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Pak's National Assembly to elect new PM today
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 17 (ANI): Pakistan's newly-elected National Assembly (NA), the lower house of the country's Parliament, will vote for the new Prime Minister of Pakistan on Friday.
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Pakistan's National Assembly begins new session
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 13 (ANI): The new session of Pakistan's 15th National Assembly (NA) is underway here on Monday as a total of 329 newly-elected members of the Lower House of the Parliament took oath after the general elections were held on July 25.
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Ananth Kumar hits out at Congress for moving Privilege Motion
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar today took a dig at Congress President Rahul Gandhi following the Opposition's decision to move a Privilege Motion against PM Narendra Modi and defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman for allegedly misleading the lo
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No-Confidence Motion forced test by the Opposition: PM
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Taking a stand against the Opposition's No-Confidence Motion in the Lok Sabha on Friday, Prime Minister requested all the members of the lower house of the Parliament to reject the motion and called it a "forced test by the Opposition."
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Haiti's PM resigns amid fuel price hike protests
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Port-au-Prince [Haiti], Jul 15 (ANI): Jack Guy Lafontant has tendered his resignation as Haiti's Prime Minister amid fuel price hike protests on Saturday.
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Speaker Sumitra Mahajan urges MPs to ensure Parliamentary decorum
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Citing repeated adjournments of the House without any business being transacted in some sessions of the 16th Lok Sabha, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has penned a letter to all members of the lower house.
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Russia confirms Dmitry Medvedev as its PM
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 8 (ANI): The Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament) on Tuesday gave its mandate to Dmitry Medvedev for a new term as prime minister.
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Myanmar elects U. Win Myint as new president
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], Mar 28 (ANI): The Myanmar parliament on Wednesday elected the country's lower house speaker and legislator U. Win Myint as the new president.
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Special status to Andhra: YSR Congress to move no-confidence motion
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): The YSR Congress on Sunday gave a notice to the Lok Sabha General-Secretary seeking to move a no-confidence motion in the Lower House on March 19 against the Centre for its refusal to grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh.
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Sena MLAs walk out of Maha Assembly demanding BJP MLC's termination
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra)[India], Mar 06 (ANI): Shiv Sena Member Legislative Assembly (MLA) on Tuesday walked out from the Lower House of the Maharashtra Assembly after they demanded the termination of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC), Prashant Paricharak.
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Parliament adjourned till Feb 1
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 29 (ANI): Soon after the upper and the lower house of the Parliament met for the first day of the Budget session. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned for the day.
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Russian lawmakers bar US media from accessing parliament
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 6 (ANI): Russian lawmakers have voted to ban the US media designated as "foreign agents" from accessing the lower house of parliament in the latest tit-for-tat between both the countries over government-funded media outlets.
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