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Parliament passes Protection of Human Rights Bill
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 22 (ANI) Parliament on Monday passed a bill that expedites the process of appointments of chairpersons of National and state Human Right Commissions with Rajya Sabha giving its nod after Home Minister Amit Shah dismissed opposition concerns about "misuse" of the human
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Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill introduced in RS amid uproar
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): An amendment bill that allows a Supreme Court judge besides the Chief Justice of India to be appointed as the chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) and increases the number of members from two to three, was on Monday introduced in R
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Sonia, Priyanka pay tributes to Sheila Dikshit at Congress headquarters
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 21 (ANI): UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh east Priyanka Gandhi reached Congress headquarters to pay tributes to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit whose mortal remains arrived at the party office on Sunday.
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Sheila Dikshit brought humanity, excellence to everything she did: Sonia G
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Paying tribute to former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday said that late Congress leader brought "grace, humanity, wisdom, and excellence to everything she did."
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PM Modi, Sonia Gandhi pay tribute to Sheila Dikshit
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former President Pranab Mukherjee were among the early politicians to pay tributes to senior Congress leader Sheila Dikshit, who passed away at the age of
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UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi pays tributes to Sheila Dikshit
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday paid tributes to former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at her residence here.
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Lok Sabha passes Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Friday passed an amendment bill that allows a Supreme Court judge besides the Chief Justice of India to be appointed the chairperson of National Human Rights Commission of India (NHRC) and increases the number of members from two to three.
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Telangana Cong says party must put in place an interim president
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 17 (ANI): Several Telangana Congress leaders on Wednesday wrote to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to elect an Interim Congress President in order to instill confidence among the party workers.
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Swamy calls for terminating RS membership of Vaiko over his anti-Hindi com
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has written to Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairperson Venkaiah Naidu urging for the termination of the Rajya Sabha membership of newly elected MDMK Member of Parliament Vaiko, who he claimed had breached the Constitution o
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Goyal credits Modi with turnaround of Rae Bareli coach factory, targets Co
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 12 (ANI) Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA government for the turnaround of Rae Bareli's Modern Coach Factory (MCF) while lambasting UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi saying not a single coach was produced during the rule o
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Congress protests over political crisis in Karnataka, Goa inside, outside
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 11 (ANI): UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday led a protest of party lawmakers against the BJP-led government over political developments in Karnataka and Goa, with the party also staging a walkout in both the houses of parliament.
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Ayodhya land dispute: SC seeks report from mediation panel by July 18
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday requested Justice (Retd) FMI Kalifulla, the chairperson of the three-member mediation panel on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute, to submit a report by July 18.
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