Both houses of Parliament were disrupted on Tuesday as members protested the petrol price hike and the killing of a police officer in Uttar Pradesh.

The Congress-led UPA government might have won in both Houses of Parliament over contentious issue of FDI in retail, but it had to toil hard to reach the comfort zone as the party faced ripples from all corners.

Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt is glad that Rekha`s nomination to Rajya Sabha has been approved by President Pratibha Patil and says that the veteran actress has a long way to go.

The process to elect 145 Panchayat Samitis and 22 Zila Parishads in Punjab got underway on Friday with the state Election Commission issuing a notification in this regard.

The Lok Sabha on Monday extended till the Monsoon Session the time for submission of the report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) looking into 2G spectrum allocation.

Predicting downfall of the Congress-led UPA government in the Lok Sabha polls, NDA convener and Janata Dal (United) President Sharad Yadav said that it (UPA) would meet the same fate as PPP in Pakistan.

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday extolled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's skills in running a coalition government as Rajya Sabha approved a resolution approving proclamation of President's rule in Jharkhand.

The AgustaWestland chopper deal had its echo in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with BJP demanding a discussion on the issue and government agreeing to have it on Wednesday.

The issue of Ram Setu rocked Rajya Sabha on Tuesday with BJP asking the government to withdraw its affidavit given in court on plans to dismantle it, leading to acrimonious exchanges and consequent adjournment of the House.

The NCP on Thursday said that Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has no Prime Ministerial ambitions and won't contest the next Lok Sabha elections.