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Central Vista: Complexes on KG Marg, Africa Avenue to be completed by March

The two sites will be able to accommodate around 15,000 employees of various defence agencies, which have offices near the North and South Blocks, sources said

Pre-packaged scheme, special rules for MSMEs in amendments to IBC

Changes likely to be tabled in Winter Session of Parliament

No arbitrariness in selection of consultant for Central Vista project: Govt

The Centre told the Supreme Court that there was no arbitrariness or favouritism in selecting consultant for the Central Vista project, which covers 3-km stretch from Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Gate

Reliance Jio officials depose before parliamentary panel on data security

Executives of Jio Platforms and Reliance Jio Infocomm were asked if there is any data-sharing mechanism between the company and its investors Facebook and Google

JPC on data protection: Paytm says yes to govt regulation, Google differs

Paytm said it wanted the government to ensure that all companies in the digital sphere offering services in India also had their servers in the country.

Cabinet approves Rs 10,000 crore project to improve dams in India

India is the third ranked country in terms of total number of dams, next after the US and China

Top Amazon officials appear before Parliamentary panel on data protection

Earlier, experts at the Jeff Bezos-led firm had expressed their inability to appear before the JPC, citing travel restrictions due to Covid-19

Data Protection Bill: Parl panel summons Jio, Airtel, Uber, Ola, Truecaller

The committee, chaired by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi, is examining the Personal Data Protection Bill 2019

Data Protection Bill: Twitter reps appear before Parliamentary panel

The representatives of social media giant Twitter on Wednesday appeared before the Joint Committee Parliamentary panel looking into the Data Protection Bill, 2019, sources said

Centre to seek Parliament's nod for additional Rs 37,000 cr infra push

Centre will seek the Parliament's approval for additional spending of Rs 37,000 crore on infrastructure development in the second batch of supplementary demands for grant.

Parliament panel quizzes Facebook on its India revenue, profit, tax payouts

Facebook India's policy head Ankhi Das appeared before the Joint Committee of Parliament on Data Protection Bill, 2019 chaired by BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi.

New Parliament building to be ready by Oct 2022: Lok Sabha Secretariat

In the new building, the Lok Sabha chamber will have a seating capacity for 888 members, while Rajya Sabha will have 384 seats for the upper house members

SP Group withdraws letters alleging irregularities in new Parl building bid

In a letter to the Central Public Works Department (CPWD), the SP Group said it will not pursue the matter any further

LS speaker replaces chairmen of two panels with their party colleagues

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday nominated BSP MP Ritesh Pandey as chairperson of a parliamentary panel, replacing his party colleague Shyam Singh Yadav.

TRP system not very scientific, prone to manipulation: Par panel told

Sources in the panel said an elaborate and comprehensive discussion was held on fake news, the alleged TRP scam and issues related to media regulation in the current era of convergent technology

Mistry opens new front against Tatas over Parliament redevelopment project

The Mistry family alleges misconduct in bidding process, wants Tatas disqualified

Hardeep Puri, Arun Singh, Neeraj Shekhar, Laxmi Kant: BJP probables for RS

The BJP with its strong numbers in the state legislatures is likely to sweep the forthcoming Rajya Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand where it is tipped to get 10 out of 11 seats

Parliamentary panel on IT to take up TRP manipulation issue: Sources

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, has decided to take up the issue, sources said

Budget 2021: Personal Data Protection Bill likely to be tabled in Parl

The draft of the bill, approved by the Cabinet in December 2019, proposes a penalty of up to Rs 15 crore and up to three-year jail term for company executives for violating privacy norms.

Groundwork for new Parliament building begins; to be completed in 22 months

Last month, Tata Projects Limited won the bid to construct a new Parliament building near the existing one under the Central Vista redevelopment project