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New Delhi: A joint parliamentary committee has voted in favour of 14 alterations to the draft version of the Waqf Amendment Bill, which had been tabled in the Lok Sabha in August last year and seeks to make 44 contentious changes to the way Muslim charitable properties are managed in the country. The 14 alternations include…
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Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on ‘Waqf Amendment Bill’ Jagdambika Pal, front left, leaves after its meeting, in Patna. File. | Photo Credit: PTI Members of the parliamentary panel on the Waqf Amendment Bill have suggested 572 amendments to the draft legislation that has the government and the opposition at loggerheads. The consolidated…
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New Delhi: Ten opposition MPs have been suspended – including the Trinamool’s Kalyan Banerjee, AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, and A Raja of the DMK have been suspended for the day from the joint parliamentary committee studying proposed changes to 44 sections of the Waqf Act of 1955. The suspensions followed ruckus in the JPC hearing…
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AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi was speaking in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament New Delhi: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader, speaking in Lok Sabha yesterday, questioned the calls to survey or demolish some mosques across the country amid debates over the Places of Worship Act. Speaking during a debate on 75…
File photo Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has issued a show-cause notice to Karnataka MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal for making remarks against state-level party leadership. “Your continuing tirade against the state-level party leadership and your defiance of party directives and making public pronouncements and stance in contravention of the party’s official stand on all matters…
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Parliament Winter Session LIVE: Day 2 of the Parliament Winter Session will begin at 11 am. Day 2 of the Parliament Winter Session will begin at 11 am, with discussions on the Waqf bill, Wayanad landslide and Sambhal violence likely to remain in focus. The winter session of the parliament began on November 25 but…
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Winter session of the parliament begins today. The winter session of the parliament will begin today. For the first day, 3 bills are listed for final consideration and passing. In the Lok Sabha, the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill and the Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2024 will be discussed. In Rajya Sabha, the Bhartiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024…
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New Delhi: The Opposition MPs have boycotted the Joint Parliamentary meeting to discuss the Waqf amendment bill and wrote to the Speaker demanding that the Committee chairman be removed. Alleging that the Committee is biased, they have sought time from the Speaker to discuss the issue. The Opposition members have alleged that a presentation on…
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Elon Musk’s social media giant X has clashed with Justice Alexandre de Moraes (in picture) over its reluctance to comply with orders to block users. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Senior ICAR scientists hired laterally without reservation More than 2,700 scientists at India’s top farm research body — accounting for an overwhelming majority of senior-level…
The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Friday adopted a motion naming the members. (File) New Delhi: The joint committee of Parliament to examine the Waqf (Amendment) Bill will have 31 members — 21 from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha — and will submit its report by the next session….