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Subbarami Reddy speaks on amendments to NIA Bill, evokes smiles in RS
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Congress member T Subbarami Reddy on Wednesday evoked smiles and some laughter in the Rajya Sabha as he sought to speak on his amendments to the NIA (Amendment) Bill after urging the Chair to allow him to express his views.
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BJP issues three-line whip to RS MPs for July 8,9
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 06 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Whip Narayan Lal Panchariya on Saturday issued a 'three-line whip' to the party's Rajya Sabha MPs to be present in the house on July 8 and 9.
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Opposition parties reject simultaneous polls, demand ballot paper back
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Opposition parties on Wednesday rejected government's call for "One Nation, One Election" and demanded that the ballot papers must be brought back to restore the faith of people in country's electoral system.
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Ram Vilas Paswan takes oath as Rajya Sabha member
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 1 (ANI): Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who has been elected to Rajya Sabha from Bihar, took oath as a member of the Upper House on Monday.
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Chairman of RS has no authority to approve merger of parties: Jayadev Gall
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party leader Jayadev Galla on Friday said the Rajya Sabah Chairman does not have the authority to approve mergers of parties, remarks that came after dissident TDP MPs claimed they have merged their Legislature Party with BJP.
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Modi introduces his Council of Ministers in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday introduced his Council of Ministers in the Rajya Sabha.
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Centre directs educational institutions to implement 10% quota for poor
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
The government has issued an office memorandum to implement 10 per cent reservation to all institutes and Universities, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday.
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BJP deceiving people of Andhra: Azad
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of deceit over the special category status to Andhra Pradesh.
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Both govt., opposition responsible for Parliamentary session washout: RS D
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): Deputy Speaker of the Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien on Friday said both the government as well as the opposition is responsible for the washout of the entire Budget Session in the Parliament.
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Waiting for Iraq's nod to bring back mortal remains: MoS V.K. Singh
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31(ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs General (Retd) V.K. Singh said that the legal procedures of obtaining the mortal remains of the 39 Indians killed in Iraq has been completed and New Delhi was waiting for Baghdad to give the green signal.
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PNB scam: Congress moves notice in RS for discussion
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 08 (ANI): The Congress Party on Thursday moved a notice in the Rajya Sabha under rule 168 seeking a discussion on the billion dollars Punjab National Bank fraud case.
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RS adjourned till 2 pm after massive uproar
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 07 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm on Wednesday following the Opposition's uproar on various issues.
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