Modi govt's 'One Nation, One Election' bills sent to JPC

Dec 20, 2024, at 01:35 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The central government's bills proposing simultaneous elections in 28 states and eight union territories were on Friday sent to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), media reports said

Days after Kalyan Banerjee row, oppn stages walkout over Waqf bill report, session sees verbal spat again

Oct 29, 2024, at 04:49 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Days after Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee smashed a glass water bottle during an argument with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Abhijit Ganguly on the Waqf bill, the ruling party and the oppositions engaged in a verbal spat once again as judges and Waqf administrators of different states appeared before the Joint Parliamentary Panel on Monday, media reports said.

Waqf bill: TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee smashes glass bottle during argument with BJP parliamentarian Abhijit Ganguly, suspended from JPC

Oct 23, 2024, at 12:01 am

Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee was suspended for his alleged unruly behaviour during a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) meeting on the Waqf bill.

Congress demands JPC probe in Rafale deal, BJP hits back

Jul 04, 2021, at 02:20 am

New Delhi/UNI: The Congress party on Saturday demanded a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into alleged irregularities in the Rs 59,000 crore Rafale deal, drawing a sharp retort from the BJP which said the grand old party has become synonymous with spreading lies and misconceptions as the Supreme Court verdict and CAG report had given clean chit to the Narendra Modi government on the deal.

Will set record straight, Amazon says after refusing to appear before parliamentary committee

Oct 24, 2020, at 05:06 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after it was reported that Amazon had refused to appear before a joint parliamentary committee looking into the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill, the e-commerce giant released a statement on Friday evening claiming that its position "may have been misconstrued" and that it would work with the committee to "set the record straight".

Jharkhand: Four ultras including sub zonal commander of JPC awarded five years imprisonment

May 14, 2019, at 04:49 pm

Daltonganj, May 14 (UNI) A local court in the Palamu district has today awarded five years of imprisonment to four ultras including a sub zonal commander of the Jharkhand Prastuti Commitee (JPC).