Author: Md Nasimuddin
The government is considering sending the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 to a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament for further examination, while the Congress and some other opposition parties have demanded its withdrawal.
The Lok Sabha on Monday (August 10, 2026) passed The Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026’, without discussion, amidst a heavy sloganeering by the Opposition MPs. The Rajya Sabha returned the The Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 through a voice vote.
With Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju reiterating Monday that the government is ready for a discussion in Parliament on police action on protesters on July 20 and that Union Home Minister Amit Shah is ready to reply, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi demanded that Shah should first answer “who ordered the firing on students” and said that the people are not interested in Shah’s “fantasy conversations”.
West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced a monthly pension of Rs 10,000 for 325 people, who were jailed while protesting in the Emergency in 1975. Adhikari also announced free travel on government buses and free medical assistance at government hospitals for the “Loktantara Senani’.
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi on Monday (August 10, 2026) called on Prime Minister of Bangladesh Tarique Rahman amid tensions in bilateral relations generated after exiled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed a virtual press conference here on August 5, in which she criticised Mr. Rahman’s government.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju met Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) in an effort to break the parliamentary deadlock, with the two sides discussing the proposed delimitation Bill and the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA) Bill, 2026.
The maiden budget of the TVK-led Tamil Nadu government, presented on Wednesday, received mixed reactions from political parties. While some welcomed its welfare measures and development plans, others said it failed to fulfil several election promises and address key public concerns.
Former Deputy Chief Minister and MLA Udhayanidhi Stalin was detained for questioning by a joint team of Thanjavur and Neelankarai police from his residence on East Coast Road in Neelankarai at around 11 am on Tuesday in connection with multiple cases registered over his alleged derogatory remarks against women during a Cauvery protest in Thanjavur on Monday.
Three Lok Sabha MPs of the National Congress Progressive Initiative (NCPI) on Tuesday skipped the NDA parliamentary party’s weekly Mangal Milan meeting for the second time, bringing to the fore apparent differences within the 20-member breakaway Trinamool Congress (TMC) faction over its proximity to the BJP-led alliance.
The Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill to replace an ordinance that increased the number of Supreme Court judges from 34 to 38 without a debate as opposition members persisted with slogan-shouting over the issues of NEET paper leak and alleged theft of Ram temple donations.