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Parl panel may seek extension on land Bill

New Delhi: The Parliamentary panel examining the contentious land acquisition bill is likely to seek a week’s extension to complete its task as it may find it difficult to prepare its report before July 21, when the Monsoon session starts. The chairman of Joint Committee of Parliament on the land bill SS Ahluwalia is expected to write to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan for the extension to finish the task, three members who attended Monday’s meeting said. The committee has been mandated to submit its report on day one of the first week of the Monsoon session. But the extension could be sought to table the 

report on first day of second week of the session, beginning on July 21, they said.

Centre urges Up to contain communal violence

New Delhi: The Union Home Ministry on Monday expressed concern over two recent incidents of communal tension in Uttar Pradesh and asked the administration to ensure peace in the State. In a communication, the Ministry asked the State Government to take all possible action to ensure peace in Kasganj and Saharanpur districts where there were incidents of communal tension on June 26 and 27 respectively.

RC Meena appointed OSD to paswan

New Delhi: IRS officer Ram Chandra Meena was on Monday appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan. Meena is a 1992 batch Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax cadre) officer. He has been appointed for a five-year term or on co-terminus basis with the Minister’s tenure, an order issued by DoPT said.

home min and i&b to decide on Sun tv network

New Delhi: The Government on Monday said that a final decision on the matter related to 33 channels of Kalanithi Maran-promoted Sun TV network will be taken “collectively” even as reports suggested that the two key concerned Ministries had taken diverging views on the issue. “There may be a difference of approach, which is alright in a democracy, but the final decision on the matter would only be taken collectively,” a Govt official said. The comments came in the backdrop of reports that the Ministry of Home Affairs and the I&B Ministry differed on the grant of security clearance to the Sun TV network.