The Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be launched on Friday midnight in an hour-long event that will evoke memories of the "Tryst with Destiny" moment of 1947.

The Opposition Party Congress has decided to boycott the much-awaited GST launch scheduled June 30 in a special midnight Parliament session, joining the tunes of Trinamool Congress (TMC).

The British Parliament has been hit by a cyber-attack, officials at Westminster said.

The monsoon session of Parliament will commence from July 17, the day the President's election is scheduled in which over 776 MPs are eligible to vote.

The upper house of Parliament in Japan on Thursday approved anti-terrorist conspiracy bill that penalises the planning of crimes with the aim to prevent terrorism.

The monsoon session of Parliament may be convened for a month from July 12, five days before the date of President's election in which over 776 MPs are eligible to vote.

The parliamentary approval comes after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday expressed disapproval of the sanctions imposed on Qatar by several Arab countries.

President of the Nepali Congress party Sher Bahadur Deuba was the sole candidate to run for the election of prime minister, the Parliament Secretariat said on Saturday.

The cabinet on Wednesday approved changes in a law to fast track removal of ministers, members of Parliament and bureaucrats over-staying in government-allotted accommodations.

Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has been appointed new chairperson of parliament's Public Accounts Committee, an official release said on Tuesday. Kharge replaces his party's K.V. Thomas whose term has ended.