31% Lok Sabha MPs face criminal charges: Report

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 23:02

Some 31 per cent of MPs in the Lok Sabha have criminal cases pending against them, and their pay package is 68 times higher than the national per capita income, according to the National Social Watch Report on Governance and Development-2013 released here on Tuesday.

‘Sadak’ way ahead of ‘Bijli’ and ‘Paani’ as priority for MPs

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 10:18

At 66, if India still struggles to provide safe drinking water and uninterrupted power supply to its people, then our parliamentarians too must share the blame.

Indian MPs to play T20 match against Mumbai Heroes next month

Last Updated: Thursday, April 18, 2013, 16:52

The IPL fever seems to have gripped the Indian parliamentarians as well and they are all set to play a friendly Twenty20 match against the Mumbai Heroes, the cricket team of Bollywood, on May 20 at the picturesque HPCA stadium in Dharamsala.

Indian MPs go to Yale to learn leadership issues

Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 09:40

Eleven Indian parliamentarians from seven national and regional parties are in Washington for interactions with senior US government officials and thought leaders as part of a leadership programme at Yale University.

Indian MPs led by Sushma Swaraj on Lanka visit

Last Updated: Monday, April 16, 2012, 19:18

A multi-party MPs delegation embarked on a six-day visit to Sri Lanka during which they will oversee developmental projects by India.

Height of cricket diplomacy in Dharamsala

Last Updated: Saturday, April 14, 2012, 12:24

A group of Parliamentarians from India and Britain played a cricket match in the picturesque Himachal Pradesh town of Dharamsala.

Hold talks with Naxal-hit states, MPs tell govt

Last Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012, 14:18

Members in the Lok Sabha on Friday expressed concern over the abduction of an Italian and an Odisha MLA by Maoists and wanted the Centre to hold talks with Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharasthra and other Naxal-hit states.