Accusing Oppn of playing politics over Manipur, Shah questions why video of 2 Manipuri women being paraded naked leaked on social media just a day before monsoon session started.
Committee on Empowerment of Women asks tribal and health ministries how policies on maternal health for tribal areas have been developed without a separate database.
Tabled in Parliament Tuesday, Comptroller & Auditor General report also flagged a huge backlog in renewal, replacement of ‘over-aged assets’ critical for safe running of trains.
Rajya Sabha passes Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2023, by voice vote. Information & broadcasting minister Thakur also attacks Congress for 'red-tapism'.
Taking aim at AAP, Shah says the party's opposition to bill stems from its 'need to hide the truth of corruption', and that Nehru had opposed idea of granting statehood to Delhi.
Congress MP says govt trying to create 'a context in Parliament where issue of Manipur is diluted', adds Modi 'continued to ignore Parliament' & has spoken on Manipur only outside it.
Opposition MP says Manipur must be debated without further delay since Monsoon Session is entering last leg & LS is set to take up no-confidence motion against Modi govt next week.
Of 12 districts in Manipur, four — Churachandpur (4,099) Kangpokpi (2,822), Bishnupur (2,063) and Imphal East (2,053) — had greatest number of displaced schoolchildren, says Union govt.
Shanta Kumar, former Union minister who has also served as Himachal CM, says Manipur violence is a ‘national shame’, adding that even Parliament has failed to address the issue.
Though bill likely to pass in Lok Sabha where BJP has the numbers, with support of BJD & YSR Congress, it will also be comfortably placed in Rajya Sabha where its numbers are inadequate.
Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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