Parliament session to begin on Thursday

August 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government today expressed hope that it will be able to take up the Women's Reservation Bill in the next session of Parliament. The Bill that was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by the previous Government was referred to the Standing Committee.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The next session of Parliament will begin from today. The Economic Survey will be presented in the Lok Sabha today.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that the government was looking forward to the Budget session of the Parliament with great expectation.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of Parliament will conclude today after Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President's address.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - As the first session of 15th Lok Sabha starts today, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has expressed the hope of a "new beginning" and that Parliament would be allowed to run smoothly.

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is readying for the first session of the 15th Lok Sabha from Monday with the formal swearing in of the 543 newly elected MPs. Two days have been earmarked for the procedure that will be followed by the election of the Lok Sabha speaker and the joint address to parliament by President Pratibha Patil.

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of the 15th Lok Sabha begins Monday as a resurgent Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was set to start a new innings and an humbled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said it will play the role of a "constructive opposition." The session will begin with the formal swearing in of the 543 newly elected MPs. Two days have been earmarked for the procedure that will be followed by the election of the Lok Sabha speaker Wednesday and President Pratibha Patil's address to a joint session of parliament Thursday.

May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's full cabinet met for the first time Saturday and finalised the president's address to parliament that is expected to focus on the Congress-led government's moves to strengthen welfare schemes and boost the economy. "The meeting discussed the president's speech to parliament.

May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) newly elected MPs will be held here Sunday to formally elect party veteran L.K. Advani as leader of the opposition on the eve of the first session of the 15th Lok Sabha.

May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The president's address to the joint session of parliament next week was finalised here Saturday at the first meeting of the cabinet after it was expanded Thursday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired the meeting.

May 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of the 15th Lok Sabha will begin June 1. The decision was taken Saturday at the first meeting of the cabinet that was sworn in Friday.

May 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of the 15th Lok Sabha is expected to begin on June 2 with Congress heading the country and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sitting in the opposition. The session will see appointment of senior most member of the Lok Sabha as Protem Speaker who will administer oath to the new members and also oversee the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.

March 27th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - The fortnight long session of the Tibetan parliament in-exile concluded here on Friday. It was the seventh session of the 14th Tibetan Parliament in-exile which began on March 9.

February 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The parliament session commencing Thursday will consider 39 measures - 27 bills, 10 financial measures and two non-legislative items, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said Wednesday. 'These include three bills replacing three ordinances - the High Court and Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) Amendment Ordinance, 2009, the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Ordinance, 2009, and the Central Universities Ordinance, 2009, promulgated by the president during inter-session period,' he told reporters here.

January 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The central government will present a vote on account on Feb 16, parliament officials said here Thursday. An interim railway budget would be prersented on Feb 13.