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The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018 is scheduled for consideration and passing in the Rajya Sabha today. The Bill will further amend the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The Lok Sabha has passed the Bill on Monday. […]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said that two Indians, who were abducted while on a business trip to Malaysia, have been rescued. She said, RP Vaidya and KP Vaidya, who had gone to Malaysia for business purposes, were abducted last Friday. In a tweet, Mrs Swaraj praised the efforts of […]
The government today withdrew the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance (FRDI) Bill from the Lok Sabha. There have been concerns over the proposed bail-in clause to resolve a failing bank and insurance cover on bank deposits. The bill was introduced in August last year in the House and then referred […]
The government today said investigations are on against over 400 individuals accused of holding black money as revealed by the Panama Papers leak. Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said the action taken by investigative agencies includes raids and seizures in about 60 cases. He was replying to supplementaries in the Rajya […]
Minister of State for External Affairs Gen. V K Singh today said India has a great potential for using solar power as compared to other sources of power like coal. He was speaking at the business outreach programme in New Delhi for solar projects under India’s Lines of Credit. Mr […]
Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asserted that the guilty will not be spared in the reported rape incidents in shelter homes for girls in Deoria and Muzaffarpur. Responding to SP, RJD and Congress members who raised the issue during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha, Mr. Singh said, such incidents anywhere are […]
Justices Indira Banerjee, Vineet Saran and K M Joseph were sworn in as judges of Supreme Court today in the order of seniority notified by the Centre. Chief Justice of India Justice Deepak Misra administered the oath of office to Justices Banerjee, Saran and Joseph. As per convention, the seniority […]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi today termed the implementation of National Register of Citizens in Assam as insensitive and botched. He was speaking at the Congress Parliamentary Party meeting this morning. Mr Gandhi said the manner in which the exercise has been undertaken by the governments at the Centre and state […]
Centre today gave an assurance in the Lok Sabha that fire tenders will be deployed in all ten inhabited islands in Lakshadweep. During the Question Hour, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that he is aware of problems being faced by people of the Union Territory and will take all possible […]
The opposition parties today held a meeting at Parliament House to decide the name of the candidate for the election of the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. The meeting was attended by NCP chief Sharad Pawar, CPI leader D Raja, Misa Bharti of RJD and others. The leaders will […]
