Parliamentary Standing Committee

Congress gets chairs for 3 committees in Lok Sabha, 1 in Rajya Sabha

September 16, 2024 2:57 pm

Highly placed sources told The Indian Express that in the Lok Sabha, the Congress will get chairs for the External Affairs Standing Committee, Standing Committee on Agriculture and the Standing Committee on Rural Development.

Delhi Confidential: Film Politics

October 11, 2023 5:24 am

Films on political leaders have always generated a lot of interest and talk, especially those released ahead of elections. If it was The Accidental Prime Minister, a movie on former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, that hit theatres three months before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, this time there's a biopic on Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.

AIPEF demands early hearing before Parliamentary standing committee on energy on Electricity bill 2022

June 22, 2023 7:31 pm

The federation threatens to go on a lightning protest if the government tries to rush through the bill unilaterally during the upcoming monsoon session.

To cut check-in delay at airports, House panel backs special scanners

March 22, 2023 3:48 am

In the report, the House panel headed by BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Brij Lal also mentioned that there is a delay in the supply of equipment to CISF, which is in charge of airport security, by the airport operators.

Shashi Tharoor appointed chairperson of parliamentary panel on chemicals and fertilisers

October 14, 2022 2:10 am

In another notification, the Secretariat stated that the speaker has nominated M K Vishnu Prasad to the Committee on Information Technology replacing Shashi Tharoor.

Delhi Confidential: Congress unhappy with Parliamentary committee rejig, but accepts Commerce panel

October 07, 2022 7:28 am

The party has nominated Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Commerce. Singhvi was the Chairman of the Home Committee.

Pune: House panel at Southern Command headquarters

August 29, 2022 3:26 am

During the visit, Army Commander Lt Gen J S Nain apprised the committee with the history and legacy of the command since Independence

Parliamentary panel visits NDA, meets women cadets

August 26, 2022 4:02 am

Speaker consent for deposition ‘pending’; ‘Don’t expect’ nod: FB whistleblower

June 01, 2022 1:25 am

On November 1, 2021, Shashi Tharoor, who chairs the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communication and Information & Technology, had said that he had sought permission from the Speaker to allow for Zhang’s deposition.

Parl panel to summon Google, Twitter, Amazon, other big tech firms to discuss their competitive conduct

April 28, 2022 9:13 pm

The issue was discussed in detail by members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance after a presentation was made before it by the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

Manoj Tiwari cries foul, says did not call Aamir 'traitor'

January 09, 2016 5:04 am

New Delhi, Jan 09 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Manoj Tiwari on Saturday asserted that he did not call Bollywood actor Aamir Khan a 'traitor', despite what had been published in a few national dailies, and added that efforts were being made to tarnish his image. He also asserted that the newspapers should apologise and should also mention the name of the source who gave them this 'false news'. Earlier, two leading national dailies reported that the BJP MP had called Aamir Khan a 'traitor' at a Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting on Friday in which members sought an explanation from the Tourism Secretary for replacing actor Khan with Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador of the 'Incredible India' campaign.