Parliament LIVE: Second half of Budget Session begins today, expected to be stormy

The second half of the Budget Session of Parliament will commence today with the government seeking to push its legislative agenda, including the bill for confiscation of properties of fugitives, and the Opposition likely to target it on a range of issues including the multi-crore bank frauds.

The session begins two days after the election results in the northeast were announced that saw the BJP triumphing in Tripura and improving its performance in Nagaland and Meghalaya.

The BJP is expected to be in high spirits to take on a combative Opposition that has been seeking to pin down the government over the Rs 12,600 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam involving diamond merchant Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi.

The government and the Congress are also likely to cross swords over the arrest of Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram's son Karti by the CBI in the INX Media alleged bribery case. The Congress has termed the CBI action "political vendetta".

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10:26 AM | Telegu Desam Party MPs stage protest in Parliament demanding funds for Andhra Pradesh.

Telegu Desam Party MPs stage protest in Parliament.

10:19 AM | CPI Leader D Raja gives adjournment motion notice in Rajya Sabha over the Punjab National Bank scam.

10:10 AM | Jan Adhikar Party chief Pappu Yadav gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over the SSC exams scam.

10:02 AM | Samajwadi Party MP Naresh Agarwal gives adjournment motion notice in Rajya Sabha on the PNB fraud case.

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9:54 AM | RJD MP JP Yadav gives adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha over the Punjab National Bank fraud case.

9:18 AM | BJP MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe gives adjournment motion notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267 on 'reports of corrupt practices indulged in by relatives of former ministers under tacit protection by ministers'.

BJP MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe's notice in Rajya Sabha.