# India

Parliament summoned for special session from 18-22 Sept

In its notification, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said “the Thirteenth Session of Seventeenth Lok Sabha will commence on Monday, 18th September, 2023.

Statesman News Service | New Delhi | September 2, 2023 10:16 pm

Parliament summoned for special session from 18-22 Sept

Parliament has been summoned to meet for a special session from 18^th to 22^nd September, notifications from the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha secretariats said on Saturday.

In its notification, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said “the Thirteenth Session of Seventeenth Lok Sabha will commence on Monday, 18^th September, 2023. Subject to exigencies of Government Business, the Session is likely to conclude on Friday, the 22th September, 2023.”

President Droupadi Murmu has summoned the Rajya Sabha to meet on Monday, 18^th September. Subject to exigencies of business, the session is likely to conclude on Friday, the 22^nd September, a Rajya Sabha press communiqué said.

# India

Priyanka Gandhi leads in Wayanad, BJP ahead in Palakkad Assembly seat

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who made her poll debut from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, was leading in the early trends on Saturday.

# Bengal

BJP MP urges CM to scale up Lakshmir Bhandar money for women

Senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, a member of the Parliamentary Committee for home affairs, has written today to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to increase the monthly assistance under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme to Rs 2,000.

# India

Congress demands JPC probe into Adani group transactions after US prosecutors charge

With the Winter session of Parliament starting from Monday, Congress today demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the various alleged scams following the indictment of Gautam Adani and others by the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) of the US.