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Winter Session: RS proceedings on track, House takes up 17 matters in Zero
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Facing pandemonium for the last four days, the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha on Friday returned on track as the Upper House took 17 matters in Zero Hour and five Special Mentions.
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Winter session: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2.30 pm
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2.30 pm on Friday, the fifth day of the ongoing winter session.
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India's policy on Taiwan clear, consistent, MEA informs Rajya Sabha
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): India's policy on Taiwan is clear and consistent and it is focused on promoting interactions in areas of trade, investment and tourism among others, said Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan in Rajya Sabha.
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Congress, Left, others move joint suspension notice in RS for discussion o
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 3 (ANI): Congress, RJD, CPI, CPI(M), NCP, DMK and AAP jointly gave suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha on Friday and demanded a discussion on the "alleged rigging of Municipal elections in Tripura".
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Lok Sabha sees marathon debate on COVID-19 situation, Rajya Sabha passes b
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Thursday saw a marathon debate on COVID-19 situation as Rajya Sabha passed a bill on dam safety.
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Opposition party leadership needs to change as UPA no longer exists: TMC l
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP and Trinamool Congress Party leader Derek O Brien on Thursday reiterated West Bengal's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 'there is no UPA' remark stating that the Opposition party leadership needs to realise that the political alliance that
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Dam Safety Bill to ensure security of those residing in downstream reaches
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): The Dam Safety Bill, 2019 which was passed by the Rajya Sabha on Thursday is significant as 92 per cent dams are constructed on interstate rivers and "there was a need to set an accountability considering the dam break incidents which not only claims i
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Modi government works in cooperative federalism, Dam Safety Bill-2019 not
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, December 2 (ANI): Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Thursday asserted in the Rajya Sabha that the 'Dam Safety Bill-2019' will not encroach on the powers of the States, stating that "we (Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government) work in cooperative federalism
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Rajya Sabha passes bill on dam safety
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 2 (ANI): A bill providing for surveillance, inspection, operation, and maintenance of all specified dams across the country and for constituting the National Committee on Dam Safety was passed by the Rajya Sabha.
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Centre reduced MNREGA budget from Rs 1,10,000 to Rs 73,000 crore, says LoP
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday alleged that the Central Government has been reducing the budget of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ever since it came into power.
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Parliament Winter Session: Rahul Gandhi meets 12 RS MPs protesting against
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met the 12 Rajya Sabha MPs from the opposition parties who were suspended from the ongoing winter session of Parliament.
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Will continue agitation, raise issues of common people: Venugopal on Parli
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Amid the deadlock between the Government and Opposition over the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs in the Parliament's winter session, Congress general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal on Thursday said the agitation will continue.
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