Parliamentary Panel
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BJP MP says not asked to quit Parliamentary panel
National | Apr 05, 2015, 06:24 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amidst a controversy over his remarks suggesting “nil” effects of smoking, “beedi” baron and BJP MP Shyam Charan Gupta today dismissed reports that he has been asked to step down from a Parliamentary
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Parliamentary panel on Lokpal to miss deadline, seeks more time
National | Mar 22, 2015, 11:20 AM ISTNew Delhi: A parliamentary committee examining the Lokpal amendment Bill will miss the March 25 deadline for submission of its report and has sought more time to finalise it.The 31-member Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on
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Insurance Bill our baby, find no reason to oppose it: Congress
National | Dec 11, 2014, 08:48 AM ISTNew Delhi: Congress has indicated it will not obstruct the passage of the Insurance Bill as it said that it was in principle the UPA's "baby" and most concerns over it were addressed by the
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Parliamentary panel to submit report on Insurance Bill on Wednesday
National | Dec 08, 2014, 09:12 PM ISTNew Delhi: A Parliamentary panel, examining a bill on raising the FDI cap in insurance sector to 49 per cent, will table its report in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday along with dissent notes from
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Parliamentary panel approves bill on Indo-Bangla agreement
National | Nov 26, 2014, 09:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: A parliamentary panel is learnt to have approved a bill to give effect to the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) recommending that the interests of state governments and the people be kept in
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Graft cases: Parliamentary panel supports protection for ex babus
India | Feb 04, 2014, 04:18 PM ISTNew Delhi: Endorsing a move to provide certain shield to retired bureaucrats, a Parliamentary Committee proposes to support a provision in an anti-corruption bill which makes it mandatory for an investigating agency to seek prior
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Parliamentary panel for constitutional status to CJI in new body to appoint judges
National | Dec 05, 2013, 11:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: Amid fears that the Chief Justice of India could be removed as the head of a proposed panel to appoint judges to higher judiciary, a Parliamentary panel is learnt to have recommended giving
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Defaulters have not paid Rs 121.8 crore as penalty: SEBI
Oct 20, 2013, 08:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Securities market regulator SEBI has told a Parliamentary panel that prosecution proceedings initiated by it against defaulters have not proved to be an effective deterrent due to “delays” associated with the criminal justice
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Parliamentary panel approves GST bill with changes
Aug 08, 2013, 04:36 PM ISTMumbai, Aug 8: Seeking to expedite implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST), a Parliamentary panel has given approval to the legislation while suggesting amendments to provisions relating to tax structure and dispute resolution mechanism
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Nod of presiding officers needed for tapping MP phones: Panel
National | Apr 25, 2013, 08:09 PM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 25: Phones of MPs should be tapped by security agencies only after taking permission from presiding officers of the House concerned while in case of other political leaders, party chiefs must be
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Verma Committee report to be sent to Parliament standing committee
India | Jan 24, 2013, 04:25 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 24: Government will soon send the recommendations of the Justice Verma Committee, which has prescribed comprehensive changes in criminal laws, to a Parliamentary panel for consideration.Sources said many of the suggestions on
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Delhi gang rape: Parliamentary panel summons home secretary, Delhi Police chief
National | Dec 22, 2012, 01:40 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 22: Taking note of the gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in south Delhi Sunday night which has evoked a huge public outcry, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs
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Parliamentary panel rejects bill on health education standards
India | Oct 31, 2012, 03:39 PM ISTNew Delhi, Oct 31 : Citing “serious apprehensions” raised by various stakeholders including state governments, a Parliamentary panel has rejected a Bill which seeks to provide a mechanism to regulate standards of health education in
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Lokpal in present form does not address our concerns: CBI
India | Jul 13, 2012, 08:46 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 13: The Lokpal Bill in its present form “seriously compromises” CBI's autonomy of investigation and does not address its concerns, the agency told a Parliamentary panel today.The CBI also contended that multiplicty
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Aamir Khan to meet parliamentary panel on FDI in pharma sector
Bollywood | Jun 19, 2012, 05:13 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jun 19: Days after his TV show highlighted malpractices in the medical profession, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan has been invited to address a parliamentary panel to give his views on FDI in the
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M M Joshi Among 15 Lok Sabha Members Elected To New PAC Team
India | Apr 08, 2012, 11:23 AM ISTNew Delhi, Apr 8: Murli Manohar Joshi, the chairman of the outgoing Public Accounts Committee, is among the 15 Lok Sabha members elected to the prestigious Parliamentary panel for its next term.Among the fresh faces
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Parl Panel Calls For Review Of All Contracts Of RIL KG-D6 Block
Dec 22, 2011, 10:27 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 22: With gas production at Reliance Industries' KG-D6 block falling by more than one-third, a Parliamentary panel has called for review of all contracts and asked government to impose stringent provisions for
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Singhvi Lashes Out At Team Anna
India | Dec 10, 2011, 08:09 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 10: Accusing Team Anna of “practising an extreme form of intolerance”, Abhishek Singhvi, Chairman of the Parliamentary panel on Lokpal, said attacking those who do not agree with their view is a
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Par Panel Rejects Independent Phone Tapping Powers For Lokpal
India | Dec 09, 2011, 10:02 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 9: A Parliamentary Committee has favoured an equilibrium in power among the “trinity” of Lokpal, CBI and CVC under which the CBI would not be subordinate to the ombudsman and rejected independent
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Cong U-Turn Forces Parliamentary Panel On Lokpal Overturn Key Decisions
India | Dec 01, 2011, 10:08 PM ISTNew Delhi, Dec 1: In a sudden U turn, Congress members today forced the Parliamentary committee examining the Lokpal Bill to keep group C fficials out of the Lokpal's ambit and not to tamper with