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PM Modi has ignored Varanasi in last years': Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 2 (ANI): Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 56-inch chest assertion, the Congress today welcomed party chief Sonia Gandhi's move to launch the campaign for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls with a show of strength in Varanasi and said that the former has
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Govt. gears up to celebrate Quit India Movement anniversary
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 2 (ANI): Providing details of the NDA Government's ambitious plans to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that programs would be held across the nation to make youth aware of th
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Lanka to establish 'Independent Media Commission'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo, July 28 (ANI): Sri Lanka's Minister of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media Gayantha Karunathilake on Thursday said the country will soon establish an Independent Media Commission after arriving at a consensus with the heads of the media institutions, journalists, academics an
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Govt. counters Rahul Gandhi, throws light on 'inflation mafia' d
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday countered Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's assertion that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) only make false promises and asked the latter to introspect the ten-year-rule of the fo
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Indian origin Alok Sharma appointed UK Minister for Asia and Pacific
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Alok Sharma, Member of Parliament for Reading West, has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with responsibility for Asia and the Pacific.
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Government optimistic on 'productive, positive' Monsoon Session
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): With the Parliamentary Monsoon session commencing today, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs-Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the government never had a rigid attitude and welcomed all discussions related to issues of national concern.
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Bad days have begun for Smriti Irani: NCP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 17 (ANI): The National Congress Party (NCP) on Sunday took a jibe at Smriti Irani over her exclusion from the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) and said it clearly indicates the fact that bad days have begun for her.
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GST Bill passage: Govt. reaches out to Congress
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 15 (ANI): With the BJP-led NDA regime leaving no stone unturned in ensuring the passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in the upcoming Monsoon Session, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Parliamentary Affairs Minister A
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Parliamentary Secy row: BJP demands criminal proceedings against AAP
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday sought criminal proceedings against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for filing a false affidavit with the Election Commission in connection with the offices appointed to the newly recruited Parliamentary Secretaries.
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BJP dubs AAP as synonym of 'misusing public money and corruption'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 14 (ANI): With the Election Commission set to commence hearing of 21 AAP legislators who were made parliamentary secretaries and are facing charges in the Office of Profit case, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said the Aam Aadmi Party had become synonymous with &
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Sushila Karki to be Nepal's first woman chief justice
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu, July 10 (ANI): Justice Sushila Karki is to be the Chief Justice of the Nepal Supreme Court as the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee on Sunday unanimously endorsed her name for the vacant position.
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