Panel reports constructive, should not be seen as attacks on govt: LS Speaker BirlaLok Sabha Speaker Om Birla emphasized that parliamentary panel reports should be viewed as constructive guidance, not criticism, urging gov...
25 Jun, 2025, 12.11 AM IST
Budget allocations to CAPFs like CRPF, BSF, CISF fall short of projections: Parliamentary panelA Parliamentary panel has reported a decline in the Budget Estimate for the Ministry of Home Affairs for 2025-26, dropping it to Rs 1,60,39...
11 Mar, 2025, 11.08 AM IST
As law ministry backs one poll, opposition MPs demand data on claimsA parliamentary panel on 'one nation one poll' saw participation from both BJP and Opposition MPs, who questioned the potential impact on f...
08 Jan, 2025, 11.58 PM IST
'Smart' legislator likely to be a reality soon; 21 states onboard'Paperless' functioning, a 'smart' desk for legislators with a tablet running real-time translation of speeches across languages, all legis...
16 Aug, 2022, 12.16 AM IST
Going digital: Delhi Assembly to go paperlessThe GPC report was tabled and adopted in the recently concluded budget session of the state assembly.
03 Mar, 2019, 04.49 PM IST
Karnataka demotes 3,000 SC/ST officialsThe orders have come with just 18 days to go for the state assembly elections in Karnataka. SC/STs form an estimated 25% of the state’s 6.5...
26 Apr, 2018, 01.32 PM IST
Telangana Assembly passes bill to hike salaries of MLAs, MLCsLegislature Affairs Minister T Harish Rao, who moved the bill, said the hike is being made as per requests made to the government.
29 Mar, 2016, 03.15 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir govt sets up panel to probe delay in projects"The govt has ordered constitution of a 3-member committee to look into the reasons leading to delay & revision in the original cost of the...
13 Mar, 2015, 01.27 PM IST
- Governor Krishan Kant Paul summons Mizoram Assembly from November 11
Zokhuma said that the Business Advisory Committee chaired by Speaker Hiphei would soon hold a meeting to chalk out detailed programme of th...
10 Oct, 2014, 07.12 PM IST
Recast of Centrally Sponsored Scheme sees reduction in size of central plan this yearRestructuring has seen 122 CSS schemes reduced to 66, which include 17 flagship programmes of central govt. In 2014-15, funds have been pro...
18 Feb, 2014, 03.48 AM IST
Foreign jaunt row: MLAs insist they will go aheadHe said Rs 7 to 7.5 lakh was being spent on each MLA and "not crores of Rupees," and added that legislators in other states too undertake s...
26 Dec, 2013, 03.26 PM IST
Karnataka MLAs plan junket to South American countriesA contingent of MLAs from Karnataka is planning to embark on a 10 to 12-day tour of Brazil, Argentina & Peru next month, sparking a controv...
25 Dec, 2013, 08.57 PM IST
Can't disclose commissioning letter for black money study: MoFUnion Finance Ministry has refused to make public the order for commissioning a study to find out quantum of black money floating in econom...
25 Apr, 2013, 02.37 PM IST
Public Accounts Committee pulls up finance ministry for paying interests on income-tax refunds“Parliamentary supervision and control over public funds is a must. This irregularity should not go on,” PAC chairman Murli Manohar Joshi s...
27 Feb, 2013, 04.03 AM IST
- Rs 18 crore splurged on House panels
Crores of rupees are spent on travel and daily allowance. In less than three years (from April 2007 to November 2009), Rs 18.66 crore was s...
03 Jan, 2010, 10.14 AM IST
- Regulation to equalise property tax in Mumbai soon
The new regulation on property tax in Mumbai, to be tabled before the state legislature next week is expected to equalise property tax in t...
19 Jul, 2008, 04.43 AM IST
- Gowda wants to seek people's mandate
Preparing for fresh elections in Karnataka, BJP’s chief negotiator Yashwant Sinha said, "JD(S)’s decision is an insult to the 2004 mandate ...
07 Oct, 2007, 02.53 AM IST