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Full transcript: Shashi Tharoor on politics, Macaulayputras and the Sunanda investigation
Fp Staff •The Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram kept his listeners engaged for over an hour and answered to every questions, tough and easy, put forward by Firstpost, senior editor, Sandip Roy.
Insurance bill our baby, find no reason to oppose: Congress
Fb_admin •The Bill, which proposes to raise the foreign investment cap in the sector to 49 percent, is likely to soon be passed with the parliamentary panel having endorsed it after incorporating Congress's suggestion for a composite cap on overseas investments.
Parliamentary panel tables report on Insurance FDI in Rajya Sabha
Fb_admin •A Parliamentary Committee today recommended a composite foreign investment cap of 49 percent in the insurance sector and supported a government Bill to amend the Act.
Parliamentary panel gives recommendations on Insurance Bill
Fp Archives •Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that he was hopeful that the insurance market expansion would take place once the<br /> Insurance Amendment Bill is passed by Parliament.
Congress likely to support Insurance Bill in Rajya Sabha
Fp Archives •In Rajya Sabha, the ruling NDA does not have majority and would require support from other parties for passage of the legislation.
BJP lands in Bengal: Can a hundred lotuses bloom?
Roy •What Basirhat-on-the-border thinks today, can Bengal think tomorrow? The BJP says Basirhat is its beachhead into Bengal. Trinamool scoffs dream on.
Rajya Sabha sends Insurance Bill to Select Committee: All you need to know
Fp Staff •Giving in to opposition pressure, the government on Thursday referred the controversial Insurance Bill to the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha. All you need to know about the Bill.
Insurance Bill sent to Select Committee of Rajya Sabha
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Insurance bill: Govt bows to Opp demand, sets up 15-member panel
Fp Archives •Bowing to opposition pressure, the government has agreed to refer the controversial Insurance Bill to a Select Committee of Parliament.
No political alliance before polls, says Odisha BJP
Fp Archives •"We will not go for any kind of alliance with any political party in Odisha," BJP state president KV Singhdeo announced after rejecting any possibility of forging alliance or front before the elections.