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Naidu dismisses Opposition allegations on scrutiny of Bills
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 29 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday dismissed the Opposition's allegation that the Rajya Sabha was a party in hurriedly passing legislation without proper scrutiny, while stressing the need for the codification of guidelines for the scrutiny of Bills b
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Oppn parties accuse BJP of manipulating ballot paper voting on RTI Bill
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Rajya Sabha on Thursday witnessed chaos and uproar as Opposition parties accused BJP of manipulating ballot papers during the voting on the Right to Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019. BJP too targeted its political rivals for levelling 'baseless
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Zero percent Bills scrutinised by Parliamentary committees: Derek O'Brien
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16(ANI) : Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Tuesday slammed the Narendra Modi-led NDA government for rushing their Bills through the Lok Sabha. He said that only zero per cent bills had been scrutinised by the Parliamentary committees so far.
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Twenty-nine members elected unopposed to Parliamentary Committee on Estima
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The election of members to the Committee on Estimates culminated with all applicant members being elected unopposed after only 29 candidates applied for the 30 member committee.
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Nepal withdraws decision to host IIFA awards
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], July 4 (ANI): Nepal has withdrawn its decision to host the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Award 2019 following opposition from a parliamentary committee in light of the increasing social media criticism of the event.
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UK falling behind in race to engage with 'rising India': British Parliamen
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 24 (ANI): The United Kingdom is "falling behind" in the global race to engage with the "rising India", said a key British Parliamentary committee in its report.
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Will initiate JPC probe into 'Rafale scam' after coming to power, says Con
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Apr 11 (ANI): A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe would be initiated into the alleged scam in Rafale jet deal after coming to power at the Centre, said Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi here on Thursday.
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Modi removed BC Khanduri from parliamentary committee for asking questions
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Mar 16 (ANI): As Manish Khanduri joined the Congress here on Saturday, party President Rahul Gandhi rubbed it in by saying the new entrant's father B C Khanduri had not been given his due by the BJP and had been removed from the chairmanship of a Parliament
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'Grateful to parliamentary committee for opportunity to share preparation
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi, [India], March 6 (ANI): Facebook Vice-President Joel Kaplan said the company is "very grateful to the honourable parliamentary committee for giving an opportunity to share how they are preparing for the Indian election."
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Ensure, your platforms are not used to create division in society: Parliam
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): The Chairman of Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology, Anurag Thakur said on Wednesday that social media giants like Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram have accepted that there is a need for corrective measures to keep a check on posts that lead
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Under fire for comments by employees on terror and Pulwama, Facebook apolo
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): Facebook on Wednesday apologised to a Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology headed by BJP MP Anurag Thakur over insensitive comments made by some of its employees in the wake of Pulwama attack, according to exclusive information available with AN
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Parliamentary Committee briefed on Balakot air strike, no member asks for
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 3 (ANI): Days after IAF carried out air strike at Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) camp in Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale briefed a Parliamentary Committee on the Indian action and the related developments.
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