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RS member Pramod Kumar gives zero-hour notice to discuss surge in deposits
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Rajya Sabha member Pramod Kumar gave a zero-hour notice to discuss what he termed as a "surge in money deposited by Indians in Swiss banks".
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BJP seeks apology from Sonia Gandhi over Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's remarks
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 29 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's "rashtrapatni" remarks about President Droupadi Murmu led to a political storm on Thursday with Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha facing disruptions.
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Unemployment rate shows declining trend: Govt to RS
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Available Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data indicated that the unemployment rate has a declining trend in the country, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Rameswar Teli told the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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29.01 cr beneficiaries enrolled under PMSBY as of June-end
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): A total of 29.01 crore beneficiaries including in the state of Uttar Pradesh were enrolled under Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) as of June 29, said Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Labour and Employment in a written reply in the Rajya Sab
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Action to be taken against 'placard holders' in Rajya Sabha from now on
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Amid the ruckus by the Opposition over several issues, action will now be taken against 'placard holders' in the Rajya Sabha from now on, said sources.
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221 consent requests for probe by CBI pending with 6 states, involve Rs 30
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that 221 consent requests which involve an amount of Rs 30,912 crore are pending with Maharashtra, West Bengal, Punjab, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh governments for investigation by CBI.
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Suspended Rajya Sabha MPs consumed Tandoori Chicken before Gandhi statue:
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala on Thursday quoted media reports to claim that some of the suspended Rajya Sabha MPs who are protesting in the parliament had consumed "tandoori chicken" in front of Mahatama Gandhi's statue.
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Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid protests over 'Rashtrapatni' remark f
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 2 pm Thursday amid uproar by BJP MPs over Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury allegedly insulting President Droupadi Murmu by calling her 'Rashtrapatni'.
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3 more MPs suspended from Rajya Sabha for this week
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Three more MPS, two from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and one Independent, were on Thursday suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the remainder of this week on charges of disrupting the proceedings of the House.
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Monsoon session: Suspended MPs won't apologise, continue protest
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Opposition MPs, who were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for disrupting proceedings, continued their protest near the Gandhi statue inside the Parliament complex on Thursday and asserted that there was no question of them apologising for their behaviour. Read More
RJD MP Manoj Jha gives zero-hour notice in RS to discuss "progress made in
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Kumar Jha on Thursday gave a zero-hour notice in Rajya Sabha to discuss the "progress in the 75 years of independence".
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20 suspended Rajya Sabha MPs begin 50-hour protest in Parliament complex
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): Twenty Opposition MPs, who were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for disrupting proceedings, started a 50-hour-long protest at the Gandhi statue in Parliament on Wednesday.
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