Image for representation. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A parliamentary committee has emphasised the need to launch the next phase of the Centre’s flagship Smart Cities Mission with a thrust on tier-2 cities located within 100 km of State capitals. The Standing Committee on Housing and Urban Affairs also cautioned that digital infrastructure created under … Read more
‘Healthcare professionals are vulnerable to “violent attacks” by relatives of patients, in cases where patients die during treatment.’ Illustration: Satheesh Vellinezhi The government may consider introducing appropriate legal safeguards for healthcare workers, who at times face violence from relatives or attendants of patients, a parliamentary panel has said. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs … Read more
BSP MP Danish Ali. File | Photo Credit: PTI Bahujan Samaj Party MP Danish Ali has accused Parliamentary panels of applying different standards to recent complaints filed by and against MPs from the ruling BJP. In a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Mr. Ali said that BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s complaint against Trinamool … Read more
The former President of the U.S. Woodrow Wilson once remarked, ‘It is not far from the truth to say that Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in Committee rooms is Congress at work.’ The universality of this statement seems to have stood the test of time and geography. Due to the … Read more
The focus is shifting to Delhi in the ruling BJP as the party’s Parliamentary Board that is meeting in New Delhi on April 8 is expected to clear the first list of candidates for the Karnataka Assembly elections. The lobbying for tickets has intensified as Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai too is expected to visit Delhi … Read more
An aerial view shows a shepherd walk past photovoltaic cell solar panels in the Pavagada Solar Park on October 11, 2021 in Kyataganacharulu village, Karnataka. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES A parliamentary panel has attributed low installation of solar roof-top and wind energy projects as key reasons for the shortfall in achieving India’s renewable energy … Read more
Chief Minister Manik Saha, who is currently in Delhi, spoke to DGP Amitabh Ranjan, and asked him to arrest all the accused persons, irrespective of their political colours. | Photo Credit: PTI Three people were arrested in connection with the attack on a parliamentary delegation of the Left and the Congress in Tripura’s Sepahijala district, … Read more
The Standing Committee, chaired by BJP MP Kirit Premjibhai Solanki, expressed dismay over delays in the verification of caste certificates of SC and ST employees. Photo: Screengrab | Twitter/@drkiritpsolanki There has been an increasing number of incidents where Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe employees of Public Sector Units (PSUs) are being victimised in the name … Read more
The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Food and Consumer Affairs, has not been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee after the reshuffle The Trinamool Congress, which had the chair of the Parliamentary Panel on Food and Consumer Affairs, has not been given the chairmanship of any parliamentary committee … Read more