Environment minister Jairam Ramesh is likely to make a statement in the Rajya Sabha on Monday where he is expected to say that India's sovereignty was well protected in Copenhagen and that some of the red lines he had expressed in his speech in Parliament ahead of Copenhagen talks have not been transgressed.

Aarti Dhar

NEW DELHI: The government on Friday introduced in the Lok Sabha the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Bill, 2009. It seeks to allow swapping of organs and including grandparents and grandchildren in the list of donors.

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government today managed to pass five Bills in a hurry and adjourn the Lok Sabha sine die. But the main Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forced the government to keep the Rajya Sabha open for a debate on Copenhagen meeting on Monday.

Vasectomies made up just 4% of sterilisations in India in three years n Chandigarh tops in condom use, Punjab second

When it comes to family planning, Indian men would rather have women make the efforts. The trend is real, even in so-called empowered states like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Not just this, Lakshadweep reported only one voluntary vasectomy in three years and Mizoram just two!

Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned twice on Wednesday during the pre-lunch session with the Opposition coming together to protest rise in prices of essential commodities and the TDP objecting to division of Andhra Pradesh.

AMID opposition uproar over price rise, Lok Sabha passed three bills within just 15 minutes by voice vote.

HARDEV SANOTRA Financial Chronicle

Parliament on Wednesday passed the Essential Commodities (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2009, that introduces the new sugarcane price regime, after the government allayed concerns of Opposition that the states will not be required to pay the difference between the Central and the state advised price to farmers.

Parliament on Wednesday passed the Essential Commodities (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2009, that introduces the new sugarcane price regime, after the government allayed concerns of Opposition that the states will not be required to pay the difference between the Central and the state advised price to farmers.

Parliament on Wednesday passed the Essential Commodities (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2009, that introduces the new sugarcane price regime, after the government allayed concerns of Opposition that the states will not be required to pay the difference between the Central and the state advised price to farmers.