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Draft report on Waqf Bill circulated among members, parliamentary panel to
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Jagdambika Pal, who is a BJP MP, said that there will be meeting tomorrow to adopt the draft report. He also rejected opposition's allegations.
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UK Business & Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to visit India in Febr
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India]/ London [UK], January 28: The UK's Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Jonathan Reynolds, has revealed that he will be visiting India next month in an effort to propel the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with urgency. India Global Forum launches 'Se
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"Bill will address basic societal needs," says Muslim Rashtriya Manch hail
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Muslim Rashtriya Manch National Convener Shahid Sayeed on Tuesday hailed the clearance of the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) saying that the bill will serve as an effective means to address basic societal needs while empowering the underprivileged and
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JPC clears WAQF Bill with 25 amendments on 14 clauses
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
JPC Chairman Jagdambika Pal defends the approval of the WAQF Bill, highlighting the democratic process behind the 25 amendments across 14 clauses, and calls the process transparent and in line with parliamentary procedure.
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Union Budget 2025: "We have called an all-party meeting on January 30," sa
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Ahead of the upcoming Union Budget, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju informed on Monday that the government has called an all-party meeting on January 30.
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"Society must change": SC declines plea seeking reform in dowry and domest
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Declining to hear the plea, Justice Nagarathna said, "Society must change we can't do anything. Parliamentary laws are there."
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Polit Bureau of CPI (M) disapproves move by JPC Chairman for Waqf
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in a statement strongly disapproved the move by the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for the Waqf Bill and said that the Chairman of the committee had chosen a flimsy ground to suspend all the members of the JPC be
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"They tried to weaken democracy": Jagdambika Pal slams Opposition for 'sta
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
"I allowed all the JPC members to put forth their views. When I tried to answer their questions, they (opposition MPs) started sloganeering, making noise and using unparliamentary words," Pal said.
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"From opposing BJP, opposition has now resorted to opposing country": BJP'
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sanjay Jaiswal has slammed the opposition over the ruckus during the Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, and said that from opposing BJP and NDA, the opposition has now resorted to "opposing the country."
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"Govt wants to bulldoze it": Suspended MPs react after chaos at JPC meetin
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
After being suspended from the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) meeting on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, the opposition MPs on Friday reacted sharply, alleging that the dates for the meeting were announced without prior notice. They also claimed that the government's actions were viola
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BJP calls TMC's Kalyan Banerjee "not fit for the Parliament"
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Following the suspension of Kaylan Banerjee, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and member of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Agnimitra Paul criticised TMC's disruption tactics. Paul claimed that this was not the f
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"The amendments are unacceptable": Mirwaiz Umar Farooq opposes proposed am
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the Head of Mutahida Majlis-E-Ulema, voiced strong opposition to the proposed amendments to the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, during his meeting with the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on Wednesday.
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