While Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that his government is ready to listen to all issues in the upcoming winter parliament session. Opposition raised Farooq Abdullah's detention issue during an all-party meeting. They demanded that he must be allowed to attend the Parliament session.

The budget session of the Parliament of India will commence from June 17 to July 26, election of speaker will be held on June 19. The decision came in the first Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.

With Parliament passing only two laws outside Budget-related Bills during the month-long session, the Budget session that concluded on Friday is the least productive Budget session since 2000, data shows.

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Sunday was re-elected for his second five-year term at the ongoing parliament session.

Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal was detained on Wednesday when she was going to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's office along with other members of the DCW to hand over letters supporting the 'Rape Roko' campaign.

Countering opposition criticism, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the Winter Session of Parliament would "certainly" be held, adding that Parliament sessions have been delayed in the past as well.

The Lok Sabha was on Tuesday adjourned soon after it met for the second time following uproar in the House over several issues, including farmers' plight and cow slaughter.

The stage is all set for the rollout of the major indirect tax reform measure - Goods and Services Tax (GST) - in Parliament's Central Hall on Friday night amid boycott by the Congress, the Trinamool and other opposition parties even as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley urged them to reconsider their decision.

One of its kind suggestions came from a Lok Sabha MP that will enable automatic demonetisation in a regular interval of time. Jayadev Galla (TDP) suggested expiry dates on the bigger currency notes that will help in preventing stocking of notes.

According to sources quoted by news agency PTI, the decision has been taken in view of campaigning for Assembly Elections in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. However, no official business has been compromised for the same.