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  Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha Adjourned Till 2 pm Amid Ruckus

  Minutes after the proceedings started in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Monday, both the houses were adjourned till 2 pm after Opposition MPs raised slogans demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) inquiry into the Adani stocks issue.

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  "What's The Rafale Secret In Manohar Parrikar's Bedroom?" Congress To PM

  The Congress today claimed to have an audio recording of a Goa minister quoting Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar as saying that files related to the Rafale jet deal were "in his bedroom" and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether that was why his government was not allowing a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) inquiry.

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  "Won't Let PM Sleep Till He Waives Farm Loans," Says Rahul Gandhi

  Rahul Gandhi declared today that he would not let Prime Minister Narendra Modi "sleep or rest" till he gave a reprieve to farmers, holding up as an example his party's new governments in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, which he said have announced farm loan waivers within six hours.

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  Tejashwi Yadav Dares PM Modi To Form Parliamentary Probe On Rafale Deal

  Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to form a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to probe the purchase of 36 Rafale jet fighters in a ready-to-fly condition from France.

• Parliamentary panel meets today to discuss 2G report; BJP steps up pressure on PM

  The Joint Parliamentary Committee or JPC will hold its crucial meeting today to discuss and adopt the draft report on the 2G spectrum scam. But the meeting is set to be stormy one as Opposition parties getting ready to corner JPC chairman P C Chacko over clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

• Will prove my innocence and that PM was consulted: A Raja on 2G scam

  The man who is being tried for masterminding a telecom scam worth Rs 1.76 lakh crore today said, "I will prove my innocence."

• 2G case: Yashwant Sinha says he is disappointed by PM Manmohan Singh's response

  BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has written another letter to the Prime Minister saying he is disappointed that Dr Manmohan Singh has chosen not to testify on the telecom scam for a parliamentary committee unless summoned to do so.

• 2G probe: PM's statement on Yashwant Singh's dare

  Retaliating to BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said he will not volunteer to depose before the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probing the 2G scam. Mr Sinha had demanded that the PM depose before the JPC and clear his name of the charges levelled by former telecom minister A Raja.

• Nothing to hide, says PM, responding to Yashwant Sinha's dare

  The Prime Minister has retaliated to a dare by BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who urged him earlier this week to testify on the telecom scam for a parliamentary committee unless he has "something to hide."

• If you have nothing to hide, testify, says Yashwant Sinha to PM

  BJP leader Yashwant Sinha has written to the Prime Minister, demanding that he testify for a parliamentary committee that's dissecting the telecom or 2G scam, named for the second-generation airwaves involved.

• House panel meet on 2G: BJP softens stand on summoning PM?

  Ending its nearly two-month-old boycott, BJP members today attended the meeting of Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on 2G and said they would continue to press for summoning of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram as witnesses.

• 2G scam: BJP demands PM's explanation on 36,000-crore license fee suggestion

  The head of the joint parliamentary committee that's probing the 2G spectrum scam has told NDTV that it's not the responsibility of the Prime Minister to fix the spectrum entry fee for players wanting 2G telecom licences. That's the job of the Telecom Regulator and the Telecom Ministry, JPC chief PC Chacko has said.

• JPC meet on 2G scam: BJP walkout over summons to PM, Chidambaram

  A joint parliamentary committee (JPC) examining the allocation of 2G spectrum is likely to shut the door on the opposition's demand that finance minister P Chidambaram be questioned by it. Senior BJP leaders, who are part of the JPC, walked out the session today demanding to know when Mr Chidambaram, as well as the prime minister and then-telecom m...

• 2G scam: BJP says PM, Chidambaram must depose for parliamentary panel

  The BJP has explained in detail why five of its members walked out of a meeting of a parliamentary committee on the telecom or 2G scam.

• PM announces JPC on 2G spectrum scam

  The Prime Minister has announced that his government will set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to study the 2G spectrum scam.  In the Lok Sabha today, on the first working day of the Budget session, he said, "On account of the controversy relating to allocation of 2G spectrum, the winter session of Parliament was lost. Our country can ...