ANKARA: The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee was poised on Tuesday to resume deliberations on Sweden‘s bid to join Nato, days after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linked the Nordic country’s admission on US approval of Turkey‘s request to purchase F-16 fighter jets. Nato-member Turkey lifted its objection to Sweden joining the trans-Atlantic alliance in July … Read more
New Delhi: With more and more non-BJP states withdrawing the general consent given to the CBI, a parliamentary panel has recommended that the government enact a “new law” and give wider powers to the federal agency for investigating crucial cases “without the need of State’s consent and interference.” In its Action Taken Report (ATR), the Standing … Read more
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary committee has noted that the seven years’ imprisonment prescribed in the proposed new criminal law for causing death by negligence is “high” and it should be reduced to five years. The parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, headed by BJP MP Brijlal, also observed that the 10-year jail suggested in the … Read more