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Par panel proposes fines, incentives for NE states to ensure funds utilisation for judicial infra

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Published on Mar 31, 2025 04:43 PM IST

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Allahbadia row: Parliament panel asks ministry to suggest amendments in laws

The members of the Parliament's Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology voiced concern over Allahbadia's comments.

Ranveer Allahbadia with Samay Raina on India's Got Latent.

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Updated on Feb 13, 2025 09:46 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Less than 4% of SWAYAM students completed courses since 2017, report reveals

A parliamentary panel reports that less than 4% of students have completed SWAYAM courses since 2017, citing issues like outdated content, poor infrastructure.

The SWAYAM platform facilitates hosting of courses, taught in classrooms from Class 9 till postgraduation, to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time.(File Photo/Representative image)

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Updated on Feb 05, 2025 05:49 PM IST

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IT panel to recommend umbrella body for TV, print and online media

The Parliamentary panel on communications and information technology will recommend that the Union government form an umbrella media regulatory body, Media Council of India

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey also expressed concern over the power of social media platforms , controlled by Big Tech, operating from foreign countries. (PTI)

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Published on Jan 31, 2025 11:52 PM IST

BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Muslim Rashtriya Manch hails Waqf Amendment Bill 2024 clearance: ‘New beginning’

Waqf Amendment Bill 2024: The bill was referred to the 21-member JPC in August last year

Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf Bill Chairman Jagdambika Pal and committee members. (ANI FILE)

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Published on Jan 28, 2025 05:13 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Opposition members suspended from Waqf Bill panel after protests

The motion to suspend the opposition members was moved by BJP's Nishikant Dubey and passed by the committee.

A delegation led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the religious head of Kashmir, at Parliament Annexe, in New Delhi, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. Farooq appeared before the parliamentary panel on Waqf Amendment Bill on Friday.(PTI)

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Updated on Jan 24, 2025 03:49 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to discuss Waqf Bill concerns amid opposition reservations

Kashmir's Mirwaiz expresses reservations on Waqf Amendment Bill during parliamentary committee meeting.

The religious leader of Kashmir, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, will voice his concerns over the proposed legislation when he appears before the parliamentary panel on the Waqf Amendment Bill on Friday.(PTI)

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Published on Jan 24, 2025 12:02 PM IST

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One Nation One Election: Parliamentary panel to hold first meeting on Wednesday

The 39-member joint Parliamentary committee is headed by BJP MP PP Chaudhary and comprises members of all major political parties.

'One Nation One Election' aims at conducting simultaneous polls across the country. (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)

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Published on Jan 07, 2025 06:26 PM IST

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Opposition leaders walk out of Waqf meeting, demand extension of JPC's tenure

AAP's Sanjay Singh said that the governments of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh were yet to be heard by the Waqf JPC.

Opposition leaders, (L-R), Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi, AAP's Sanjay Singh, and TMC's Kalyan Banerjee, speak to reporters after walking out of the Waqf JPC. (ANI)

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Published on Nov 27, 2024 07:09 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Waqf Bill: High drama as Opposition MPs again walk out of joint meeting

Opposition leaders walked out of a meeting of the joint committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, alleging derogatory remarks against them by a BJP member.

Several opposition MPs, including AAP's Sanjay Singh, TMC's Kalyan Banerjee, Congress' Syed Naseer Hussain boycott a meeting of the parliamentary committee examining the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in Delhi.
(ANI)

india news

Updated on Oct 15, 2024 01:44 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Parliamentary panel highlights telemetry system installation delays in critical flood-prone areas

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Published on Jul 27, 2024 11:55 AM IST

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Progress 'very slow' in tourism ministry's PRASHAD scheme: parliamentary panel

business

Published on Feb 09, 2024 11:23 AM IST

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Sitharaman tables ‘white paper’ on Indian economy in Lok Sabha. Read full text

A white paper is a government document which is presented to highlight new policies and achievements to gain support and to gauge public reaction.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Interim Budget Session of the Parliament in New Delhi on Wednesday.(ANI)

india news

Updated on Feb 08, 2024 06:11 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Centre should assess if talks with Pakistan can resume, says House panel

The recommendation of panel comes two days before Pakistan’s general elections, with former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leading the race. Sharif has advocated for good relations with India, praising the country’s progress.

The home ministry told the panel that the Indian government had raised the issue of cross-border terrorism sponsored from across the border with the government of Pakistan, when the two countries were talking. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

india news

Updated on Feb 07, 2024 09:24 AM IST

ByNeeraj Chauhan, New Delhi

Assess if situation conducive to resume high-level talks with Pakistan: Parl Panel

There has been no high-level interaction between New Delhi and Islamabad in the last three years, particularly in wake of February 2019 Pulwama attack, in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed

The recommendation of panel comes two days before Pakistan goes for general elections. (Reuters file photo)

india news

Updated on Feb 06, 2024 09:10 PM IST

ByNeeraj Chauhan

Pursue listing of terrorists, de-politicisation of UN sanctions regime: Parl panel

The panel said Islamic State and al-Qaeda are “aligned with regional terror groups like LeT and JeM and trying to exploit the opportunity of communal tensions in India

The report on countering global terrorism was tabled in Parliament on Monday. (ANI)

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Published on Feb 05, 2024 03:53 PM IST

ByRezaul H Laskar

India must raise defence R&D spending to become global leader: House panel

India needs to spend more on defence research and development if it aspires to be a global leader, a Parliamentary panel said in its latest report on Wednesday.

The R&D expenditure as a percentage of defence budget should be increased in the coming years so that DRDO can achieve its objectives. (Representative photo)

india news

Updated on Dec 21, 2023 01:15 PM IST

ByRahul Singh, New Delhi

If Raghav Chadha submits apology, take sympathetic view: SC to RS chair

Chadha was suspended on August 11 over an alleged breach of privilege and has remained ousted pending the final report of an enquiry against him.

AAP leader Raghav Chadha was suspended on August 11 over an alleged breach of privilege and has remained ousted since, pending the final report of an enquiry against him by a parliamentary panel. (PTI)

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Updated on Nov 04, 2023 04:36 AM IST

ByUtkarsh Anand

BJP MP slams Mahua Moitra over Vinod Sonkar charge, says 'no power can...'

Mahua Moitra and the Opposition MPs on the panel walked out of the meeting on the cash-for-query scandal.

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey addresses the media during a press conference on allegations of 'cash for query' against TMC MP Mahua Moitra. (ANI)

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Published on Nov 02, 2023 06:18 PM IST

ByVaibhav Tiwari

Mahua Moitra says ethics panel ‘forcing me to appear’ in cash-for-query case

The TMC MP released the letter sent to the parliamentary panel alleging the committee of releasing her summons to the media.

TMP MP Mahua Moitra (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/ Hindustan Times)

india news

Updated on Nov 01, 2023 11:18 AM IST

BySnehashish Roy

Parliament panel to examine bill seeking to change criminal justice system

The three bills seek an overhaul of the existing laws, described as a colonial legacy by Amit Shah in Lok Sabha when he introduced them in the last session.

A statue of Mahatma Gandhi sits between the old and new Parliament House buildings on the opening day of the monsoon session of the Indian parliament, in New Delhi, India.(AP)

india news

Published on Aug 24, 2023 12:36 PM IST

PTI | | Posted by Nisha Anand

House panel seeks more powers for NCW to ensure accountability

Stressing an urgent need to review the present Act of NCW, a parliamentary panel has recommended that the commission be equipped with more powers through suitable amendments.

india news

Updated on Aug 11, 2023 12:10 AM IST

ByFareeha Iftikhar, New Delhi

Reduce age to contest polls to 18 yrs, says parliamentary panel; ECI disagrees

On common electoral rolls for local and national elections, the parliamentary standing committee led by BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi advised the government and ECI to proceed with caution

The Election Commission of India has not favoured changing the current age requirement for Lok Sabha or assembly elections (HT File Photo/Arvind Yadav)

india news

Updated on Aug 04, 2023 09:48 PM IST

ByNeeraj Chauhan

Parliamentary panel discusses keeping tribals, NE out of UCC’s ambit

According to people familiar with the matter, the BJP, Shiv Sena, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Bahujan Samaj Party leaders supported UCC

Expert committee members during an open dialogue on Uniform Civil Code implementation in New Delhi on June 14. (ANI)

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Updated on Jul 04, 2023 12:25 AM IST

ByUtkarsh Anand, Deeksha Bhardwaj

Parliament panel head Sushil Modi wants to keep tribals out of UCC ambit: Report

Most opposition members, including those from the Congress and the DMK, linked the push for the UCC to the next year's Lok Sabha polls.

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Published on Jul 03, 2023 08:39 PM IST

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US criticizes Poland's new law allowing probe of opposition leader before ballot

The US has criticized a new law that allows Poland’s ruling party to probe opposition leader Donald Tusk just months before a tightly contested election.

Poland's opposition leader and former prime minister, Donald Tusk, watches lawmakers vote to approve a contentious draft law in parliament in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, May 26, 2023. The law is for investigating Russia's alleged influence in Poland that is targeting the opposition, especially Tusk, and may affect the outcome of fall parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)(AP)

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Updated on May 30, 2023 07:29 AM IST

Bloomberg | | Posted by Tuhin Das Mahapatra

Facebook whistleblower may have to wait longer to appear before House panel

On November 1, 2021, the chief of the parliamentary panel on information technology, Shashi Tharoor, tweeted that he had sought Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s approval for Zhang’s deposition.

FB whistleblower, citing screenshots of her workplace conversations that purported to show that the social media company (now called Meta) did not act against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Vinod Sonkar, offered to testify to Parliament in connection with it

india news

Updated on Jun 07, 2022 05:05 AM IST

BySaubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi

Parliamentary panel suggests changes to Wildlife Protection (amendment) Bill

The parliamentary panel headed by senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh submitted a 254-page report on Thursday after reviewing the Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Bill 2021.

Environmental lawyers had pointed out another concern regarding the bill that makes a provision for trade in live elephants. (AFP)

india news

Updated on Apr 22, 2022 02:33 AM IST

ByJayashree Nandi, New Delhi

‘Define anti-national attitude; bring laws to counter fake news’: House panel

The report is set to be tabled in the winter session of the Parliament, which starts November 29.

One of the recommendations made by the parliamentary panel on IT is to introduce dedicated laws to counter fake news. (Representational image)

india news

Updated on Nov 21, 2021 02:44 AM IST

ByDeeksha Bhardwaj, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Parliamentary panel summons Google, Facebook officials over misuse of platforms

The Parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology, headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, had called Twitter officials amid the company’s standoff with the government over new IT rules.

The officials of Facebook have been asked to present views on safeguarding the rights of the citizens.(Reuters File Photo)

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Published on Jun 28, 2021 09:59 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

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Par panel proposes fines, incentives for NE states to ensure funds utilisation for judicial infra

The members of the Parliament's Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology voiced concern over Allahbadia's comments.

A parliamentary panel reports that less than 4% of students have completed SWAYAM courses since 2017, citing issues like outdated content, poor infrastructure.

The Parliamentary panel on communications and information technology will recommend that the Union government form an umbrella media regulatory body, Media Council of India

Waqf Amendment Bill 2024: The bill was referred to the 21-member JPC in August last year

The motion to suspend the opposition members was moved by BJP's Nishikant Dubey and passed by the committee.

Kashmir's Mirwaiz expresses reservations on Waqf Amendment Bill during parliamentary committee meeting.

The 39-member joint Parliamentary committee is headed by BJP MP PP Chaudhary and comprises members of all major political parties.

AAP's Sanjay Singh said that the governments of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh were yet to be heard by the Waqf JPC.

Opposition leaders walked out of a meeting of the joint committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, alleging derogatory remarks against them by a BJP member.

Parliamentary panel highlights telemetry system installation delays in critical flood-prone areas

Progress 'very slow' in tourism ministry's PRASHAD scheme: parliamentary panel

A white paper is a government document which is presented to highlight new policies and achievements to gain support and to gauge public reaction.

The recommendation of panel comes two days before Pakistan’s general elections, with former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif leading the race. Sharif has advocated for good relations with India, praising the country’s progress.

There has been no high-level interaction between New Delhi and Islamabad in the last three years, particularly in wake of February 2019 Pulwama attack, in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed

The panel said Islamic State and al-Qaeda are “aligned with regional terror groups like LeT and JeM and trying to exploit the opportunity of communal tensions in India

India needs to spend more on defence research and development if it aspires to be a global leader, a Parliamentary panel said in its latest report on Wednesday.

Chadha was suspended on August 11 over an alleged breach of privilege and has remained ousted pending the final report of an enquiry against him.

Mahua Moitra and the Opposition MPs on the panel walked out of the meeting on the cash-for-query scandal.

The TMC MP released the letter sent to the parliamentary panel alleging the committee of releasing her summons to the media.

The three bills seek an overhaul of the existing laws, described as a colonial legacy by Amit Shah in Lok Sabha when he introduced them in the last session.

Stressing an urgent need to review the present Act of NCW, a parliamentary panel has recommended that the commission be equipped with more powers through suitable amendments.

On common electoral rolls for local and national elections, the parliamentary standing committee led by BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi advised the government and ECI to proceed with caution

According to people familiar with the matter, the BJP, Shiv Sena, Shiv Sena (UBT) and Bahujan Samaj Party leaders supported UCC

Most opposition members, including those from the Congress and the DMK, linked the push for the UCC to the next year's Lok Sabha polls.

The US has criticized a new law that allows Poland’s ruling party to probe opposition leader Donald Tusk just months before a tightly contested election.

On November 1, 2021, the chief of the parliamentary panel on information technology, Shashi Tharoor, tweeted that he had sought Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s approval for Zhang’s deposition.

The parliamentary panel headed by senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh submitted a 254-page report on Thursday after reviewing the Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Bill 2021.

The report is set to be tabled in the winter session of the Parliament, which starts November 29.

The Parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology, headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, had called Twitter officials amid the company’s standoff with the government over new IT rules.

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