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CEC Sushil Chandra laments lack of representation of women in Parliament
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 27 (ANI): Highlighting the under-representation of women in Parliament, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra on Saturday said the first Lok Sabha had 15 women MPs and the 17th Lok Sabha has 78, but progress is still slow.
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27 bills passed earlier to be presented in Lok Sabha today
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): On the second day of the Budget Session, 27 bills passed by the Houses of Parliament during the fourth session of the 17th Lok Sabha will be tabled in the Lower House on Tuesday.
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Monsoon session of Parliament begins today, will take up 47 items in 18 si
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): The Monsoon session 2020 of Parliament is set to commence today. The fourth session of 17th Lok Sabha and 252nd session of Rajya Sabha is scheduled to be held today and subject to exigencies of government business, may conclude on October 1.
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Petition in SC seeks probe into Lok Sabha election results
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 20 (ANI): A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking a direction to the Election Commission (EC) to investigate the 17th Lok Sabha election results for discrepancies.
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First PAC meeting of 17th LS to be held today
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of 17th Lok Sabha will meet for the first time at Parliament Annexe here on Monday.
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K'taka: Siddaramaiah denies Deve Gowda's charges of him being responsible
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 23 (ANI): Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday refuted the charges of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda in which he had allegedly blamed him for his and his grandson's defeat in the 17th Lok Sabha Elections.
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30 bills passed by parliament in first session after formation of new Lok
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Parliament passed 30 bills in the just-concluded session, creating a record for the number of bills passed in a single session after the constitution of a new Lok Sabha, an official release said on Wednesday.
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First Lok Sabha session: Highest number of oral questions answered in 20 y
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): The first session of the 17th Lok Sabha recorded the highest number of working hours in the last 20 years as also the highest number of questions answered orally in the same period, according to PRS Legislative Research.
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Sunny Deol Lok Sabha attendance unimpressive, skipped 28 days of Parliamen
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Actor and Gurdaspur MP Sunny Deol failed to impress with his attendance record in the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha by not attending the house for 28 days.
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Most productive session after 1952: LS Speaker Om Birla
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 6 (ANI): First session of 17th Lok Sabha proved to be the most productive session ever, with the Lower House passing as many as 36 bills which is more than the number of bills passed in the first session in 1952.
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Government likely to introduce three new bills, keen on passage of nine
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 3 (ANI): The government is expected to introduce three new bills in the Parliament including the bill to increase strength of Supreme Court judges from 31 to 34 while seeking to get nine "priority" bills passed in the remaining three days of extended first session o
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First LS session will create history, keen to get 36 Bills passed: Pralhad
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday expressed optimism that the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha will create new record in terms of productivity and passage of Bills, and said the government was keen to get all 36 Bills introduced in th
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