Congress to discuss Food Security Bill today
Sandeep Phukan | Wednesday June 19, 2013
A week after the UPA Government postponed the Food Security ordinance, the Congress Core Group has convened a meeting on Wednesday to take a political call on the issue.
Kuwait court dissolves parliament, orders new elections
Reuters | Sunday June 16, 2013
Kuwait's top court on Sunday ordered the dissolution of parliament and called for fresh elections, officials in the US-allied Gulf Arab said.
Food Security Bill: Ordinance on hold, government wants special session of Parliament
Written by Sandeep Phukan | Thursday June 13, 2013
A dramatic U-turn in less than 24 hours. On Wednesday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath had told NDTV that the government should not wait for a day to make the Food Security Bill a legal right. Today, the government said it would make "one m...
Government considers special Parliament session to pass food Bill
Thursday June 13, 2013
The government is considering convening a special session of Parliament to pass a $24 billion welfare scheme to give cheap food to hundreds of millions of people, if opposition parties agree to the proposal, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said.
Food Security Bill: no ordinance for now, government wants special Parliament session
Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With IANS inputs) | Thursday June 13, 2013
The Union Cabinet today deferred a decision on promulgating ordinance to implement the Food Security Bill. The government has said that it will try and convince Opposition to pass the Food Bill in Parliament.
British government faces questions over PRISM cyber-snooping
Reuters | Monday June 10, 2013
Britain must say if its spies acted illegally after revelations that they received data collected secretly by the United States from the world's biggest Internet companies, members of parliament said on Monday.
Want debate in Parliament on Food Security Bill, says Sharad Pawar
Press Trust of India | Friday June 7, 2013
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said he was not opposed to the National Food Security Bill and that he would prefer it to be approved by Parliament after a debate.
Nawaz Sharif sworn in as Pakistan Prime Minister, calls for end to drone strikes
Reuters | Wednesday June 5, 2013
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, formally elected by parliament on Wednesday, again called for an end to US drone strikes aimed at militants which many view as a breach of Pakistan's sovereignty.
NCTC has serious flaws: Nitish Kumar
Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 5, 2013
Holding that the revised draft order on NCTC suffers from several "serious flaws" and "arbitrary" provisions, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today asked the Centre to seek Parliament's nod through a wider debate for creating the federal anti-terro...
Real Estate Bill seeks to protect middle class interests: Ajay Maken
Wednesday June 5, 2013
The government will introduce the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill in the next session of Parliament, Minister for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken said on Wednesday. Parliament is likely to meet for its Monsoon Session in ...
Pakistani parliament elects Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister
Associated Press | Wednesday June 5, 2013
Pakistan's parliament has elected Nawaz Sharif as prime minister, marking a historic transfer of power in a country that has undergone three military coups.
Shane Warne backs 'heroic' Fawad Ahmed for Ashes call-up
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 5, 2013
Former refugee Ahmed will be eligible for the Ashes if minor changes to Australia's citizenship legislation pass through parliament in the next few weeks, having fled his native Pakistan in 2010.
English gay marriage plans clear hurdle in parliament
Agence France-Presse | Wednesday June 5, 2013
The British parliament's upper house on Tuesday voted down a bid to kill off a bill to introduce gay marriage in England and Wales, moving it a step closer to becoming law.
Cabinet postpones ordinance on Food Security Bill
Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Tuesday June 4, 2013
For the second day in a row, the government has deferred a discussion on the Food Security Bill, a reform it hopes to introduce urgently, not least because elections in crucial states like Rajasthan and Delhi are months away. The Cabinet will now tak...
Cabinet meet begins, likely to clear ordinance for Food Security Bill
Reported by Sinul Prabhu, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Tuesday June 4, 2013
The union cabinet, which is meeting right now, is expected to clear an ordinance to give life to the ruling Congress' ambitious Food Security Bill.
