Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday cautioned that inflation could be in double digits in March though the government is taking all steps to protect the vulnerable sections from price rise.

A bill seeking to amend criminal laws relating to powers of the police to make an arrest without a warrant was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

Noting that Air India was reportedly at a disadvantage vis-a-vis the private players, a Parliamentary Committee has asked the government to make rules to penalise those airlines which were not operating 10 of their capacity to socially important but commercially unviable routes like the Northeast.

Describing the Women's Reservation Bill as a "giant step" towards the empowerment of women, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said in the Rajya Sabha that the measure is not anti-minority and anti-Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe.

The 14-year journey of the Women's Reservation Bill was marked by high drama and hit roadblocks in each of its outings in Parliament before the historic measure cleared the first legislative hurdle on Tuesday.