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Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Keshav Mahto Kamlesh announced the formation of seven committees for a five-year term, following AICC approval. These committees, including the PCC executive, political affairs, and campaign committees, aim to strengthen the party's presence across the state. Office bearers have been assigned specific responsibilities to enhance organizational reach and effectiveness.

A joint parliamentary committee, chaired by Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi, met with stakeholders in Odisha to discuss the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill, 2025, and related reorganization bills. The proposed amendment seeks to automatically remove ministers arrested for 30 consecutive days in serious cases, aiming to uphold constitutional morality and decriminalize politics.

BJD's Rajya Sabha leader Manas Mangaraj attended INDIA bloc meetings, sparking Congress proximity rumors. Mangaraj clarified BJD's focus remained solely on protecting Odisha's interests regarding delimitation, emphasizing Naveen Patnaik's priority for the state. This follows recent joint backing of an Independent candidate and a Congress leader's suggestion of a potential pre-poll alliance.

The former high court judge had contested a committee's findings that called for his removal, but risked becoming the first judge to be removed by Parliament

India's digital censorship infrastructure is rapidly expanding, dismantling protections established by the Supreme Court. Platforms face immense pressure and compressed timelines for takedown requests, leading to default censorship. Citizens are denied notice, hearings, and reasons for blocked content, while regulatory agility outpaces legal recourse, threatening permanent censorship.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced significant amendments to the Companies Act, aiming to decriminalize procedural defaults and boost flexibility in share buybacks. The proposed changes also introduce new executive compensation instruments and streamline merger processes. Special benches for the National Company Law Tribunal are planned, alongside relaxations for small companies regarding CSR requirements.

Parliament passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill 2026, sparking immediate resignations from two National Council for Transgender Persons members protesting the lack of community consultation. The bill removes self-perceived gender identity, introducing a medical board for transgender certificates, a move critics deem regressive and a step backward for fundamental rights.

Transgender community members, part of the National Council for Transgender Persons, met with ministry officials to reiterate that self-affirmation must remain the foundation of transgender identity.

The Shiv Sena may not join the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) set up to probe the alleged scam surrounding the 2G spectrum allocation.

A potentially contentious meeting of the joint parliamentary committee on telecom slated for June 12 — supposed to consider BJP leader Yashwant Sinha’s demand that former and serving PMO top guns as well as former telecom ministers A Raja and Dayanidhi Maran be examined — has been put off.

Jaipal Reddy on Friday claimed that the Rafale deal by the Narendra Modi-led central government was a big scam and demanded constitution of a joint parliamentary committee to conduct a probe.

The Congress on Tuesday stepped up its attack on the government over the Pegasus snooping controversy and demanded a probe by a joint parliamentary committee. The opposition party along with other parties also stalled proceedings of both houses of Parliament while raising the issue.Opposition members raised uproar in both houses and demanded a thorough probe into the charges of snooping on journalists, politicians, ministers, judges and others using Israeli Pegasus spyware. The government on Monday categorically rejected in Lok Sabha allegations of snooping on politicians, journalists and others using Pegasus software, asserting that illegal surveillance was not possible with checks and balances in the country's laws, and alleged that attempts were being made to malign the Indian democracy.

Ahead of the coming budget session in Parliament, the BJP asked the UPA government at the Centre to take steps to create an environment for the smooth conduct of business and said it was yet to take a final decision on whether or not it would disrupt proceedings in the House.

A day after saying the Adani Group was being targeted and questioning the logic behind the demand for a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe, NCP president Sharad Pawar sought to clarify his position on the issue. While he had on Friday mentioned "BJP's majority" as the reason behind his questioning of the need for a JPC, he explained further on Saturday that there would be a doubt over the outcome of the probe as the JPC would have more members of the ruling NDA.

The Opposition in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday vehemently objected to the manner in which EMS Natchiappan of the Congress was made a member of the joint parliamentary committee on spectrum allocation.

Opposition on Friday stepped up its attack on IPL cricket, stalling proceedings in Parliament to press for the acceptance of its demand for a joint parliamentary committee probe into the "scam".

The meeting of the joint parliamentary committee on telecom on Tuesday was put off with BJP raising objections to a lengthy list of witnesses which included an official in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee PMO who had passed away in 2001.

Member of parliament from Allahabad parliamentary constituency Reoti Raman Singh has been selected as the chairman of joint parliamentary committee concerning office of profit.

The meeting of the joint parliamentary committee on 2G scam on Friday is set to be a stormy affair as the panel readies to adopt its controversial draft report which gave clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and indicted former telecom minister A Raja.

The joint parliamentary committee looking into the 2G spectrum allocation scam will start calling witnesses from next month, beginning with two former telecom secretaries and previous chairmen of Trai.

Cutting across party lines, Congress, BJP and CPI members of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on telecom have urged panel chair P C Chacko to ask the government to put on hold any decision on enhanced entry fees for fresh 2G auction.

The government had to face some embarrassing moments in Rajya Sabha on Thursday when the opposition forced it to agree to “wider consultations” with leaders of all political parties before appointing a new member in the joint parliamentary committee on 2G spectrum scam following a vacancy caused by retirement of DMK member Tiruchi Siva.

The much-delayed meeting of the joint parliamentary committee on 2G spectrum scam is expected to take place in June amid sharp differences between members over its controversial draft report which gave a clean chit to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the finance minister.

The state government has directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) not to allow any Muslim trust to sell or lease their properties even if they have been given permission to do so by the office of the charity commissioner.

With Opposition disallowing functioning of Parliament, moves are afoot to truncate the winter session of Parliament as early as tomorrow.

The weariness of the government over prolonged impasse in Parliament found mention through its chief troubleshooter Pranab Mukherjee, who on Friday said, "our democracy has become a bit too noisy".

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may have offered to appear before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee to rebut the "propaganda" over the spectrum scam, but whatever he may say before the parliamentary body may never get debated in Parliament.

New Delhi, Jun 8 () A Parliamentary Committee has sought comments from the stakeholders on a bill to amend the debt recovery laws with an overall objective of improving the ease of doing business.