New Delhi: Notwithstanding the raging NCTC controversy, a Parliamentary panel has recommended giving CBI "effective" statutory backing through enactment of a law similar to NIA act so that the agency can probe corruption cases throughout the country without the states' consent. The panel made the recommendation observing it is a "dire need" of the hour. "The Committee takes note of the opinion of the learned AG (Attorney General). But, it...
06:57 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Standing Committee's report on land acquisition has been slammed by India Incorporate. This came after the committee insisted that land acquisition by the government can only be done for infrastructure and social projects and not for private profit. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) President Adi Godrej said, "The Standing Committee report on land will adversely affect the manufacturing sector as it doesn't factor in industry needs. The...
07:33 AM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: A Parliamentary Standing Committee will submit its report on the Land Acquisition Bill on Thursday. Some proposals look fairly radical including the one allowing acquisitions only for welfare works and not profit. They are likely to get the go-ahead from the UPA government, which is under pressure from allies like Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The norms for land acquisition will be more...
08:52 AM, May 17, 2012
New Delhi: Pointing to a collusive nexus between drug manufacturers, officials of Drugs Control Organisation and medical experts in granting approvals to new drugs, a Parliamentary Panel said drugs banned, discarded or withdrawn in developed countries are in circulation in India. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare also pointed to serious lapses and irregularities on the approvals of new drugs and pointed out that 33 such drugs...
01:23 AM, May 10, 2012
New Delhi: The Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) is set to meet in Parliament on Wednesday morning. Party President Sonia Gandhi is expected to address the Congress MPs. Sources say she may touch on the recommendations made by the AK Antony report on the poll debacle in the state assembly elections. The panel which was constituted to study poll reverses suffered by the party in the recent assembly elections in 5...
09:16 AM, May 09, 2012
Mumbai: Over 6000 villages in 15 districts of Maharashtra are drought affected, and while the state government has announced extra funds for the areas, the government's plan to send 25 MLAs on the annual Commonwealth Parliamentary Board tour to Europe at such a time has met with severe criticism, particularly from MNS Chief Raj Thackeray, whose party sent out a letter requesting the MLAs to cancel the planned trip. Said...
08:01 AM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: The number of projects undertaken by the urban development ministry for transition to quasi-urban society has not been accompanied by a commensurate increase in the supply of basic urban services, a report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development said on Wednesday. The committee chaired by Member of Parliament Sharad Yadav said that the urban population has increased from over 28 crore in 2001 to 37 crore...
02:18 AM, Apr 26, 2012
Abhishek Manu Singhvi quit as chairperson of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice as well as from the post of Congress spokesperson. ...
11:57 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: In a dramatic turn of events ahead of Parliament session that begins on Tuesday, Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Monday quit his official posts following the CD controversy. He quit as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice and also as the Congress spokesperson. Sources say the BJP is likely to raise the issue in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday and Singhvi is also likely...
09:33 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Abhishek Manu Singhvi resigned as the Congress spokesperson on Monday following the CD controversy. ...
09:30 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi has quit as the chairperson of Parliament Standing Committee on Law and Justice and as the Congress spokesperson following the CD controversy. Following is the full text of Singhvi's statement on his resignation: I have decided to resign as Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law, Justice. Personnel and Grievances and have informed the Hon'ble Congress President accordingly. I have also decided...
06:30 PM, Apr 23, 2012
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of the Army Chief raising the issue of shortage of equipment, a Parliamentary panel has decided to carry out a "comprehensive" review on the issue of defence preparedness and bring out a report. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, which is looking into the budgetary allocations of the Defence Ministry for 2012-13, has decided that during its review, senior officials from the three services as...
11:13 AM, Apr 22, 2012
New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence on Friday decided to seek regular feedback from the Defence Ministry on India's preparedness in the event of war. Sources said that the three service chiefs, who were not invited to attend the meet on Friday, "will be called either at the next meeting or later, but will be called for sure". In a previous meeting, several members had asked the Chairman...
01:42 PM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence is slated for a meeting on Friday. On the agenda of the meet is the report on Demands for Grants of the Defence Ministry for the year 2012. However, what could make for some drama is the exclusion of the three service chiefs from the meet, as there was no official request made for their attendance. NDA members on the panel, though,...
07:28 AM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force is facing "critical deficiency" of trainer aircraft and simulators, fighter squadrons are depleting and some airfields do not have certain landing facilities, a Parliamentary panel has been informed. The IAF has 34 fighter squadrons against the sanctioned strength of 42 squadrons and the number is likely to reduce further to 31 during the 12th plan period, the parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence was told...
01:40 AM, Apr 16, 2012
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