Britain’s parliament will vote on Tuesday on a possible inquiry into Prime Minister Keir Starmer, looking at whether he misled the House of Commons over the appointment of former US ambassador Peter Mandelson. Any such inquiry could have serious implications for Starmer’s future. He has so far resisted pressure to quit over his decision to hire Mandelson, but if found to have knowingly misled parliament his position would likely become untenable. House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle said he...
In February this year, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was stopped from citing excerpts from the memoir in the Lok Sabha, as it had not yet been published
A proposed bill to allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales to choose to end their lives failed on Friday as parliamentary time ran out, nearly a year since elected members of parliaments gave their backing. Though the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was passed by the House of Commons last June, the UK’s revising chamber, the House of Lords, effectively talked it out since then. Proponents of what has been termed “assisted dying” – sometimes referred to as “assisted suicide” –...
Bulgaria votes to elect a new parliament after mass protests brought down the previous government in December.
In a post on Facebook, Union Minister says it was ‘not just a Bill, but the aspirations of millions of Indian women that were defeated’
TDP MP Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu supports Women’s Reservation and Delimitation Bills in Lok Sabha, says AP’s share may rise to 4.6%
‘What they did through delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir and in Assam, they want to do in the whole country in the name of women’s reservation,’ Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi says in Parliament, adding that the government’s actions were ‘shameful’
A Constitutional Amendment Bill must secure two-thirds of majority votes in both Houses, and get ratified by at least 50% State legislatures, if it affects the federal structure, before receiving an assent from President.
The government is looking into bringing an amendment to the 106th Constitutional Amendment Act to remove the requirement of delimitation for reserving seats for women in Lok Sabha and State Assemblies
Civil society members and transparency activists expressed concern over the “opaque and non-consultative” manner in which the government was bringing Bills on women’s reservation and delimitation
Hungary election winner Peter Magyar calls for early convening of parliament to form his government
New president pledges 'Iraq First' after securing 227 votes, ending five months of political deadlock.