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.
The Congress government in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday made the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act, enacted by Parliament in 2008 during the Congress-led UPA government to investigate terror and.. IndiaTimes - Published
Boris Johnson's Brexit legislation has been backed by Members of Parliament by 330 votes to 231. This marks a historic moment in the Brexit process. The vote comes ahead of the UK's scheduled departure..
Members of the Cabinet arrive at 10 Downing Street ahead of the reopening of Parliament after the Christmas recess.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to make a statement regarding the Iran..
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will ask Parliament to protect him from potential prosecution in corruption charges against him. Lisa Bernhard has more.
Jacob Rees-Mogg took some time out of his day to go and personally thanks pro-Brexit group outside of Parliament. The Leader of the House of Commons spoken to the group following the approval of Boris..
Boris Johnson has arrived at the Houses of Parliament as he prepares to hold a vote on his Brexit deal. The Prime Minister will also bring forward a bill that would ban the Government from extending..
Queen Elizabeth II formally opened a new session of Britain's Parliament on Thursday, with a speech giving the first concrete details of what Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to do with his..
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Sir Lindsay Hoyle has been re-elected as Commons Speaker, telling MPs his âoffice is open to allâ. The Chorley MP was returned to the post unopposed at the start of the new Parliament. He replaced..
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Hundreds of MPs have arrived at the House of Commons to be sworn into the new Parliament. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at..
Conservative MPs cheered Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn as he took he seat on Parliament's return to the House of Commons. It's the first sitting since a disastrous election for Labour in which they lost..
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Ministers of the reshuffled Cabinet arrive at 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister Boris Johnson chairs a meeting.
MPs are to take an oath of allegiance in the House of Commons during a swearing-in..
Michael Gove says the "great thing" about Prime Minister Boris Johnson is that he "does not muck about".
Mr Gove insisted a Brexit bill will be presented to Parliament this week to ensure the UK's..
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has welcomed the 109 newly elected Conservative Members of Parliament to Westminster. Mr Johnson's party won 365 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons in Thursday's..
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The SNP's Westminster leader Ian Blackford welcomes the contingent of SNP MP's to Westminster in front of a press photocall. Report by Woodsli. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and..
A look at how the Government and opposition benches stand as Parliament returns after the general election - with the Conservatives now holding a huge majority in the House of Commons
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Boris Johnson opened his campaign speech in Derbyshire on Thursday comparing Parliament to "a broken-down bendy bus, jack-knifed on the yellow box junction, stopping the entire nation." It comes after..
The mother of murder victim Helen McCourt has said she is âhorrifiedâ by the Parole Boardâs decision that her daughterâs killer has âmet the test for releaseâ, despite never telling police..
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"NPR has never been regarded by Narendra Modi government as the predecessor to setting up NRC. In Parliament, the home minister has said so and there are written assurances been given in Parliament by.. IndiaTimes - Published
A court slammed Delhi Police on Tuesday for failing to show any evidence against Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, observing that people are out on the streets because things which should have been.. IndiaTimes - Published
IRCTC has, in recent months, faced growing concerns over the quality of its fare served in Parliament and subsidies offered, triggering a demand for fresh caterers for the complex. TOI has learnt.. IndiaTimes - Published
A parliamentary committee has started working on legislative impact assessment, days after Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu pitched for it, official sources said on Monday. Legislative impact.. IndiaTimes - Published
India is progressively rebalancing its military forces and firepower to the east, instead of concentrating largely on just the western front, to ensure it can handle separate or even collusive threats.. IndiaTimes - Published
Spanish lawmakers head to Parliament on Saturday for several days of debate ahead of an extremely tight vote that could confirm Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez as prime minister, breaking the country's.. Reuters - Published
Catalan separatist party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) said on Thursday it will abstain during the vote in Parliament to confirm Pedro Sanchez as Prime Minister, potentially signaling an end.. Reuters - Published
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the Congress for opposing Parliament and not speaking against Pakisan during the anti-CAA protests, evoking a sharp response from the opposition.. IndiaTimes - Published
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said that the resolution passed by the assembly against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act has "no legal or constitutional validity". The state assembly passed a.. IndiaTimes - Published
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday that state governments have the "constitutional duty" of implementing the laws passed by Parliament. ââHe also said the states which say that they.. IndiaTimes - Published
"The constitution has a mandate -- Parliament - List 1, State Assemblies - List 2. I would again urge the Chief Minister to kindly have better legal advice," the Union Minister of Law and Justice said. DNA - Published
Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said the Parliament alone has got powers to pass any law regarding citizenship and not a state legislatures, "including Kerala assembly." IndiaTimes - Published
Though the one-day special session was convened to ratify the extension of the reservation for SC and ST in the Assembly and the Parliament for another decade, the resolution against CAA was also taken.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Indian Navy had planned to build six nuclear attack submarines along with the Arihant Class SSBNs which are nuclear-powered submarines equipped with nuclear missiles. The nuclear attack submarines.. IndiaTimes - Published
Former Finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said that until the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 is kept in abeyance and government states in Parliament that the.. IndiaTimes - Published
"We had clearly stated in Parliament that we will not allow CAA to pass. We will not allow the loss of Northeast India," Rahul Gandhi said. DNA - Published
BAGHDAD â Iraqâs president refused Thursday to designate the Iran-backed parliamentary blocâs nominee for prime minister after he was rejected by anti-government protesters, saying he was.. WorldNews - Published
(Bloomberg) â The Turkish government will ask parliament in early January to authorize the deployment of troops to Libya to back its internationally recognized government, President Recep Tayyip.. WorldNews - Published
The Vansadhara Water Disputes Tribunal, constituted in February 2010 to resolve river water sharing dispute between Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, has got one-year extension. This extension is an immediate.. IndiaTimes - Published
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi returned to power with an even bigger majority for the BJP in May, his British counterpart Johnson won a landslide mandate to implement his central "Get Brexit Done".. WorldNews - Published
The comments come days after Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen and Bangladeshi home minister Asaduzzaman Khan called off visits to India after the Parliament passed the controversial.. DNA - Published
"Mamata Banerjee speaks the language of Pakistan. Like Pakistan, which demands UN intervention in everything, Mamata Banerjee has also demanded UN mediation on the matter of CAA," said Dilip Ghosh... IndiaTimes - Published
BAGHDAD (AP) â Iraq's top Shiite cleric called Friday for the speedy formation of a government and early elections as ongoing political wrangling caused Parliament to miss a deadline to name the next.. WorldNews - Published
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her demand for UN-monitored referendum on amended Citizenship Act and NRC, saying her remark was an.. IndiaTimes - Published
London: The UK government on Thursday confirmed plans to introduce a new visa for qualified doctors and nurses from countries around the world, including India, to address workforce shortages in the.. WorldNews - Published
Queen Elizabeth II formally opened a new session of Britainâs Parliament on Thursday with a speech laying out Prime Minister Boris Johnsonâs plans to use his commanding majority to take the U.K... France 24 - Published
Defence minister Rajnath Singh said the threat by some states not to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is a challenge to Indiaâs federal structure as the legislation has been passed by.. IndiaTimes - Published
Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, which was recently passed by Parliament, will give Indian nationality to refugees facing religious persecution in.. IndiaTimes - Published
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Congress is doing what Pakistan has been doing as the Parliament passed the legislation to give "respect" to the members of minority communities who fled.. DNA - Published
In his first public rally after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act cleared the Parliament hurdle, Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday hinted that âsome changesâ could be made in the lawâs.. IndiaTimes - Published
Earlier this month, Parliament passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Bill, 2019, to grant ownership rights to residents.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress MP Rahul Gandhiâs ârape in Indiaâ barb at the Modi government at a poll rally in Jharkhand triggered furious protests in both Houses on Friday, with BJP MPs demanding an apology and.. IndiaTimes - Published
The terror attack on the Parliament on December 31, 2001, was carried out by terrorists from the outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). DNA - Published
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party won a majority in Britain's Parliament. He says the victory gives him a mandate to navigate Britain's exit from the European Union. (Dec. 13)
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party won a thumping majority in Britain's Parliament - a decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election that should allow Johnson to fulfill his plan to.. USATODAY.com - Published
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