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May 4, 2016 6:42 AM

PM holds meeting to review progress of ministries

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting with his Council of Ministers at the Parliament house premises yesterday. Mr Modi reviewed the progress of all the ministries and implementation of the decisions taken by the cabinet committees in the last two years. Similar meeting are being held every mo...

May 3, 2016 10:09 PM

Pension row: HC seeks Delhi govt, MCDs' reply

The Delhi High Court today sought response of Delhi Chief Secretary and three MCD commissioners on a plea seeking contempt proceedings against them for not giving to the Delhi government a list of beneficiaries of pension schemes for aged and disabled people. <br/><br/>While disposing of...

May 3, 2016 10:08 PM

Vijay Mallya's resignation from Rajya Sabha rejected on procedural grounds

Businessman Vijay Mallya's resignation from Rajya Sabha has been rejected on procedural grounds by its chairman Mohammed Hamid Ansari. The upper house's Secretary General today said, Mallya resignation letter does not bear his signature in original. Mr. Mallya, currently in London, had rep...

May 3, 2016 9:05 PM

PM holding meeting with his Council of Ministers in Parliament

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is presently holding a meeting with his Council of Ministers at the Parliament house premises. Mr Modi will review the progress of all the ministries and implementation of the decisions taken by the cabinet committees in the last two years. Similar meeting are being held...

May 3, 2016 9:03 PM

Lok Sabha passes Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2015

The Lok Sabha today passed the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill,2015. The bill provides for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of Centre and each State towards compensatory afforestation. It also provides for additional afforestation and penal compensatory afforestation.<br/...

May 3, 2016 8:39 PM

Lok Sabha approves Appropriation Bill, 2016

The Lok Sabha today approved the Appropriation Bill, 2016, after the demands for grants for several ministries were collectively put to vote and passed by applying guillotine. The Bill, moved by Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha, was passed by a voice vote. The Bill allowing the central gov...

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