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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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Unnao rape case: Court orders framing of charges against Kuldeep Singh Sen
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): A Delhi court on Friday ordered the framing of charges against expelled BJP lawmaker Kuldeep Singh Sengar, main accused in the Unnao rape case.
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Boris Johnson to hold election after Brexit if lawmakers sink government
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 8 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would call a snap general election in the days following Brexit if lawmakers attempt to sink his government with a vote of no confidence, a UK newspaper reported on Thursday citing unidentified senior aides to the PM.
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In damage control mode, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury calls Kashmir 'internal iss
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 8 (ANI): Days after he drew flak for questioning India's long-established position on Kashmir, Congress lawmaker Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday swung into a damage control mode and called it "internal issue" of the country. He, however, asserted that Kashmir's c
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Ghulam Nabi Azad accuses NSA Doval of buying support of J&K locals
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Congress lawmaker and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday accused National Security Advisor Ajit Doval of buying the support of people while reviewing the security situation in the Valley after the abrogation of Article 370
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Female Kenyan lawmaker asked to leave Parliament for bringing baby
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], Aug 8 (ANI): A female lawmaker, Zuleikha Hassan, was asked to leave the Kenyan Parliament after she brought her 5-month-old baby along.
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Pakistan: Rape-accused lawmaker flees country fearing arrest
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 7 (ANI): A Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker, Attaur Rehman, who has been accused of raping and blackmailing a university student for 11 months, fled the country in order to avoid a possible arrest.
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Court reserves order on framing of notice in defamation case filed against
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): A Delhi court on Wednesday reserved the order on the framing of notice in a defamation case filed against Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor over his "scorpion on shivling" remark.
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BJP MPs give standing ovation to PM Modi in Lok Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday greeted in Lok Sabha with a standing ovation and thumping of desks by BJP lawmakers, amidst the heated debate over the abrogation of Article 370 and Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Bill, 2019.
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BJD's Pinaki Mishra recalls Biju Patnaik's contribution in saving Kashmir
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal lawmaker Pinaki Mishra on Tuesday recalled the contribution of former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik in saving Srinagar and Kashmir from falling in hands of Pakistani invaders
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Where is Farooq Abdullah? DMK's Dayanidhi Maran asks Lok Sabha Speaker
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Dayanidhi Maran on Tuesday raised in Lok Sabha the absence of Farooq Abdullah, the lawmaker from Srinagar even as the House debated the government's resolution to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Decades old comedy of errors rectified now: TMC's Sukhendu Sekhar Ray on A
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): Even as the Trinamool Congress is among the Opposition parties who have vehemently opposed the government's decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, one of its lawmakers in Rajya Sabha welcomed it as a "thunderbolt" which will rectify the "dec
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