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Chaos in MCD House as AAP, BJP fight over crucial panel
The House rushed through 25 policy proposal of which seven were postponed, two were rejected while rest of the 16 were cleared by a voice vote
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 06:14 AM IST
Telecommunications Bill, passed in Rajya Sabha, awaits presidential assent
The Telecommunications Bill, 2023, which was passed by Rajya Sabha on Thursday, will replace the Indian Telegraph Act 1885 and the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1933
Published on Dec 22, 2023 04:19 PM IST
Parliament clears bill to ease newspaper registration
The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Press and Registration of Periodicals (PRP) Bill, 2023, through a voice vote after a two-and-a-half-hour debate in the absence of most, if not all, Opposition members.
Updated on Dec 22, 2023 08:58 AM IST
Aditi Agrawal, City
Data Protection Bill 2023 tabled in Lok Sabha, here's what govt, Oppn are saying
The data protection law started its life as the personal data protection bill as drawn up in August 2018 by a committee headed by former Supreme Court judge.
Updated on Aug 04, 2023 03:35 AM IST
Binayak Dasgupta, New Delhi
Opposition mustering strength to challenge Delhi ordinance
The bill will replace the Delhi ordinance that hands control of the national capital’s bureaucratic machinery to the Centre
Updated on Jul 28, 2023 12:29 AM IST
Himachal assembly passes Bill for welfare of orphans
Replying to the discussion on this Bill in the Himachal assembly, chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said that through the Sukhashray Yojana, the government has tried to get over the sense of pity for orphans by providing them with rights.
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 11:11 PM IST
Gaurav Bisht, Shimla
Himachal assembly passes groundwater amendment Bill
Himachal Pradesh assembly on Thursday passed the HP Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Amendment Bill, 2023, with a voice vote amid the opposition BJP resisting the move to “dilute” the Act by abolishing the provision of punishment.
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 11:05 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Shimla
No room for drunk revellers in Himachal’s welfare schemes, says gram sabha resolution
A resolution suggesting that anyone found creating a ruckus after consuming alcohol or failing to send their children to a government school will lose their welfare scheme benefits during a gram sabha meeting in Himachal’s Badgaon
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 09:25 AM IST
Gaurav Bisht, Shimla
Congress stages walkout over short duration of Haryana assembly
Trouble started after speaker Gian Chand Gupta introduced the business advisory committee (BAC) report that approved wrapping the session in two days
Updated on Nov 06, 2020 12:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times/Chandigarh | HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Farm bills, sifting the grain from the chaff
TRUTH VS HYPE Though the government maintains that the MSP regime would remain intact, it’s clear that on account of the tax differential between the mandis and new agri-trade areas, mandis will wither away in a short period.
Published on Sep 22, 2020 02:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Kiran Choudhry
Himachal slashes legislators’ salary by 30%, Bill passed
The Himachal Pradesh Regulation of Salaries and Allowances of Different Categories in Certain Exigencies Bill replaces the ordinance promulgated by the governor on April 11.
Updated on Sep 11, 2020 11:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times/Shimla | Gaurav Bisht, Shimla
BS Yediyurappa wins floor test, Karnataka speaker resigns
The House was adjourned till Wednesday, when the new speaker will be elected. The BJP has confirmed that senior leader KG Bopaiah will be its nominee.
Updated on Jul 29, 2019 11:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | Vikram Gopal
Yogi Adityanath urges opposition parties to help make UP trillion dollar economy
Adityanath said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had talked about making the state a trillion dollar economy at the UP Investor’s Summit-2018.
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 01:56 AM IST
Lucknow | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha approves bill to curb Aadhaar misuse
The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was passed by a voice vote after union minister for information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad assured the lower house that Aadhaar is voluntary and that consent of the biometric identity holder has to be obtained before it is used.
Updated on Jul 05, 2019 07:02 AM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
A week in, Speaker Om Birla turning the tide in House
Unlike his predecessors, Birla has started sitting through longer hours of the proceedings and often delays lunch to allow more first-time MPs to raise matters of importance.
Updated on Jun 28, 2019 10:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
BJP’s Om Birla elected speaker of Lok Sabha, PM Modi calls him an ‘inspiration’
PM Modi promised Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla the complete cooperation of the treasury benches and asked him to be “tough even if anyone from our side crosses the line”.
Updated on May 24, 2020 09:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Government ready to hold assembly polls in J-K: Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh also rejected claims of some opposition parties that the BJP was propping up a regional party to form government.
Updated on Dec 28, 2018 07:16 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Lok Sabha passes bill to ensure effective regulation of surrogacy
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill,2016 also recommends setting up of a National Surrogacy Board and State Surrogacy Boards
Published on Dec 19, 2018 11:22 PM IST
HT Correspondent
Arunachal Pradesh confers land ownership rights for the first time to indigenous people
Land in Arunachal Pradesh was owned by communities and not individuals.
Updated on Mar 14, 2018 04:51 PM IST