Tag: Bill
PNB Detects $1.8 Bn Fraud, Shares Crash
Punjab National Bank (PNB), the second largest public sector bank in India, has detected a $1.8 billion fraud in one of its branches here, the bank said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges on Wednesday.....
Parliament Passes Upper Caste Quota Bill
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Parliament on Wednesday passed a landmark Constitution amendment bill providing for 10 per cent reservation to upper castes in government jobs and higher educational institutions, with the Rajya Sabha voting it late in the night after rejecting a demand for referring it to a select committee for detailed scrutiny.....
Jaitley Slams Congress Over Triple Talaq Bill
Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday slammed the Congress for its promise to withdraw the Triple Talaq Bill, saying that 32 years after legislatively overturning the Supreme Court's Shah Bano judgment, the party has taken another step to drive Muslim women to live a life which is an "antithesis of human existence". ....
Cabinet Clears Citizenship Amendment Bill
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its nod to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019 that seeks to provide Indian nationality to Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains and Buddhists fleeing persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, said sources.....
Social Media Buzz With UCC Bill To Be Introduced On Tuesday
With the ruling BJP issuing a whip to its members in both houses of Parliament, there is a huge buzz on social media that a bill on the controversial Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be introduced on Tuesday.....
Government May Face Heat In Parliament On Lower Growth
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be facing questions on the seven-year-low growth rate of 4.7 per cent in the Budget session's second leg starting from Monday while the session may see possible passage of the Banking Regulation Act Amendment Bill to bring multi-state cooperative banks under the RBI's regulation.....
Punjab Assembly Passes Seven Bills
The Punjab assembly on Friday passed seven bills with a voice vote during a specially convened one-day session amidst the coronavirus pandemic.....
Hundreds Of Farmers Block Highways In Punjab, Haryana As They Wage Protests Against Three Agriculture-related Bills
Angry over three agriculture-related Bills, hundreds of farmers blocked major highways in parts of Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday to demand that the proposed laws should not be pursued in Parliament. ....
Anti-farmer BJP Acting Like Kauravas Against Farmers: Surjewala
The Congress on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of lying to the farmers of the country and said that the ruling party is behaving like the Kauravas of the Mahabharat and the grand old party is standing with the farmers who are fighting like Pandavas. ....
Doubts Raised On Transparency Of Two PM Funds, LS Passes Taxation Bill
The Lok Sabha on Saturday passed Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Bill, 2020 amid counter allegations levelled by both the BJP and the Congress members on their top party leadership. ....
