New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday stressed that decorum and discipline are the heart and soul of democracy and urged the elected representatives to set high standards through their words and conduct, said Vice President's Secretariat on Tuesday.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 9 (ANI): Two BJP MLAs Nandita Garlosa and Jayanta Malla Baruah were sworn in as ministers in the Himanta Biswa Sarma cabinet on Thursday.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 1 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday appreciated the Karnataka government's initiative to establish 'Nandini Ksheera Samridhi Sahakara Bank' under the leadership of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Chikkaballapur (Karnataka) [India], April 1 (ANI): Union Minister Amit Shah on Friday lauded the ongoing Ayushman Bharat scheme across the country and said that within seven years, the government has made as many as 596 medical colleges across the country and added that the government has provided free treatment worth upto Rs 5 lakh for about 80 crore poor people, under the scheme.

Mumbai Mar 25 PTI A BJP MLA on Friday claimed that some women who had gone to a movie theatre in Maharashtras Nashik to watch The Kashmir Files wearing saffron scarves were asked to deposit the cloth before entering the premises based on an order from above Raising the issue in the state Assembly Devyani Pharande the MLA from Nashik Central asked the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government to explain if such an order had been passed or else take action against the concerned theatre owner Some women had gone to see The Kashmir Files at PVR in Nashik They had worn saffron scarves so that they could identify each other The security guards there asked the women to deposit the scarves and tried to snatch the scarves from those who refused to deposit them They the security guards said they had orders from above Pharande alleged Asking the MVA government why it was so angry with the colour saffron the MLA demanded action against security guards involved in the incident Who gave the order from above to the owner of the PVR theatre The government should explain if such an order had been passed Or else take action against the PVR theatre she demanded Responding to the legislator Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anil Parab said that state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil will be informed immediately about this case PTI ENM ARU ARU

Agartala Mar 23 PTI The Tripura Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to abolish 227 Acts which are no longer relevant in the stateThey are mostly Appropriation Acts which have no use as of today Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ratan Lal Nath saidThe state government had sought the opinion of people before The Tripura Repealing and Saving Bill-2022 was taken up by the Cabinet the minister said In its 248th report the Law Commission of India LCI had suggested the state s to repeal those Acts which are of no use or utility in todays context he said in his office at the AssemblyAccordingly the state government constituted a committee with the Law Minister as its chairman After thorough deliberations the panel recommended to the government to abolish as many as 227 Acts The state cabinet cleared the proposal he said PTI PS MM MM

Patna Mar 23 PTI Opposition parties created a ruckus inside the Bihar Assembly on Wednesday over suspected hooch deaths in various districts of the dry state around HoliThe matter was raised during zero hour to which Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary suggested that the issue be raised when discussion on budgetary outlay for Home Department takes placeHowever MLAs of the Congress RJD and the Left kept shouting slogans demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and many of them entered the wellAs the bedlam continued Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha adjourned the proceedings nearly half an hour before lunch break till 2 PMSale and consumption of liquor was completely banned in the state by the Nitish Kumar government in April 2016 However consumption of spurious liquor and deaths caused thereby have put a question mark on implementation of the stringent prohibition law PTI PKD NAC MM MM

Islamabad [Pakistan], March 14 (ANI): Calling Imran Khan government's decision to prevent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) members from participating in the no-confidence resolution unconstitutional, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has asked the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) and Chief Election Commissioner to intervene and ensure the protection of lawmakers' right to vote.

New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi has convened an all-party meeting on January 31, which will be held virtually, ahead of the Budget on February 1.

New Delhi Dec 17 PTI Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu Friday expressed displeasure on ministers being absent from the House even though papers are listed against their names and asked the government to take noteThe Chairman made critical remarks as some of the ministers were found to be absent from the House and others presented the papers on their behalfThe ministers who are supposed to lay papers on the table of the House having given notice to the Chair should not be absent from the House In extreme circumstances -- there would be some occasions -- if there is any problem they must approach the Chair in advance and seek permissionSome of them are doing it while others think it is casual It cannot be casual it cannot be usual he said asserting he will not allow such things in the futureNaidu asked the Leader of the House Piyush Goyal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi to take noteHe said he was not objecting to others laying papers on ministers behalf with prior notice and permissionThere have been occasions when ministers were not present in the House when their names are called for the laying certain official papers and others had to do so on their behalfMeanwhile Naidu also lauded chairpersons of some of the parliamentary standing committees for their timely reports and holding regular meetingsShri T G Venkatesh Prof Ram Gopal Yadav also Shri Jairam Ramesh and some more members who are the chairmen of the standing committees are known for taking up a number of meetings and also giving timely reports I appreciate them and I hope others also would follow and see to it that the standing committee meetings for which they are chairmen are held regularly and reports are also given at the earliest Naidu said in the houseCongress MP Ramesh however added Sir please tell the ministers to refer bills to standing committees PTI SKC TIR TIR