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Rajya Sabha gives nod to Bill to ease setting up of GST tribunal; fix age
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday gave its nod to a Bill to ease the setting up of GST appellate tribunals (GSTAT) by modifying the terms of appointment of members and fixing a cap of 50 years as the minimum age for member or president of the tribunal.
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"Home Minister should explain what happened in Parliament,...": Suspended
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As Parliament continues to witness the suspension spree, two more members of Lok Sabha were suspended on Wednesday from the remainder of the Winter Session.
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"No discussion on MPs suspension...all focus on mimicry incident": Rahul G
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Hitting out at the media for not discussing the suspension of members extensively, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that the media is entirely focused on showing the mimicry incident and not highlighting the pain and agony of the suspended MPs, adding that What can be done if the "media is
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Centre hands over 324 cases to NIA in last five years: MHA to Rajya Sabha
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Central government has handed over 324 cases to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the last five years, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh calls Dhankhar's mimicry incident a "black
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh referred Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankhar's mimicry incident as a "black stain" on Indian democratic traditions. Singh also strongly condemns the incident.
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NDA MPs stand during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha to express respect for C
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
NDA MPs in Rajya Sabha stood at their seats on Wednesday during the Question Hour to express their respect for Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and to protest against the opposition over the mimicry incident yesterday in the Parliament premises.
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RS Chairman mimicry row: Activist Vineet Jindal files complaint with Ethic
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"This is a complaint against TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee, Rahul Gandhi MP (leader of Congress), and other MPs for making defamatory remarks, mocking and mimicking the style of the Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar while presiding over the house," Jindal said in
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"Wasn't intending to hurt anyone, don't know why he's taking this on himse
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Under fire from the members in the Treasury and the BJP-led Centre over his mock impersonation of Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on the Parliament complex, suspended TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee on Wednesday clarified his conduct saying he was intending to hurt anyone.
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LS Speaker Om Birla meets RS Chairman, expresses concerns, anguish over mi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met Vice President and Chairman, of Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday and conveyed his deep concerns and anguish about serious misdemeanour by MPs in the Parliament complex demeaning and denigrating the constitutional office of Vice President.
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"PM expressed pain over abject theatrics of some MPs": RS chairman Dhankha
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A day after expressing his anguish over being mocked at and ridiculed by suspended TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee outside the Parliament, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too, voiced his pain over the theatrics by a member in the 'sacred' Parli
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Parliament Winter Session: After a day of disruptions and more suspensions
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As the session resumes at Lok Sabha, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is to move a bill to amend and consolidate the law relating to the development, expansion and operation of telecommunication services and telecommunication networks; assignment of spectrum in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
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After a day of disruptions and more suspensions, Parliament to reconvene f
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
After another day of disruptions and suspensions that saw the count of the members suspended for the remainder of the ongoing Winter Session to 141, both Houses will reconvene for business on Wednesday.
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