Joint Parliamentary Committee

Rafale row: Manohar Parrikar calls Congress' audio clip of Goa cabinet meeting a 'desperate attempt to fabricate facts'

The Congress has claimed it has audio recordings in which a Goa minister can be heard saying Manohar Parrikar possesses all files on the Rafale deal.

Congress reiterates call for JPC into Rafale deal in Lok Sabha, Rajnath Singh says 'repeating a lie will not make it truth'

Congress members have been raising the Rafale deal issue since the start of the Winter Session of Parliament on 11 December, demanding that a Joint Parliamentary Committee should probe the matter

Rafale deal: Rahul Gandhi's 'Chowkidar Chor Hai' jibe has fallen flat, he should at least not cast aspersions on SC

Rafale deal verdict: It's ironic that Congress is casting aspersions on the capability and integrity of the Supreme Court, an institution which all Indians look up to for delivery of justice

'Citizenship cannot be based on religion': At JPC meet, Opposition demands changes to Citizenship Amendment Bill

The Citizenship Amendment Bill seeks to grant citizenship to people from minority communities — Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians — from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan after six years of residence in India instead of 12 even if they don't possess any proper document.

Assam govt faces threat to law and order situation as 46 organisations call for bandh over Citizenship Amendment Bill

The BJP rose to power in Assam under the leadership of Sarbananda Sonowal for the first time in 2016 on the promise to deport Bangladeshi immigrants.

Congress leader Priyanka Chaturvedi questions why Modi govt bought only 36 Rafale jets when 126 were required

Priyanka Chaturvedi asked why the government was "afraid of a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the deal, if it's fair".

Opposition dubs Rafale deal a scam in Lok Sabha, Congress demands probe by Joint Parliamentary Committee

Opposition parties in Lok Sabha dubbed the Rafale fighter jet deal a scam, with the Congress demanding the setting up of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate it

Sarbananda Sonowal says Centre has assured concerns of people of Assam will be taken into account before amending Citizenship Bill

The centre has assured the people of Assam that their concerns will be taken into consideration before taking any decision on the amendment to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said on Wednesday.

Thousands join mass hunger strike in Assam against Citizenship Bill; BJP ally in state backs protests

Thousands of persons participated in a mass hunger strike here on Tuesday to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016.

PNB scam: Left parties, TMC divided over Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation

The Opposition Left parties and Mamata Banerjee's TMC were sharply divided on Wednesday over the constitution of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to go into the PNB scam involving billionaire diamond merchant Nirav Modi, a proposal broached by the Congress.