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Bill introduced to extend reservation to SCs/STs in LS, assemblies
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 9 (ANI): A bill to extend the reservation for SCs and STs in Lok Sabha and state assemblies by ten years was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday.
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99 cases of economic offences against sitting, former lawmakers: MoS for F
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): As many as 99 cases of economic offences have been registered against former and sitting members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies by the CBI, the ED and the CBIC in the past five years, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.
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Union Cabinet approves SC/ST reservation in Lok Sabha, state assemblies fo
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to extend the reservation of Schedule Castes (SC) and Schedule Tribes (ST) in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies for another 10 years, sources said.
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EC fixes Nov 25 for WB, Uttarkhand assembly by-polls
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 25 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Friday announced that the by-elections to fill four vacancies in state legislative assemblies of Uttarakhand and West Bengal will be held on November 25, 2019.
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Hong Kong leader invokes emergency powers to ban face masks during public
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Oct 4 (ANI): Invoking rarely used emergency powers, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has banned people from wearing face masks during public assemblies.
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Maharashtra, Haryana will go to polls on Oct 21, counting on Oct 24
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Maharashtra and Haryana will elect new Assemblies on October 21 in a single phase and the votes will be counted on Oct 24 in polls that will test the strength of parties including the ruling BJP after its massive victory in the Lok Sabha elections in May and
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Changes in J-K will immensely benefit the region: President
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 15 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday expressed confidence that abrogation of Article 370 and reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories would immensely benefit the region as he noted that India's history and destiny was linked to coex
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Parliament saw productive sittings, culture should percolate to assemblies
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 14 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said that the recently concluded Parliament session was productive that saw passage of many important bills in a spirit of cross-party cooperation and this culture should percolate to state assemblies as nation-building
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Naidu for code of conduct for lawmakers
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI) Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday called upon political parties to frame a code of conduct for its legislators on their behaviour in Parliament and Assemblies that should bar members from rushing to the well of the House, shouting of slogans, carr
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Pakistan: Punjab govt issues detention orders of 246 PML-N members
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], July 29 (ANI): The government of Pakistan's Punjab province has issued 30-day detention orders for 246 members of National and Punjab assemblies from Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) to maintain "public order and tranquillity."
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Polls in N Korea to elect new deputies for local assemblies
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], July 21 (ANI): Hundreds of people across North Korea are voting on Sunday to choose new deputies for local assemblies of provinces, counties and cities in the country, in an election widely viewed as a formality in the totalitarian state.
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Rajya Sabha rejects private member bill seeking reservation in Parliament
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha on Friday rejected by voice vote a private member bill seeking reservation in Parliament and Assemblies to OBC communities in proportion to their population.
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