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BJP issues whip to MPs asking them to be present in LS
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 28 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday issued a three-line whip to all its members in the Lok Sabha asking them to be present in the Lower House of the Parliament.
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Abhinandan's moustache should be made national moustache: Adhir Ranjan Cho
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday proposed in the Lower House that the moustache of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman should be given the status of 'national moustache'.
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Concerned over frequent disruptions, VP Naidu calls for parliamentary refo
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday pitched for parliamentary reforms to find a way to ensure that the bills passed by the Lok Sabha do not lapse in the Upper House with the dissolution of the Lower House.
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Venkaiah Naidu calls for parliamentary reforms
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 21 (ANI) Expressing deep concern over the frequent disruptions and low productivity in Parliament, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday pitched for parliamentary reforms to find a way to ensure that the bills passed by the Lok Sabha do not lapse in the Uppe
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Who said you can't say 'Vande Mataram', 'Bharat Mata ki Jai', asks LS Spea
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said it will not be challenging for him to run the lower House of the Parliament, where chants of 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' were heard when several leaders including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and AIMIM
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary dedicates poem to LS speaker Om Birla
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): After the 17th Lok Sabha unanimously elected Om Birla as the Speaker of the lower house, Birla was felicitated by the various leaders of the house including Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
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Shiv Sena appoints Vinayak Bhaurao Raut as parliamentary party Leader for
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 15 (ANI): Shiv Sena MP Vinayak Bhaurao Raut was appointed to represent the party in the lower house of the parliament on Saturday here.
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Amit Shah, RS Prasad, Kanimozhi cease to be Rajya Sabha members
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and DMK leader Kanimozhi have ceased to be members of Rajya Sabha after their election to the Lower House of Parliament.
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Ruckus erupts in Nepal's Lower House
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Jan 23 (ANI): Ruckus erupted in Nepal’s Lower House on Tuesday after opposition parliamentarians from the Nepali Congress staged a protest over the bills which were to be presented.
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Afghanistan: Slain Sikh leader's son leading in prelim poll results
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jan 4 (ANI): Narender Singh Khalsa, the son of slain Sikh leader Avtar Singh, has secured a seat in the Lower House of the Parliament (Wolesi Jirga), according to Afghanistan Election Commission's preliminary results.
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Russian Lower House adopts law criminalising refusal to hire pre-retiremen
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The Lower House of the Russian Parliament (State Duma) on Tuesday adopted a law on criminal liability for employers over refusal to hire persons of the pre-retirement age.
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Nepal Parliament endorses proposal of BIMSTEC convention on terrorism
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Aug 21 (ANI): The lower house of Nepal's Parliament on Monday endorsed a tabled proposal of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) convention focusing on key security issues such as combating terrorism and controlling or
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