Tag: Rajya Sabha
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UAE urges citizens to postpone travel to J&K after Article 370 scrapped
The move comes after the Indian government on Monday scrapped Article 370 of the Constitution that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and converted the state into a Union Territory with a legislature.
August 8, 2019 -
Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill 2019 passed in LS, state to be bifurcated
Home Minister Amit Shah, while replying to the debate on Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill, 2019 in the Lok Sabha, said as Article 370 stops Jammu and Kashmir to associating with India, it should be abolished.
August 6, 2019 -
Red alert for Delhi Metro in wake of Independence Day, Kashmir unrest
The alert was issued soon after the Centre's big announcement on repealing Article 370, which grants autonomous status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
August 5, 2019 -
B-Town celebs react to repealing of Article 370 in J-K
Bollywood actors like Anupam Kher, Zaira Wasim, Sanjay Suri, and Dia Mirza have reacted to the situation prevailing in Kashmir valley.
August 5, 2019 -
Incredibly bold move: Gul Panag on govt’s Kashmir decision
On Monday morning, Home Minister Amit Shah announced in Rajya Sabha that the government has decided to revoke Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, which now ceases to be a state.
August 5, 2019 -
Article 370 scrapped; BJP hails it as ‘historic blunder undone’, Cong slams move
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad attacked the BJP government saying that 'the BJP has murdered democracy and the constitution'.
August 5, 2019 -
Centre scraps Article 370 which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir
President Ram Nath Kovind has signed the notification to scrap Article 370.
August 5, 2019 -
Services hit PGI Chandigarh as resident doctors continue strike
The PGIMER said all the routine services, including OPDs and elective procedures, have been suspended till further notice in view of the indefinite strike call given by the resident doctors.
August 3, 2019 -
UAPA Bill seeking to designate individuals with terror links as ‘terrorists’ passed in Rajya Sabha
Congress leader P Chidambaram said that the party was not opposing the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act Bill but the idea of Centre being 'empowered to add or remove an individual's name as a terrorist'.
August 2, 2019 -
Man gives triple talaq to wife on road in UP days after Parliament clears new bill
Earlier, the Lower and Upper House passed the controversial Triple Talaq Bill and made the practice of instant triple talaq a criminal offence.
August 2, 2019 -
Rajya Sabha passes NMC Bill amid protests by doctors
NMC Bill reportedly proposes to regulate the fees and other charges of up to 50 per cent of the total seats in private medical colleges and deemed universities.
August 1, 2019 -
President Ram Nath Kovind gives assent to Triple Talaq Bill
The number game favoured the saffron party and it got the Triple Talaq Bill passed in Rajya Sabha with a final result of a 99-84 score.
August 1, 2019 -
Health services hit as doctors in AIIMS, other govt hospitals protest against NMC Bill
The NMC Bill, which seeks to replace the existing Medical Council of India with the proposed National Medical Commission, is slated to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha today after the Lok Sabha passed it on 29 July.
August 1, 2019 -
Delivering pizzas or passing legislation? Derek O’Brien slams Centre over ‘hurried’ passage of bills
The attack came a day after the contentious Triple Talaq Bill was passed in the opposition-dominated Rajya Sabha.
July 31, 2019 -
Triple Talaq Bill passed in Rajya Sabha
Earlier in the day, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad while introducing the bill in the Upper House reiterated the Centre’s stand that it (Triple Talaq) was a “matter of gender justice, dignity and equality”.
July 30, 2019 -
2 parties walk out in protest over triple talaq bill, clears govt path for smooth passage in Rajya Sabha
Introducing the bill in the Upper House, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad reiterated the Centre's stand that it was a 'matter of gender justice, dignity and equality'.
July 30, 2019 -
Sanjay Singh resigns from Congress, Rajya Sabha, to join BJP tomorrow
After tendering his resignation, Singh said the Congress was still in the past, unaware of the future.
July 30, 2019