Revisit free trade pact mechanism, Acharia tells PM

As the Government expressed reluctance to send the to the standing committee on rural development again, the all-party meeting on the Bill failed to reach a consensus here on Tuesday. The Centre has asked leaders of all parties to send their ...

NCDC Amendment Bill NCDC​ NEW DELHI: In a bid to track and stop misuse of National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) funds given to agri-business firms, the Parliamentary panel has suggested changes to an NCDC Amendment Bill. The NCDC ...

Opposing the Congress design to pass the Food Security Bill during the din, the CPI(M) on Tuesday said the Bill should be properly debated in the Parliament. Even Pawar is on record to say that this crucial piece of Legislation should be passed ...

London, May 7 (Agencies): Italy's new Foreign Minister Emma Bonino on Tuesday said she hopes the case of two Italian marines awaiting trial in India for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen would reach a "fair, positive and acceptable solution." ...

The Opposition, including the Bharatiya Janata Party, walked out of the Lok Sabha slamming the Congress-led UPA government for a series of scams and cover-up bids, even as the Centre got the Railway Budget and Finance Bill passed by the House with no ...

The United Progressive Alliance government was spared embarrassment on Tuesday as the Finance Bill 2013-14, the railway budget, the Appropriation Bills and demands for grants to various ministries were approved by the Lok Sabha without discussion, ...

New Delhi, Apr 30 : The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) on Tuesday expressed deep concerns on the introduction of the controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, 2013 by Union Science and Technology Minister ...

The controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on April 22 amid vehement protests from opposition parties. The BRAI bill is contentious because it proposes to create a new regulatory body ...

New Delhi: A Parliamentary panel has pulled up the government for allocating meagre budget of Rs 25,553 crore for agricultural research during the (2012-17) saying the government has "failed to understand the urgency of timely infusion of capital in ...