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Daily Bulletin: Winter Session of Parliament to begin today, BJP set to push Citizenship (Amendment) Bill; Justice SA Bobde to take oath as CJI today; day's top stories
Fp Staff •Here are today's top stories: Winter Session of Parliament to begin today: Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, Personal Data Protection Bill on legislative agenda; Maharashtra govt formation: Sharad Pawar, Sonia Gandhi to meet today to discuss alliance with Shiv Sena; and more
Centre drops 'slaughter' references from new version of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Rules: Move further dilutes original notification
Fp Staff •Taking a significant step back, the Centre will remove all references to the term 'slaughter' in the new version of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Rules, 2017.
Triple talaq bill tabled in Lok Sabha amid opposition from BJD, Asaduddin Owaisi; BJP calls it legislation for women's rights
Fp Staff •"The Triple Talaq bill is for women's rights and justice and not regarding any prayer, ritual or religion, said law minister Ravi Shankar Prasadin Lok Sabha while presenting the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017
Election Commission favours lifetime ban on convicts from contesting polls
•The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday told the Supreme Court that it was in favour of barring convicted persons from contesting polls for life and stopping their entry into judiciary and the executive.
Govt. set to revise archaic labour laws: Labour Secretary
Ians •The revisions intend to unify wages of workers across the country among all sectors, while another seeks to merge all laws relating to industrial relations.