The Latest Breaking News from Sansad TV

Protocol snub, impeachment motion: Why Dhankhar called it quits

A few months after he became vice-president, Jagdeep Dhankhar met then-US president Joe Biden in Cambodia to attend a multilateral summit in November 2022. Biden reportedly told Dhankhar: “Just like you, I was also once vice-president.” Dhankhar said he was following in Biden’s footsteps.

Newslaundry · Jul 22, 2025

Sansad TV staff fear more job cuts: Lack of long-term contract, one-month extensions

Employees at Sansad TV are fearing a downsizing exercise in the absence of a long-term contract and repeated messages to extend their service by a month. 

Newslaundry · Jul 31, 2024

‘Breach of privilege’: Questions loom over ‘unauthorised’ parliament videos shared by Navika Kumar

On July 3, Times Now chief Navika Kumar tweeted four videos of Lok Sabha proceedings on her X account. But the source of her videos has come under cloud with Congress MP R Sudha writing to Speaker Om Birla seeking a probe.

Newslaundry · Jul 8, 2024

Morning Digest | Manipur Police register criminal case against Assam Rifles; Defence Ministry to switch to locally built OS Maya amid threats, and more

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The Hindu · Aug 9, 2023

Opposition MPs stall Lok Sabha proceedings over Sansad TV scroll on PM Modi government’s achievements

Opposition members in the Lok Sabha stalled proceedings during the debate on the no-confidence motion objecting to a scroll that was appearing on the bottom of the screen of Sansad TV

The Hindu · Aug 8, 2023

No-trust motion: Sansad TV ticker shows govt ‘achievements’ as Gogoi questions Modi over Manipur

“Prime minister has assumed a maun vrat (pledge to not speak) … We are compelled to bring the no confidence motion… Modi has to accept his double-engine government has failed.”

Newslaundry · Aug 8, 2023

At Sansad TV, vice president Dhankhar calls the shots on content, layoffs, appraisal

Sansad TV laid off 26 employees last month. Contracts of 19 temporary and freelance staff were terminated on June 12, while seven senior employees were sacked on June 27, and 15 others were told their work will be reviewed over the next six months. 

Newslaundry · Jul 15, 2023

‘It all happened so abruptly’: Sansad TV ends services of 19 ad hoc, freelance employees

Public broadcaster Sansad TV ended the services of 19 ad hoc and freelance professionals after CEO Rajit Punhani issued two orders on June 12 to that effect.

Newslaundry · Jun 22, 2023

87 percent of editors and proprietors at India’s top newspapers are men

Eighty-seven percent of editors and proprietors at India’s top English and Hindi newspapers are men.

Newslaundry · Oct 15, 2022

Sansad TV’s YouTube account ‘compromised by scamsters’

It was restored on Tuesday evening

The Hindu · Feb 15, 2022