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Chaos in MCD House as AAP, BJP fight over crucial panel

BJP councillors protest inside MCD House on Monday. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 06:14 am IST

Telecommunications Bill, passed in Rajya Sabha, awaits presidential assent

Union communications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaking in Rajya Sabha on Thursday (ANI)
Published on Dec 22, 2023 04:19 pm IST

Parliament clears bill to ease newspaper registration

Union minister Anurag Thakur. (ANI)
Updated on Dec 22, 2023 08:58 am IST

Data Protection Bill 2023 tabled in Lok Sabha, here's what govt, Oppn are saying

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In the pipeline since 2017, the law is meant to give a legal framework for privacy protections after the Supreme Court held it as a fundamental right for Indian citizens.
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 02:10 pm IST

Opposition mustering strength to challenge Delhi ordinance

AAP leaders protest against the Centre’s ordinance in New Delhi on July 5. (HT Photo)
Updated on Jul 28, 2023 12:49 am IST

Himachal assembly passes Bill for welfare of orphans

The Himachal Pradesh assembly on the concluding day of the Budget session passed the Himachal Pradesh Sukhashraya (Care, Protection and Self-Reliance of Children of the State) Bill, 2023, with a voice vote, thus becoming the first state to make such a legislation even as the opposition members objected to its name. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 11:11 pm IST

Himachal assembly passes groundwater amendment Bill

Now, offenders will be imposed a fine of 10 lakh for each violation. The Bill was introduced in the assembly on Wednesday by deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri. The amendment in Section 21 of the Himachal Pradesh Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, 2005, provides that in place of imprisonment of five years, the offender will be penalised with a fine of 10 lakh. (PTI File Photo)
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 11:05 pm IST

No room for drunk revellers in Himachal’s welfare schemes, says gram sabha resolution

Himachal panchayats have turned to a novel idea to lower the burden on welfare scheme — striking off names of alcoholics from the list. (HT File)
Updated on Apr 04, 2023 09:25 am IST

Farm bills, sifting the grain from the chaff

Most farmer organisations, barring a handful owing allegiance to the RSS and BJP, have hit the streets in protest against the bills. Lathicharge and use of force on a peaceful assembly of farmers at Pipli near Kurukshetra recently (in pic) was saddening.
Published on Sept 22, 2020 02:58 pm IST

Aggressive, violent acts tarnish House: Rajnath

Defence minister Rajnath Singh with other cabinet ministers during a press conference on farm bills in New Delhi.
Updated on Sept 21, 2020 12:18 am IST

Himachal slashes legislators’ salary by 30%, Bill passed

Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur addressing the members in the Vidhan Sabha in Shimla on Friday.
Updated on Sept 11, 2020 11:47 pm IST

Parliament passes Bill to repeal 58 obsolete laws

The government had earlier set up a committee which identified these bills to be repealed.
Published on Aug 02, 2019 09:35 pm IST

BS Yediyurappa wins floor test, Karnataka speaker resigns

The BJP was expected to sail through the trust vote after Kumar disqualified 17 rebel legislators, whose absence during a trust vote last week toppled the coalition government, on Sunday. In the truncated assembly of strength 208, the new halfway mark was 105 – the exact number of MLAs the BJP has.(ANI Photo)
Updated on Jul 29, 2019 11:48 pm IST

Yogi Adityanath urges opposition parties to help make UP trillion dollar economy

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 01:56 am IST

Lok Sabha approves bill to curb Aadhaar misuse

The legislation comes against the backdrop of the Supreme Court judgment striking down portions of the Aadhaar Act, in particular its Section 57, which allowed non-government entities access to the identity database.
Updated on Jul 05, 2019 07:02 am IST

A week in, Speaker Om Birla turning the tide in House

A day after getting elected unanimously, in his first meeting with senior floor leaders of different parties, Birla made it clear that he wants to give a chance to more people to raise issues during Question Hour.
Updated on Jun 28, 2019 10:14 am IST

Uttarakhand nod to bill barring candidates with over 2 children

The Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act 2016 (Amendment) Bill was passed with a voice vote on the last day of the state assembly session. The bill will now be sent to governor Baby Rani Maurya for her approval.
Updated on Jun 27, 2019 07:23 am IST

BJP’s Om Birla elected speaker of Lok Sabha, PM Modi calls him an ‘inspiration’

The motion to elect Om Birla as the Lok Sabha speaker was moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The motion was passed by by voice vote.
Updated on May 24, 2020 09:56 am IST

Government ready to hold assembly polls in J-K: Home Minister Rajnath Singh

The Centre Friday said in the Lok Sabha that there was no other option left with the Governor but to recommend President’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir.
Updated on Dec 28, 2018 07:16 pm IST

Lok Sabha passes bill to ensure effective regulation of surrogacy

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 which ensures effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibits commercial surrogacy and allows altruistic surrogacy to needy Indian infertile couples was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday by a voice vote.
Published on Dec 19, 2018 11:22 pm IST

Bill prohibiting commercial surrogacy passed by Lok Sabha

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 that ensures effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibits commercial surrogacy and allows altruistic surrogacy to the needy Indian infertile couples was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with a voice vote.
Published on Dec 19, 2018 04:46 pm IST

Arunachal Pradesh confers land ownership rights for the first time to indigenous people

The Arunachal Pradesh Land Settlement and Records Amendment Bill, 2018, which confers ownership rights to indigenous tribal people, was passed by the assembly.
Updated on Mar 14, 2018 04:51 pm IST