Payal Mehta

Foreign secretary Vikram Misri briefed the parliamentary standing committee for external affairs on India's ties with China and Canada

Certain members of Parliament from the opposition side have informally reached out to the MPs on the ruling side in the panel, requesting them to support the deposing of Farooq before the committee as an important stakeholder, sources said

Foreign secretary Vikram Misri on Wednesday briefed the parliamentary standing committee on external affairs led by Congress lawmaker Dr Shashi Tharoor on the situation in neighbouring Bangladesh.

The Islamic seminary objected to certain amendments to the clauses of the existing bill that the Centre wishes to push through

On Friday, Lok Sabha will begin the debate on 75 years of India's Constitution after the completion of the Question Hour at about 12 noon.

According to the Bill, both the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies will have synchronised terms of five years from their respective first meetings

A total of 21 MPs from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha will be a part of the joint parliamentary committee

Those aware of the development said that the All India Shia Personal Law Board officials argued that they had been informed about the meeting at very short notice and, therefore, they were not completely prepared

Sources in the BJP have said that they will be putting up a strong candidate against Arvind Kejriwal, unlike the perception in the media that it might be a friendly fight.