New Delhi: In a major relief for the embattled Congress-led UPA, the Trinamool Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party have decided against opposing the Central Government's proposal for discussion without voting on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail in Parliament. At the all-party meeting in New Delhi on Monday where Parliament deadlock over FDI in retail was the focus, the UPA managed to isolate the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),...
04:46 PM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: An all-party meet was held to break the FDI deadlock in Parliament on Monday. Sources say the government proposed a debate without voting on retail FDI, but the BJP, the Left and the Janata Dal (United) insisted on a vote. The parties stuck to their demand of discussion under rule 184 that entails voting. "We made it clear that its a vote related discussion that we will accept....
03:07 PM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: The Opposition may see itself on the backfoot over the demand for debate with voting on FDI in retail. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the Samajwadi Party has conveyed to the government that it won't insist on voting over FDI. The SP has conveyed that if voting takes place, it will abstain. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), meanwhile, has asked for a commitment from the government on the...
01:13 PM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: 1:30 pm: Sources have told CNN-IBN that the Samajwadi Party has conveyed to the government that it won't insist on voting over FDI. The SP has conveyed that if voting takes place, it will abstain. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), meanwhile, has asked for a commitment from the government on the passage of the bill that provides for SC/ST reservation in promotion in government jobs. Sources say BJP...
11:18 AM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: The UPA seems to have played the 2G card ahead of the all-party meet to resolve the parliament deadlock on FDI. Congress ally DMK has given a notice for a discussion under rule 193 on the CAG report on 2G Scam in the Lok Sabha. The notice comes after ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh claimed the report was influenced by BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli...
10:23 AM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: The contentious promotions-based quota bill for SC/ST candidates is likely to come up in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. It will be moved for consideration and passage by Minister of State V Narayanasamy. While the BSP is demanding its early passage, the Samajwadi Party is opposed to it. The BJP's stand though remains unclear. Rajya Sabha witnessed an uproar for the second consecutive day on Friday on the...
09:27 AM, Nov 26, 2012
New Delhi: Faced with a deadlock in Parliament over FDI in retail, the government on Monday has called an all-party meeting to resolve the stalemate. Sources told CNN-IBN that the Congress may agree to a vote if it's sure of winning. The meeting will be convened by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath. The meeting was called after no work was done in the first two days of the Winter Session...
06:39 AM, Nov 26, 2012
Vadodara: Blaming the Prime Minister and Congress for the present stalemate in Parliament, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu has said unless BJP's demand for a debate and voting on FDI in retail are conceded, the protest will go on. "They had given a solemn assurance to Parliament on December 7, 2011 that they are suspending the decision to allow FDI in retail till a consensus is reached," Naidu, who...
04:21 PM, Nov 25, 2012
Mumbai: Amid logjam in Parliament, Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday sought support of the Opposition in pushing through economic reforms, saying economy is not a football that can be kicked around by political parties. "Economic welfare of the country is bipartisan and must be kept above politics.. economics is too important and economic future welfare of this country is too important to become a football to be kicked around...
08:39 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Sambhal: Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has alleged that the BJP and other Opposition parties were not allowing Parliament to proceed on the issue of FDI even though the government was ready for a debate. Talking to the reporters in Sambhal Jaiswal, who came to attend the concluding ceremony of Kalki mahotsava on Friday night, said, the government was ready for for a debate under rule 184 but the BJP...
03:04 PM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: The ruling-coalition UPA's key constituent, the DMK will move a motion in Parliament for a discussion on the charges levelled by ex-CAG audit officer RP Singh against BJP leader and Public Accounts Committee Chairman Murli Manohar Joshi, government sources say. The government is understood to be in favour of a discussion over the charge by the former Director General, Post and Telecommunications, CAG, that Joshi had called audit...
09:13 AM, Nov 24, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday rejected BJP's demand to keep in abeyance appointment of new CBI Director Ranjit Sinha. Manmohan said the insinuation that appointment was to preempt the procedure recommended by the select committee is wholly unwarranted and devoid of any merit. "I refute the suggestion that appointments to this post in the past by UPA Government were motivated," said Manmohan. Earlier in the day, leaders...
10:34 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was disrupted on Friday over issue of reservation for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in job promotions. After its first adjournment, which was shortly after the House met at 11 am, the upper house met at 12 noon. As soon as the proceedings began, members of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) came close to to chairman's podium, raising slogans. "Pass the bill for...
01:36 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: It was another day of disruptions in Lok Sabha on Friday with the Lower House being adjourned till Monday as differences continued over the issue of foreign investment in multi-brand retail. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and the Trinamool Congress continued their protest for the second consecutive day of the Winter Session on Friday. The Lok Sabha was initially adjourned...
01:20 PM, Nov 23, 2012
The Select Committee's report on Lokpal Bill was tabled in Rajya Sabha on Friday. ...
01:20 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: 12.12 pm: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2.30 pm. 12.07 pm: Select Committee's report on Lokpal Bill tabled in Rajya Sabha amidst much uproar. 12.06 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned till Monday 12 noon: Parliament resumes, uproar continues. Slogan shouting in both Houses continue. 11.04 am: Lok Sabha adjourned after Opposition uproar over FDI in retail. 11.02 am: Rajya Sabha adjourned after uproar over SC/ST bill. 11.01 am: Session begins,...
10:58 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Bharatiya Janata Party leaders over dinner on Thursday in an effort to iron out differences over contentious issues including FDI in retail but the logjam persisted with the Opposition party insisting on discussion in the House over the issue under rules that entail voting, sources said. The BJP said the government had not kept its promise of evolving consensus on FDI in multi-brand...
09:07 AM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: The much-sought-after Lokpal Bill will be on agenda on Friday as Parliament meets on day two of the winter session. Leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley will table the Select Committee's report on the Lokpal Bill that, say sources, recommends: de-linking the creation of state Lokayuktas from the Lokpal Bill; bringing the Prime Minister's Office under its purview except on matters relating to internal and...
07:12 AM, Nov 23, 2012
The war over FDI in retail reached Parliament giving a stormy start to the Winter Session on Thursday. ...
10:15 PM, Nov 22, 2012
New Delhi: The war over FDI in retail reached Parliament resulting in a stormy start to the Winter Session on Thursday. But in a setback for the Trinamool Congress, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar rejected its notice for a no-confidence motion as it lacked the support of 50 MPs as required. After the rejection of the no-confidence motion, Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee's posted on social networking website Facebook saying,...
09:33 PM, Nov 22, 2012
