The Bharatiya Janata Party has given a notice for moving a breach of privilege motion in both Houses of Parliament against Joint Parliamentary Committee Chairperson P C Chacko for leakage of the panel's report on the 2G spectrum allocation issue.
Differences cropped up among Bharatiya Janata Party MPs on the issue of providing reservation in promotion for SC and ST government employees a day after a bill in this regard was passed by the Rajya Sabha.
Seeking to put pressure on the government on the Walmart lobbying issue, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said it was determined to raise the matter in both Houses of Parliament and seek suspension of Question Hour.
The two 'One Nation One Election' (ONOE) bills, including one requiring an amendment in the Constitution, that lay down the mechanism to hold simultaneous elections were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday after a fiery debate.
The cash-for-vote scam rocked both Houses of Parliament Thursday with Bharatiya Janata Party objecting to the arrest of two of its "whistleblower" former MPs and demanding suspension of Question Hour to discuss the issue.
Information Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that Government would not allow dilution of editorial control of news channels being with Indians.
Accusing Congress chief Sonia Gandhi of "arrogance" after she dismissed its demand for the prime minister's resignation on coal blocks issue, BJP on Tuesday demanded that original CBI affidavit on status report and emails sent to the agency by PMO be made public.
Mukherjee also pointed out that in some cases, penal action had already been taken against middlemen after their role was established in defence deals.
The government on Monday asserted that there was no move to impose set-top boxes on the cable television users but asked the opposition not to stall the efforts to bring the conditional access system.
A day after his ministry rebuked Twitter for not complying with its orders to take down inflammatory content, Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said social media platforms cannot give differential treatment while handling problems on Capitol Hill and the Red Fort.
The proposal of Media Content and Communication Services to uplink Star News channel from India is still being examined by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry after Foreign Investment Promotion Board cleared it.
The Congress was unhappy with a minister making allegations against its leadership.
Minister of State for Law Ravi Shankar Prasad also said the government would bring a comprehensive legislation to check crime against women.
The opposition questioned the earmarking of a substantial 60,000 hectares of land for these zones, saying it was far beyond the necessity. Ravi Shankar Prasad (BJP) said half of the land was being handed out to non-processing zones, which the country's "land sharks" were acquiring with imputiny to set up hotels, restaurants and malls.
A faux pas by Treasury benches during the voting on the ordinance on food security held up proceedings of Rajya Sabha for some time.
Walt Disney Company's proposal to set up office in the country to launch a broad range of media and entertainment products has been cleared on the condition that it will not broadcast from Indian soil, Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
The government informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that it is keeping a watch on a person who is suspected to have used the booming Indian share market for terror funding. "Recently, a case has come to our notice. It is suspected that it may be linked to a person under watch. I cannot divulge further details," Finance Minister P Chidambaram said.
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The government on Monday said it has not shelved the conditional access system and no instance of exploitation by cable operators because of absence of any clear-cut directions on the issue has come to its notice.
The government on Wednesday denied in the Rajya Sabha that there was any confusion over the implementation of the conditional access system for viewing pay TV channels.
Indian film industry lost Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) on gross revenues of Rs 3, 900 crore (Rs 39 billion) during 2002, Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's aggressive stance in Rajya Sabha, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said he looked for "alibis' in his speech on the state of the economy and his words reflected "pessimism and negativism".
Interacting with the Indian diaspora in Kuala Lumpur, Banerjee said, "We have been in talks with them (Pakistan) for decades, despite changes in various paradigms and governments. But one thing remains constant, the conflict with Pakistan."
'About 1.2-2 million people will be added to the IT-ITeS workforce by 2020.'
Shashi Tharoor has also been retained as the chairman of the panel on Information Technology.
The government on Tuesday decided to cancel the examination for appointment of postmen held on July 14 to hold it in all local languages including Tamil.
The bill was introduced following a division of votes, with 186 members supporting and 74 opposing it.
Overall, the implications of these elections will favour the BJP in the Upper House where it is short of a numerical majority but has an operational majority.
Expressing concern over the rupee reaching an all-time low, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said the currency is likely to plunge further as a share of the US financial stimulus package given to India during the sub-prime crisis in 2008-09 may be withdrawn by the Federal Reserve.
Nowhere else has caste, power politics, and generational change come together to form a combination so potent that it is combustible.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday lauded the passage of the triple talaq bill in Parliament
Ravi Shankar Prasad in Patna Sahib, Ram Kripal Yadav in Pataliputra, R K Singh in Arrah and Ashwani Choubey in Buxar are all having a tough time.
As part of government's efforts to ensure better coordination with the party, Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley will chair a meeting of its leaders and ministers every Monday.
The government has set a revenue target of Rs 45,471 crore from communication services in FY15.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday attacked the United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre and accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of neglecting and using Assam, which he has been representing since 1991, for his "political advantages".
BJP-led NDA has said it will strongly demand that the Telangana Bill be brought in the Winter Session of Parliament and press for debates on issues like internal security, violence against women and subversion of constitutional bodies like JPC on 2G scam.
Asked whether the bill on triple talaq would be brought again, Ravi Shankar Prasad said, "Obviously. (The issue of) triple talaq is part of our (BJP) manifesto. Why not?"
The proposed law seeks bars on storing and processing of personal data by entities without the explicit consent of an individual. It, however, provides for exemptions for "reasonable purposes" such as "prevention and detection of any unlawful activity including fraud, whistle-blowing, merger and acquisitions, network and information security, credit scoring, recovery of debt, processing of publicly available personal data and the operation of search engines".
'We used to discuss how image-conscious Nitish Kumar was and his sophisticated conduct in public life. All this has become a thing of the past.'
Roy, a founder member of the TMC, was inducted into the party at BJP headquarters.
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