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No hope left in Supreme Court, sensitive cases assigned to only certain ju
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament and senior advocate, Kapil Sibal, has expressed his displeasure over some of the recent judgements passed by the Supreme Court saying he has "no hope left" in the institution.
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One-liners of Venkaiah Naidu are wit liners: PM Modi says in farewell spee
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded the retiring Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu for the multiple roles he played in his long political career and complimented him on his witty one-liners.
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AAP's Sanjay Singh moves business suspension notice in RS over "discrimina
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 8 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh has given a suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267 and demanded to give equal facilities and 'martyr status' to paramilitary forces.
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BJP slams KCR for boycotting NITI Aayog meet, says it's loss for Telangana
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)[India], August 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajya Sabha MP K Laxman on Sunday slammed Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for boycotting the NITI Aayog meeting stating that "it will be a big loss for the state".
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In his tenure as vice prez, Naidu took keen interest in standing committee
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): During his ternure as the Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu took a keen interest in the functioning of department related standing committees of the Rajya Sabha and also reviewed their functioning.
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Initial turbulence and later recovery mark tenure of Venkaiah Naidu as Raj
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 6 (ANI): The tenure of Rajya Sabha chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu was marked by low productivity of the House to start with and a recovery later, said officials on Saturday.
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AAP MP lauds Centre's decision to waive off GST from religious places
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Punjab Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Friday thanked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after clarification was given to waive off Goods and Services Tax (GST) over Sarais in or around Gurdwaras.
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Raut thanks Kharge for solidarity against "political witch hunt, motivated
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who is currently under Enforcement Directorate's (ED) custody in connection with the Patra Chawl case, on Friday thanked Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge for extending support against what he alleged was "poli
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No immunity to MPs from being arrested in criminal case during Parliament
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday clarified in the House that "MPs do not enjoy any immunity from being arrested in a criminal case during the Session or otherwise".
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After Finance ministry says no GST on serais, AAP MP thanks Sitharaman
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney on Friday thanked Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for making clear that GST would not be charged on religious places and that sarais run by Sikhs will not need to pay the tax.
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1,253 railway stations to be revamped under Adarsh Station scheme by 2022-
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday informed the Rajya Sabha that as many as 1,253 Railway stations across the country had been identified for development, out of which 1,215 stations so far have been developed and the remaining stations are
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MPs cannot avoid summons of law enforcement agencies: RS Chair M Venkaiah
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Vice President of India and Rajya Sabha Chairperson, M Venkaiah Naidu, on Friday, said that Members of the Parliament (MPs) cannot avoid summons of law enforcement agencies in criminal cases when the session is on or otherwise.
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