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Sri Lanka: Parliamentary panel to submit final report on Easter attacks on
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Oct 12 (ANI): The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) appointed to look into the Easter Sunday terror attacks will submit its report on October 23.
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Parliamentary committee probing Lanka's Easter attacks seeks another month
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 13 (ANI): Term of the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), which is probing the Easter Sunday attacks that killed more than 250 people across Sri Lanka, will be extended by another month, its chairman and Deputy Speaker Ananda Kumarasiri said on Tuesday.
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Lanka's Wickremesinghe says govt responsible for mistakes that lead to Eas
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Aug 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that the Sri Lankan government, along with the cabinet of ministers, are responsible for the mistakes and lapses which enabled a local terror group to launch successful attacks on Easter Sunday that killed more th
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No agreement with opposition to send bills to select committee: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday that there was no agreement with the opposition parties on sending some contentious bills pending in the Rajya Sabha to select committee of the House.
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Parliament passes Bill criminalising instant Triple Talaq
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): The Central government on Tuesday scored a major victory in the Rajya Sabha on the back of cracks in the opposition when the House passed the Triple Talaq Bill after rejecting the opposition's demand to refer the Bill to the Select Committee and to remove th
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Rajya Sabha approves Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill,
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): The government on Tuesday scored a major victory in the Rajya Sabha on the back of cracks in the opposition when the House passed the triple talaq bill after rejecting the opposition demand to refer it to the select committee and to remove the criminality cl
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Refer Triple Talaq Bill to Select Committee for further scrutiny: Oppositi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 30 (ANI): Opposition parties on Tuesday termed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage), Bill, 2019 as "unconstitutional" and stressed that the Bill needs to be referred to a Select Committee of Parliament for further scrutiny.
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Bhupender Yadav downplays allegations of improper scrutiny of Bills
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): BJP General Secretary Bhupender Yadav on Sunday downplayed the allegations levelled by opposition leaders in Rajya Sabha regarding the improper scrutiny of the Bills by the Parliamentary Select Committee.
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What happened yesterday has pained me: R S Chairman Naidu
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 26 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday expressed "pain" over Thursday's incident in the upper house during voting process on Right to Information (Amendment) Bill that witnessed chaos and pandemonium after the House rejected Opposition's demand to r
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17 Opposition MPs express concern over passing Bills without scrutiny, wri
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): As many as 17 opposition members have written to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu raising serious concerns over how the Central government is "hurriedly" passing legislation without any scrutiny by the Standing or Select Committees of Parliament.
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Rajya Sabha passes RTI (Amendment) Bill after acrimonious debate
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 25 (ANI) The Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the controversial Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 after an acrimonious debate and opposition walk out amidst uproarious scenes with the government rejecting a strong demand for referring the bill to select commit
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Uproar in Rajya Sabha over Right to Information (Amendment) Bill
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 25 (ANI): Opposition parties on Thursday created pandemonium in Rajya Sabha after the government rejected their demand to refer the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 to a Select Committee of the Upper House.
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