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MPs seek more clarity on feasibility of remote voting during parliamentary
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Modi led Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee for Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on Monday discussed several issues including the Election Commission of India's recent proposal of 'remote voting for migrants'.
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Mayor, standing committees polls: AAP seeks support of Cong councillors
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid the brawl between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party over the election of a new mayor for Delhi which stalled the mayoral elections, AAP is now trying to seek support from the Congress councillors.
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Pakistan-Taliban ties: From strategic depth to strategic menace
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The US exit from Afghanistan had bolstered Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) activities with its base in the war-torn country still intact, Pakistan's counter-terrorism authority in Islamabad told the country's Senate Standing Committee on Interior earlier this month. The TTP gained considerab
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China relocates Tibet's nomads in garb of ecological conservation
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The draft law according to Tibetologist Gabriel Laffite seeks to displace more Tibetan nomads from their landscapes but does not stop mining. "In the name of ecological restoration, Tibetans are further demobilized, made to stay put in new border villages, under surveillance".
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Aam Aadmi Party announces candidate for mayoral election
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Pankaj Gupta said, 'The PAC meeting was held at the CM's residence this morning. Six names were discussed in this meeting. Names were fixed for four standing committees, one for the mayor and one for the deputy mayor."
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Rajya Sabha takes up Maritime Anti-Piracy Bill for consideration
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"The Ministry of External Affairs held several rounds of extensive inter-ministerial consultations with the concerned departments of the Government of India to incorporate all the recommendations of the standing committee in the bill. The amendments were drafted and finalized with the concur
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Pakistani senator Farooq Naek calls for revisiting Afghan policy after sur
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
During Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Senator Naek expressed serious reservations over the attack on the Pakistani head of mission in Kabul earlier this month, Dawn newspaper reported.
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Delhi Airport CEO skips meeting despite summons, Parliamentary panel expre
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism, and Culture, including aviation members, expressed unhappiness over DIAL CEO Videh Jaipuriar's absence from the committee meeting despite the summons.
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Congestion complaints: Parliamentary Committee for Transport summons CEO o
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Parliamentary Standing Committee for Transport, Tourism and Culture has summoned the chief executive officer of Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) and others on December 15 amid reports of passengers facing congestion at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport, informed an
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As BJP registers landslide victory, Bhupendra Patel set to take oath as Gu
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Patel has vast experience in administration, having served as the Chairman of the Standing Committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and as a Corporator for Thaltej ward from 2010 to 2015. He began his political career in 1995 when he was appointed as the Chairman of the Standing
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Parliament Winter Session: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Earlier in the day, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury raised the issue of denying parliamentary standing committee chairmanships to Opposition parties in the Lok Sabha.
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Nepal: Maoist Center to seek consensus from ruling parties to lead governm
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Second round meeting of the standing committee of the Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist Center on Sunday decided to proceed with consensus and understanding with all parties.
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