-The Hindu Business Line Almost half of the budgetary exercise is over, but Parliament is yet to see formation of department-related standing committees (DRSC). This means Demands for Grants and the Finance Bill will not be vetted by DRSCs as of now. The Lok Sabha is scheduled to take up the Finance Bill for consideration and passage during the week starting July 15. There will also be discussions and Voting on Demands...
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End confusion over 1966-71 refugees, CPI(M) tells NRC Coordinator
-The Hindu ‘Many of them were identified by Foreigners’ Tribunals’ Guwahati: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has asked the State Coordinator for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) to remove the confusion over the status of refugees who came to Assam between 1966 and 1971 and add their names to the citizens’ list to be published by July 31. The midnight of March 24, 1971, is the cut-off for detecting, detaining and...
More »Role of social media as influencer of Voting choices overhyped: CSDS study
-The Hindu BJP’s vote share lead over Congress among users fell in comparison to 2014 The role of social media as a key influencer of Voting choices in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections may have been exaggerated, according to a Lokniti-CSDS survey. It found that the BJP’s vote share lead over the Congress among social media users was actually lower than in 2014. Survey data did establish a relationship between the social media...
More »Congress begins booth-level study to assess poor results, EVM doubts -Subodh Ghildiyal
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Congress has initiated booth-wise analysis of votes nationally to check the polling trend at the bottom most rung to get a fix on what went horribly wrong in its calculations in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In an urgent directive on Saturday, the party asked all its Lok Sabha candidates to send their Form 20 issued by the Election Commission to the party headquarters. The form...
More »No ghost voters, says Election Commission
-The Hindu New Delhi: “The provisional voter turnout data, reported on the ECI website, is only the tentative number of voters and not the final numbers. Therefore, it is an incorrect inference to find ghost voters when there are none,” the poll panel said. The Election Commission on Saturday said there were no “ghost voters” in the Lok Sabha election, as reported in a section of the media based on the provisional...
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