20 MPs from former president Mohammed Nasheed's party spent Sunday night hiding in Parliament fearing arrest and even torture. ...
10:41 AM, Feb 13, 2012
Athens: Greece's Parliament approved a deeply unpopular austerity bill Monday to secure a second EU/IMF bailout and avoid national bankruptcy, as buildings burned across central Athens and violence spread around the country. Cinemas, cafes, shops and banks were set ablaze in central Athens and black-masked protesters fought riot police outside Parliament before lawmakers voted on the package that demands deep pay, pension and job cuts - the price of a...
07:36 AM, Feb 13, 2012
New Delhi, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said on Wednesday it will be difficult to implement the proposed Food Security Act with existing distribution system and suggested massive reforms. "I will be failing in my duty if I do not emphasise the fact that the Food Security Act will never succeed in achieving its goal in letter and spirit, if we try to push the same through the existing PDS apparatus,"...
01:20 PM, Feb 08, 2012
New Delhi: The much talked about Lokpal Bill is expected to be brought again for consideration in the Rajya Sabha during the second phase of the Budget session of Parliament. "The bill is on the live register of the Rajya Sabha and it will now be taken up only in the second phase of the Budget session," an official said. The Budget session begins on March 12 with President Pratibha...
08:52 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Tehran: Iran's Parliament on Tuesday decided to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning over a long list of accusations, including that he mismanaged the nation's economy. The summons was the first of its kind for an Iranian president since 1979. It follows a petition by a group of lawmakers for a review of policy decisions by Ahmadinejad, who has come under increasing attacks in recent months from the same hard-liners...
08:19 PM, Feb 07, 2012
New Delhi: Schedule for the Budget session of Parliament will be decided on Tuesday amidst indications that the Union Budget 2012-13 may be presented around the middle of March. Meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will be held on Tuesday to decide the schedule of the session which is generally a three-month affair. Talk in political circles is that the address...
10:17 PM, Feb 06, 2012
Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani cited India's flourishing democracy and its "stark difference" from Pakistan as he lamented that no elected government had been allowed to complete its term in his country. Highlighting the importance of maintaining democracy in Pakistan, Gilani said the completion of parliament's term is in the interest of the country but conspiracies were being hatched against his government to prevent the holding of elections to...
03:16 PM, Feb 06, 2012
New Delhi: Decrying the failure of the Rajya Sabha to pass the Lokpal bill, Anna Hazare on Thursday made a curious suggestion to bring a law to empower gram sabhas that will be above Parliament. In a video address to Team Anna's seminar 'Rebuilding the Republic', he said people will have to be ready for a big agitation like the one for Jan Lokpal Bill if the government does not...
06:28 PM, Jan 26, 2012
New Delhi: An impressive display of armour and unmanned aerial vehicles recently added to India's military prowess was on full display at the 63rd Republic Day parade on Thursday that also showcased the country's rich heritage. The early morning chill did not deter people along the 8-km-parade route as they gathered on both sides of the majestic Rajpath, the country's ceremonial boulevard facing the Raisina Hills, and cheered the contingents...
09:04 AM, Jan 26, 2012
New Delhi: In a veiled reference to the Lokpal Debate that raged on during the Winter Session of Parliament, President Pratibha Patil said that the country must be cautious in bringing reforms, amid the ongoing civil society movement. "While bringing about reforms and improving institutions, we have to be cautious that while shaking the tree to remove the bad fruit, we do not bring down the tree itself," she said...
07:01 AM, Jan 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Union Budget may be presented around the middle of March in view of the ongoing Assembly elections, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee indicated on Wednesday. In an informal chat with journalists, he said a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs will be convened in the first week of February to decide on the date of the Budget Session of Parliament. He said the customary President's address...
02:00 PM, Jan 25, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI is learnt to have favoured amendments to the existing laws than having a new measure to deal with graft cases involving foreign public officials and officials of public international organisations. CBI Director AP Singh who appeared before a Parliamentary panel on Tuesday is understood to have told the panel that the agency preferred amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Act to deal with such cases. Several...
04:31 AM, Jan 25, 2012
Cairo: The Islamists dominated new Egyptian Parliament on Monday held its first session after the landmark polls since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak with a candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood tipped to become its first speaker. The inauguration of the first post Mubarak-era legislature came as the Brotherhood has eased off talks of Islamisation and instead declared that it will go for fixing Egypt's ailing economy. The Muslim Brotherhood which...
05:09 PM, Jan 23, 2012
New Delhi: In a sign of deepening strains with ally Trinamool, sulking West Bengal minister Manoj Chakraborty, who dubbed Mamata Banerjee as dictator after she divested him of two of his portfolios, was today allowed to quit her ministry by the Congress high command. Chakraborty, a Minister of State, had shot off his resignation to Congress President Sonia Gandhi after Banerjee stripped him of two of his portfolios - Parliamentary...
11:43 PM, Jan 20, 2012
Islamabad: Controversial Pakistani-American Mansoor Ijaz on Friday said he had been assured by the US of its support during his upcoming visit to Pakistan to testify before a judicial panel probing the memo scandal. "I had a conference call with the US State Department a couple of days ago. The US government will provide the support that they always do for US citizens," Ijaz told Geo News channel in an...
11:33 PM, Jan 20, 2012
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