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Mithun Chakraborty resigns from RS due to health issues
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 26 (ANI): Actor- turned Trinamool Congress (TMC) nominated lawmaker Mithun Chakraborty on Monday tendered his resignation to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari citing health issues.
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Saradha Scam: Kolkata HC extends interim bail of Kunal Ghosh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec. 22 (ANI): The Calcutta High Court on Thursday extended to January 10, the interim bail of suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmaker Kunal Ghosh in connection with his involvement in Saradha chit-fund scam.
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PM Modi to address BJP lawmakers, likely to corner Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 16 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party's Parliamentary Party meeting to discuss the strategy to counter the opposition's charges against the government is currently underway.
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Will raise Rijiju's involvement in Arunachal hydro scam in LS: Kharge
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 14 (ANI): Congress Party lawmaker Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said the party would take up the issue of a vigilance report accusing Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju of influencing payments for a hydro project contract in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Sasikala Pushpa against Chinna Amma's inclusion in AIADMK
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai [India], Dec.11 (ANI): A day after senior All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) members met Sasikala Natarajan to convince her to take charge, expelled lawmaker Sasikala Pushpa on Sunday said that she would fight till her last breath to ensure that former chief minister
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Parliament security breach: Have not committed any mistake, says Mann
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Dec. 9 (ANI): Hours after the nine member committee suspended AAP MP Bhagwant Mann for the rest of the Winter Session for breaching security by filming the parliament, the lawmaker from Sangrur on Friday asserted that he did not commit any mistake and only wanted t
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South Korea's President Park faces impeachment vote
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec. 9 (ANI): In a development signalling major trouble for South Korea's President Park Geun-hye, lawmakers in the National Assembly have voted to begin proceedings of impeachment againsther.
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Centre responsibile to ensure smooth functioning of Parliament: JD (U)
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar)[India], Dec. 9(ANI): The Janata Dal (United) has agreed with President Pranab Mukherjee's criticism of the continuous logjam in Parliament, saying that lawmakers had a duty to do their job i.e transact the business of the House, and added that it is the responsibility of t
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President Mukherjee to MPs: 'For God sake, do your job'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Dec. 8(ANI): Taking strong exception to the way the Winter Session of Parliament is proceedings, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday asked lawmakers to do their jobs i.e. to transact business in the House.
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'The call is just the beginning': Taiwanese lawmaker on controve
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], Dec. 7 (ANI): Taiwanese lawmaker Freddy Lim has said he was delighted by U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump accepting an official call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and added that he hopes the call is just the beginning.
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S. Korean lawmakers propose President impeachment bill, vote on Dec. 9
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Seoul [S. Korea], Dec. 3 (ANI): The South Korean lawmakers will vote upon the bill to impeach scandal-hit President Park Geun-hye on December 9, thereby marking the second such impeachment proposal since the country's constitutional government was launched about seven decades ago.
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BJP dares Mamata to ask TMC lawmakers to share bank details
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Nov.30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national secretary Rahul Sinha on Wednesday dared West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banrejee to ask her Trinamool Congress (TMC) lawmakers to disclose their bank details, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done with h
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