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Bangladesh elections: A rocky road ahead for all parties
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): In a little over a week, Bangladesh will go to polls to elect a new parliament. Pitted against the Sheikh Hasina-led ruling Awami League (AL) and its various allies is the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) which had boycotted the last parliamentary electi
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Parliamentary panel recommends action against 'erring' officials for lapse
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI): A Parliamentary panel has recommended 'punitive action' against the 'erring' officials for committing 'lapses' and thus hindering 'efficient and timely' implementation of the National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) by identifying beneficiaries.
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Parliamentary Committee 'aghast' over shortcomings in planning of PM healt
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, Dec 21 (ANI): A Parliamentary Committee has made stinging observations over the planning of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) scheme, saying it was "aghast" to note the "shortcomings" and "deficiencies" in it.
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Parliamentary panel wants Health Ministry to take over ESIC hospitals, col
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): A Parliamentary committee has recommended that Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry should take over hospitals and colleges of Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) so that these facilities are run in a better manner.
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LS Speaker holds Rules Committee meeting to discuss ways to discipline err
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): With the Lok Sabha failing to function properly due to disruptions, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Friday chaired a meeting of the Rules Committee during which a law to punish erring members with disciplinary action was favoured, Parliamentary sources said.
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General Elections: UN is closely monitoring situation in Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka (Bangladesh) Dec 21 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) is closely monitoring the situation in Bangladesh where the general parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place on December 30, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on Friday.
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Inflated holiday pricing by airline companies draws Parliamentary Committe
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi(India), Dec 21 (ANI):A Parliamentary Committee has criticized airline companies over surge pricing closer to festival seasons and holidays and questioned the government's seriousness to curb such exorbitant pricing.
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Parliamentary Committee expresses concern over huge losses in some CPSUs
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, Dec 20 (ANI): A Parliamentary Committee has expressed concern over the huge losses suffered by some Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) and the low rate of return on assets and pressed the urgent need for optimum utilisation of their assets to generate better earnings.
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JPC must on Rafale, reiterates Kharge citing Bofors, 2G examples
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 19 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday emphasised that the only way to break the logjam in Parliament was to form a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Rafale fighter jet deal the way it was set up in the Bofors and 2G cases.
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Britain beefs up security for a no-deal Brexit possibility
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 19 (ANI): The United Kingdom has readied 3,500 troops, who are on standby, in case of a no-deal Brexit, with a parliamentary vote on the Withdrawal Agreement coming up on January 14, 2019.
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Triple talaq, Rafale, 1984 riots dominate BJP parliamentary party meet
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Dec 18, (ANI): Triple talaq, Rafale, and 1984 anti-Sikh riots were some of the issues which dominated BJP's parliamentary party meeting on Tuesday, Rural Development Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said.
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Brexit: Opposition leader tables no-confidence motion against May
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 18 (ANI): Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of the Opposition in the British Parliament has tabled a motion of no-confidence in British Prime Minister Theresa May for pushing back the date of the parliamentary vote on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
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