Iran Live! Hegseth warns Iran of ‘most intense day yet of US strikes’
Trump shocker: US President says when he asked a military official why Iranian ships were not being captured, he responded that it was “more fun to sink them”
Here is the top, trending news of Tuesday, March 10, 2026, including Iran war, Parliament updates, states' politics, geopolitics, federal issues, economics, development issues, sports, entertainment, and so on.
Read updates below.
Live Updates
- 10 March 2026 1:30 PM IST
Lack of commercial LPG: Stocks can last only for 1-2 days, say TN Hotels
Restaurants across Tamil Nadu are staring at a bleak future with existing stock expected to last only for one or two days due to a lack of commercial LPG cylinder supply amid the West Asia conflict, hoteliers said on Tuesday (March 10).
Some of the hotels and restaurants have already cut the number of food items offered in order to reduce the LPG use, officials said.
"It is like a second COVID-19-enforced lockdown for us. We are cutting down on the usage of LPG cylinders. We have reduced the number of food items. For Dosa, tea or coffee, the stove should be receiving LPG supply non-stop. We have cut the number of items now and are providing food only in limited numbers," the chairman of a popular restaurant chain told PTI on condition of anonymity.
The Tamil Nadu Hotels Association, a body representing the hotels and restaurants in the State, on March 7, appealed to the Centre to withdraw its order instructing oil marketing companies to suspend commercial LPG cylinders.
On March 6, the government invoked, sparingly used emergency powers to direct oil refineries to ramp up LPG production to increase the availability of domestic cooking gas to avoid potential disruptions due to the widening West Asia conflict.
On March 7, the prices of domestic LPG and commercial cylinders were hiked by Rs 60 and Rs 114.5, respectively.
- 10 March 2026 1:09 PM IST
Folks, it's a lunch break.
After a stormy start, the House has been adjourned till 2 pm for lunch.
- 10 March 2026 12:58 PM IST
Gogoi sticks to points; Rijiju objects
As Gaurav Gogoi recounts how Rahul Gandhi was repeatedly interrupted by ministers and BJP MPs, Jagadambika Pal interrupts, saying the motion is against the Speaker, and not against the government, and so Gogoi must limit his points to the Speaker.
Union Parliamentary Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju tells Gogoi that if the Opposition speaks on issues beyond the Speaker and drags in the government, the Treasury MPs will do the same when they reply to the discussion.
Gogoi retorts, saying the history of Lok Sabha, whenever analysed, will show that no parliamentary affairs minister in history has interrupted Opposition MPs as much as Rijiju has.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah responds, saying Gogoi is correct and Rijiju has made many interruptions but only because in the history of Parliament there has never been a more irresponsible Opposition.
As Gogoi reiterates how Rahul was not allowed to speak on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address and was repeatedly interrupted, Pal says the rules don't allow him to make these allegations as his submission must be limited only to the Speaker and not raise issues about the government.
- 10 March 2026 12:43 PM IST
Gogoi slams Centre
Updates from Parliament:
Union Home Minister Amit Shah interjects, saying preside means only presiding over House proceedings and does not apply to Speaker's adjudicatory/administrative powers
Gogoi reiterates Article 95(2) dictates that the House has to determine who will preside over proceedings and the sense of the House has not been taken in the current matter. Gogoi says this is the same lack of fairness that the House has been witnessing for the last 5 years, adding that despite the INDIA Bloc having over 200 MPs in the current House, the post of Deputy Speaker, which conventionally is occupied by an Opposition MP, has been kept vacant.
- 10 March 2026 12:40 PM IST
What Gaurav Gogoi says
Updates from Parliament:
What Gaurav Gogoi said: ''The Supreme Court in Nabam Rebia had said that the Speaker is expected to have elevated independence, impeccable objectivity, irreproachable fairness and absolute impartiality. Article 96 of the Constitution says Speaker or Deputy Speaker should not preside while a notice seeking removal is pending. When the Speaker is not allowed to preside over functions during the pendency of a motion, I want to ask how it has been decided that Jagdambika Pal will be sitting in the Chair to preside over this discussion. I want to record to reflect our strongest objection that sense of the House was not taken to decide who will preside over the discussion.''
- 10 March 2026 12:34 PM IST
Modi, Rahul not in House
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi to start the discussion. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi are NOT present in the House for discusion.
- 10 March 2026 12:30 PM IST
Pal's clean chit for Speaker
Even before the discussion could begin, Jagadambika Pal cites canvasses Birla's "fairness", claiming that even though the notice submitted by Opposition MPs on February 10 had many infirmities - incorrect date, absense of signatures, etc - he allowed for the infirmities to be corrected instead of rejecting the notice and took the high moral ground of not presiding over House proceedings till the motion seeking his removal is not discussed in the House.
- 10 March 2026 12:25 PM IST
Motion seeking Birla's removal admitted; 10-hour discussion to follow
Jagadambika Pal has put motion to vote. Over 50 MPs, required for the motion to be admitted, stand in support of the motion moved by Jawed.
Motion seeking Birla's removal admitted.10-hour-long discussion on the motion to follow.
- 10 March 2026 12:23 PM IST
Speaker still has all the powers, says Jagadambika Pal
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad says all objections raised by Opposition MPs are baseless and should be rejected.
Presiding officer Jagadambika Pal says office of the Speaker is not vacant and so the Speaker has powers to appoint anyone to preside over proceedings. Pal argued that only if the Opposition's resolution had been adopted by the House and the Speaker was removed, his powers to appoint would end.
- 10 March 2026 12:16 PM IST
Owaisi: Pending removal motion bars Speaker from adjudicatory decisions
Updates from Parliament:
AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi cites the Supreme Court's Nabam Rabia judgment to question Jagdambika Pal's (presiding over House proceedings) appointment by the Speaker to preside over the discussion on the motion.
Owaisi says Nabam Rebia judgment bars Speaker from taking any adjudicatory decisions while a motion seeking his removal is pending.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and Union Parliamentary Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju rebutted Owaisi, saying Article 95(2) and previous rulings in the House allow the Speaker to appoint any person to chair proceedings of the House.
Congress MP KC Venugopal questioned why the government has not allowed appointment of a Deputy Speaker for the past 7 years. Venugopal said the government has created a constitutional vacuum by not allowing the Deputy Speaker's election, as a Deputy Speaker's presence would not have led to questions over the Speaker's power to appoint an MP to preside over proceedings.
