The Lok Sabha adopted the motion to extend the term of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (amendment) bill on Thursday and to present their report at the end of the 2025 budget session instead.
Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar said on Thursday that everyone in the Parliament should have the highest regard for conforming to the rules of the House, as any such deviation in tantamount to being sacrilegious to the "temple of democracy."
As the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) seeks an extension on examining the Waqf (amendment) Bill and consult more stakeholders, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called it an "anti federal bill" in the state's assembly on Thursday.
Congress leader BK Hariprasad on Thursday, speaking to ANI, stated that "things should not be done from a communal angle" in reference to the JPC's proposed Waqf Amendment Bill tenure extension.
Amid the ongoing winter session of Parliament, Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday raised questions to the Minister of Communication regarding the decision of the Indian government to allocate space (satellite broadband) spectrum instead of auctioning it as per the 2012 Supre
The Global Food Security Summit 2024, held during Global Food Week concluded its sessions on Wednesday. The summit brought together 21 ministers and senior officials involved in global food security policymaking, along with leading experts and scientists from around the world.
The bill to amend the Waqf Act is unlikely to be taken up in the winter session of Parliament, with the joint committee set up to examine it set to seek an extension to present its report
Bearishness in the Indian stock markets seemed to be over, with the indices trading in the green for three out of four sessions. Yesterday, they were steady.
Amid the ongoing legislative assembly session in Bihar, former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday said that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill being introduced by the central government was "completely unconstitutional." He further accused