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The parliament's winter session began with back-to-back adjournment notices issued by the Congress, Shiv Sena and the TMC. Opposition parties raised slogans against the Centre and demanded that NC leader Farooq Abdullah be released from detention. The Congress accused the Centre of internationalising the Kashmir issue by inviting MPs from the EU.

On the eve of Rajya Sabha's landmark 250th session, ‎Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday met leaders of all political parties and highlighted the contribution of the upper house in the socio-economic transformation of the country but said it still has "miles to go".

Referring to the highly productive last session, the best in several years, Naidu urged the leaders to ensure that this positive momentum is sustained during the nearly month-long session. He said that the Upper House has extensively contributed to the growth of the nation.

12:14 PM IST

Rajya Sabha has been adjourned

Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 PM

12:10 PM IST

Congress says govt made Kashmir international issue by allowing EU MPs' visit

Opposition MPs in Lok Sabha are raising slogans demanding release of National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, "Vipaksh par hamla bandh karo, Farooq Abdullah ji ko riha karo"

11:43 AM IST

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ghulam Nabi Azad remembers former finance minister Arun Jaitley

Ghulam Nabi Azad called the former union minister a good student, leader and an orator and said he led an active life.

11:16 AM IST

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrives at Parliament

Sonia Gandhi, UPA chairperson arrives at the Lok Sabha to attend the first day of the winter session.

11:13 AM IST

Shiv Sena MPs raise slogans at Parliament House premises

Shiv Sena MPs Sanjay Raut and former Union minister Arvind Sawant lead protests against the Centre at Parliament House premises. Shiv Sena is demanding that Centre address Maharashtra's farmer distress as early as possible.

11:05 AM IST

Trinamool Congress gives adjournment notice over detention of political leaders in J&K

Citing the detention of NC leader Farooq Abdullah, the Trinamool Congress has given an adjournment notice to the Lok Sabha.

11:00 AM IST

'Incumbent upon the govt to run the House smoothly': Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who leads the Congress in Lok Sabha, said that the opposition parties too expect the PM and ruling party to help in smooth running of both Houses.

10:48 AM IST

PDP MPs protest Centre's decision to scrap J&K's special status

PDP MPs stage protest in the Rajya Sabha premises against the abrogation of Article 370.

10:42 AM IST

Shiv Sena and Congress issue adjournment notices in Lower House

Shiv Sena has given Adjournment Motion Notice in the Lok Sabha citing over losses encountered by farmers due to heavy rainfall in Maharashtra. Congress also issued an adjournment motion notice over political instability over Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

10:36 AM IST

'We want frank discussions on all matters': PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked all the parties to enrich the winter session with quality debates. While speaking to the media, he reflected that the last session was robust due to active participation from all MPs and he wished that the last session for this year will follow a similar route.

09:56 AM IST

Shiv Sena allotted seats in the Opposition section

Union minister parliamentary affairs minister Prahlad Joshi told the media that Shiv Sena has opted to sit in the Opposition as it is trying to work out a formula to form a government in Maharashtra with NCP and Congress.

Parliament Winter Session live updates | ‘This House representative of India’s diversity’: PM Modi in 250th RS session

The winter session of the Parliament kicks off today and the opposition is looking forward to corner the Centre over economic slowdown, detentions of political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir and unemployment.