Trouble is brewing for the Women's Reservation Bill with a section of BJP MPs in Lok Sabha expressing their opposition to the measure and threatening to vote against it.

The stand-off over Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha ended today with government announcing that the proposed legislation would be brought in the House only after consultations with all sections.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today defended her party's decision to abstain from voting on the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha but said she was in favour of the Constitutional amendment.

Members of SP, RJD and JD(U) disrupted Lok Sabha proceedings for the third day today over the Women's Reservation Bill and the forcible eviction of their colleagues in the Rajya Sabha.

India on Tuesday said it has decided to formally back the Climate Change Accord hammered out in Copenhagen last year joining over 100 countries that have already "associated" with the pact.

History was created in the Rajya Sabha when it voted by an overwhelming majority a Bill to reserve one-third of seats in Lok Sabha and Assemblies for women after government pushed ahead with it, ignoring possible threats to its stability and after eviction of troublesome MPs opposed to it.

The fire in BARC, which killed two nuclear scientists, was caused by low intensity explosive energy released from accidental mixing of small quantities of reactive chemicals, the Lok Sabha was told today.

The entire opposition today got together and disrupted proceedings in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over the government's decision to raise prices of petrol and diesel, forcing two adjournments till 2 pm.

The proposed changes in duties related to petroleum products in the Budget stirred a hornet's nest on Friday, with the entire Opposition staging a walkout from the Lok Sabha and warning that they will not allow Parliament to run till a rollback is announced.

Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today rejected the Opposition demand for admitting an adjournment motion on the issue of price rise triggering turmoil in the House and leading to its brief adjournment.

Both houses of the Parliament were adjourned on Tuesday till 11 am Wednesday, owing to disruptions caused by the Opposition.

Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday formally took over as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, occupying the seat hitherto held by senior BJP leader L K Advani.

Terming the recent Maoist strike on a paramilitary camp in West Bengal as a "cowardly" act, President Pratibha Patil on Monday made it clear that such "senseless violence" would strengthen the government's resolve to tackle it with "added vigour".

A bill to provide for free air travel within the country to companions and relatives of Ministers, in addition to their family members, on Tuesday received a Parliamentary approval without a debate.

The Government on Friday introduced a Bill in Parliament that seeks to authorise it to clear various decisions on the associate banks of the SBI, including the appointment of managing directors and sacking their boards in public interest.

The Lok Sabha was rocked for the fourth consecutive day on Friday by the Telangana issue, with members in favour of the separate state and those opposing it disrupting the proceedings.

Congress members from Telangana countered the TDP members by showing placards favouring a separate state and raised "Jai Telangana" slogans.

In a sudden development, Jaswant Singh has resigned as Chairman of the Prestigeous Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which he had refused to quit when he had a bitter parting of ways with the BJP four months ago.

Proceedings in both Houses of Parliament were disrupted on Wednesday with the entire opposition creating uproar over price rise, while the TDP members protested against creation of Telangana state.

The government on Tuesday said it would strive to establish a National Security Guard (NSG) hub or an equivalent commando force in every state in due course to strengthen the national security apparatus.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today apologised to the Lok Sabha on behalf of the government for certain "undesirable" remarks by a Congress member against former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Under attack for its climate policy for Copenhagen summit, Government on Monday said India will not accept any legal binding on emission cut and rejected any proposal that would put a cap on the carbon emission.

The Lok Sabha on Monday congratulated the Indian cricket team for defeating Sri Lanka in a Test series and becoming the number one cricket team in the ICC Test rankings.

The Union Cabinet has been summoned for an unscheduled meeting on Tuesday morning before the start of Parliament's day's sitting, strengthening speculation that the government may be pushed to tabling the Liberhan Commission report on Babri Masjid demolition.

Responding to opposition members' concern over the leakage of the report, Home Minister P Chidambaram said in the Lok Sabha that the report along with Action Taken Report would be tabled in this session which concludes on December 21.