mishra, DMK floor leader Tiruchi Siva and Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi in Rajya Sabha. However, Deputy Chairman Harivansh disallowed the notices saying Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu had already rejected a similar notice on Monday.

Opposition MPs in both the Houses demanded immediate discussion on fuel price hike but the Chair did not allow it, leading to repeated adjournments.