S S Ahluwalia

First joint Parliamentary panel meet on land bill: Congress, TMC raise queries

The first meeting of joint Committee of Parliament on the contentious land bill today saw a number of Opposition members raising questions over the rationale of the government changing provisions of the 2013 land law.

Land bill: First meeting of joint Parliament panel to be held on Friday

The first meeting of the Joint Committee of Parliament, which will go into provisions of the controversial land acquisition bill, will be held on Thursday.

BJP loses RS election in Jharkhand; Congress, JMM win

The BJP's former deputy speaker of the Rajya Sabha, SS Ahluwalia, who was fielded by the BJP lost after their political allies in the JMM did not support him. The Congress and JMM candidates won the two seats from the state.