In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. The term is similar to the idea of a senate, synod or congress, and is commonly used in countries that are current or former monarchies, a form of government with a monarch as the head. Some contexts restrict the use of the word parliament to parliamentary systems, although it is also used to describe the legislature in some presidential systems, even where it is not in the official name.
Boris Johnson pays tribute to Jeremy Corbyn at the start of his final PMQs as Labour leader. In the final session of Parliament before an early Easter recess, the Prime Minister acknowledged Mr..
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock offers an update to Parliament on the latest Government measures to control the coronavirus outbreak. Mr Hancock said 53 people in England have now died after testing..
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Health secretary Matt Hancock gives a statement in the House of Commons about Covid-19 after the WHO declared the coronavirus was now a pandemic. Mr Hancock said: “This afternoon the World Health..
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told MPs in the House of Commons that Parliament will remain open, despite the World Health Organisation confirming the Coronavirus outbreak is now a pandemic. Report..
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has arrived back at 10 Downing Street after meeting with ministers at his office in the Palace of Westminster as a full cabinet reshuffle takes place. Report by Blairm...
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Members of Parliament will now also have to forfeit a total of Rs 27,000 per month from their constituency allowance and office allowance, according to government orders. This is besides the 30 per.. IndiaTimes - Published
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Wednesday for a "Team Canada effort" to beat the coronavirus outbreak, saying Parliament should be brought back so all legislators could approve a massive aid.. Reuters - Published
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday he wanted to recall Parliament so legislators could approve a massive aid package he called "the biggest economic measures of our lifetimes". Reuters - Published
Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje announced on Friday that she and her son Dushyant were self-isolating themselves as they had attended a party last week with singer Kanika Kapoor who has.. DNA - Published
Several members of Parliament including TMC's Derek O'Brien and Apna Dal's Anupriya Patel on Friday went into self-quarantine following the announcement by BJP MP Dushyant Singh and his mother former.. IndiaTimes - Published
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a dim view of the suggestion to adjourn Parliament because of the coronavirus outbreak and said MPs should not be seen as abdicating their responsibility as.. IndiaTimes - Published
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, addressing the BJP's Parliamentary party meet, said that Parliament will run till April 3 and expressed disappointment over missives by some MPs asking for.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly had 87 active seats including 4 seats of Ladakh before Parliament passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act on August 5, 2019. DNA - Published
Hungary will close its borders for international passengers, close cultural and sports events and establishments and limit the opening hours of restaurants, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Parliament.. Reuters - Published
Amid COVID-19 scare, security at Parliament has started thermal screening of visitors at all its entrances on Monday. With coronavirus being declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation, the.. IndiaTimes - Published
In an unprecedented act, TMC Rajya Sabha member Derek O'Brien on Friday gave a 10-minute speech, not in the House, but from a corridor of the Parliament building, in protest against, what he called,.. IndiaTimes - Published
Accusing the Central government of disrupting Parliament and not allowing discussion over Delhi violence, TMC leader in Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien on Friday said he will find a way to speak in the House.. IndiaTimes - Published
Union health minister Harsh Vardhan told the Parliament, "As on March 4, at least 28,529 persons were brought under community surveillance and are being monitored," adding "The Prime Minister is.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Congress said on Wednesday it would continue with its protests till the government agrees to debate Delhi riots in Parliament. The Congress has been demanding that the issue of communal riots in.. IndiaTimes - Published
The logjam in Parliament does not show any sign of easing. Attempts to pass the ‘Vivad se Vishwas’ bill, which seeks to provide a resolution to tax disputes that add up to Rs 9.3 lakh crore, failed.. IndiaTimes - Published
Opposition parties on Monday created a ruckus in both houses of the Parliament over the recent violence in northeast Delhi that has claimed 47 lives so far. DNA - Published
With opposition leaders sending notices in Parliament demanding discussion on the communal riots in northeast Delhi, Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said the opposition should not politicise the.. IndiaTimes - Published
Opposition parties will strongly raise the issue of communal riots in Delhi during the second part of the Budget Session in Parliament starting on Monday and demand home minister Amit Shah's.. IndiaTimes - Published
Speaking out of turn and beyond the permitted time limit would be almost impossible for MPs in the new Parliament. As per the plan, the digital audio visual system, which will be placed in front of.. IndiaTimes - Published
Addressing a meet here against the Citizenship Amendment Act, the former Minister, citing the BJP's brute majority in Parliament, asked what was the guarantee that the government would not bring in an.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Global Kashmiri Pandits Diaspora hailed Prime Minister Modi for his "historic statement" where he spoke about the pain of the Kashmiri Pandits who had to leave the valley due to militancy... IndiaTimes - Published
Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Anil Desai has moved a private member's bill proposing incentives to promote a two-child norm, a proposal that is likely to be discussed when Parliament meets for the second.. IndiaTimes - Published
The second phase of Parliament's budget session will commence from March 2. Earlier in the day, Lok Sabha was also adjourned till March 2. IndiaTimes - Published
to his party colleagues on Monday morning, when the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) met to deliberate over the party's floor strategy ahead of Monday's Parliament session. IndiaTimes - Published
The social justice ministry has informed Parliament that of the 1,058 public buildings identified for retrofitting, 251 had been made accessible. In addition, Central Public Works Department has made.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said it was unfortunate that the prime minister made a reference to Pakistan seven times during his address and accused him of hyphenating India with Pakistan during.. IndiaTimes - Published
In top news of the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an all-out attack on the opposition as he replied to a debate on Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in Parliament. In another.. DNA - Published
In his reply in the Rajya Sabha to the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address, Modi said: "Honestly, I was a bit disappointed with some of the remarks. Some members have made stagnation a virtue... IndiaTimes - Published
In his previous address to the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, he announced the constitution of trust to oversee the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. DNA - Published
The home ministry informed the Lok Sabha that it was talking to states having concerns regarding the National Population Register (NPR) updation proposed between April and September this year. The.. IndiaTimes - Published
"They are disparaging the national movement. If PM and the BJP government are sincere about 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi, we demand that PM comes to Parliament and clarifies.. IndiaTimes - Published
President Ram Nath Kovind said laws passed by Parliament should be accepted by citizens. The President’s remarks came during his address to the joint sitting of Parliament. The NDA and opposition.. IndiaTimes - Published
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