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BSP removes Danish Ali as LS group chief, replaces him with OBC leader
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Aug 7 (ANI): The BSP on Wednesday removed Danish Ali as leader of the party in the Lok Sabha replacing him with an OBC leader saying "balance " was necessary after it announced that former Rajya Sabha member, Munquad Ali is appointed as President of the party
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Assam: Kokrajhar in search of peace, security, says UPPL-AIUDF candidate B
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kokrajhar (Assam) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Urkhao Gwra Brahma, a former Rajya Sabha member and the United People's Party (Liberal) candidate for the Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency, said peace and security are the "biggest matter of concern" in the area.
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New low in political discourse: Cong leader hits out at Uma Bharti over 'c
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 17 (ANI): Former Rajya Sabha member and Congress leader Ashwani Kumar on Wednesday said that Union minister Uma Bharti's remark against Congress' Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is a "new low in political discourse."
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Ex-Rajya Sabha MP Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu joins BJP
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 4 (ANI): A week after he quit the Congress, former Rajya Sabha member Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Karunanidhi was a scientists' scientist: M S Swaminathan
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Agriculture expert and former Rajya Sabha member M S Swaminathan on Wednesday paid homage to late Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M. Karunanidhi and said that he had great respect for scientists.
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Ex-BJP MP Chandan Mitra, 3 Cong MLAs join TMC
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [Kolkata], Jul 21 (ANI): Former Rajya Sabha member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Chandan Mitra joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday.
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Inder Sharma's autobiography launched in Delhi
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (NewsVoir): A doyen of the Indian travel and tourism industry, Padma Shri (Late) Inder Sharma's autobiography 'All Doors Opened' was released on Monday in the presence of Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, former Rajya Sabha member Dr. Karan Singh, and other
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Budget '18: Swaminathan hails MSP hike
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 2 (ANI): Agriculture expert and former Rajya Sabha member M.S. Swaminathan has welcomed the Union Budget announcement to keep the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all unannounced Kharif crops at least at one and a half times of the production cost.
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LTC scam: Court grants bail to ex-Rajya Sabha MP Mahmood A Madani
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb.21 (ANI): Former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament Mahmood A. Madani was today granted bail by a special court here in connection with the Leave and Travel Concession (LTC) scam, for allegedly causing a loss of 5.75 lakhs to the exchequer by submitting wrong claims.
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Seems the RBI has relinquished its autonomy to Modi Government, claims JD(
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 14 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) leader and former Rajya Sabha member Pavan Varma on Saturday said that it seemed as if the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has relinquished its autonomy to the Centre by allowing bureaucrats from the finance ministry to oversee the demonetisa
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Sidhu formally resigns from BJP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Sept. 14 (ANI): Cricketer-turned-politician and former Rajya Sabha member Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday formally resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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