Centre notifies 24% hike in salaries, pensions for MPs
Monday, 24 March 2025 The central government has increased the salaries, allowances, and pensions of MPs and former MPs by 24% effective April 1, 2023. MPs will now earn Rs 1.24 lakh per month, with daily allowances and pensions for former MPs also being raised. This marks the first revision since 2018, aligning with the Cost Inflation Index.
Students clash with riot police in Jakarta over MPs’ housing benefits
Riot police clashed with thousands of students in Jakarta on Monday as protests erupted against lawmakers’ allowances, with demonstrators attempting to march on Indonesia’s Parliament building.
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Union Minister Kiren Rijiju accuses Rahul Gandhi of collaborating with George Soros and anti-India forces to destabilize the nation, calling it a dangerous path... IndiaTimes
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Brazil's political crisis deepens as lawmakers in Congress stage a dramatic protest against the Supreme Court's decision to place former President Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest for violating a social media ban. Members from six major right-wing parties—including PL, PP, PSD, Novo, and Republicans—taped their mouths shut and threatened to occupy the plenary halls of both the House and Senate. Flávio Bolsonaro denounced the judiciary’s actions as a targeted assault on his family, while senior MPs demanded total amnesty and even impeachment of Minister Alexandre de Moraes. With threats of “war” from Bolsonaro’s allies and growing public anger, Brazil faces a possible constitutional showdown.
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Serbia's parliament session erupts into chaos as opposition MPs set off flares and smoke grenades
Serbia's parliamentary session in Belgrade on Tuesday briefly turned violent after opposition MPs..
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