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Tokyo Olympics: Venkaiah Naidu congratulates PV Sindhu for winning her sec
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Vice President of India and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday congratulated PV Sindhu for winning a Bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics and said she has scripted history by becoming the first Indian woman to win two Olympics medals.
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Deepender Singh Hooda gives suspension of business notice in RS for discus
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda on Monday gave a 'suspension of business' notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to have a discussion on farmers' agitation.
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CPI-M's Elamaram Kareem gives suspension notice in RS to discuss Pegasus i
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Elamaram Kareem on Monday gave suspension of business notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha to discuss the 'Pegasus Project' issue.
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RS Floor leaders of like-minded Opposition parties to meet at Kharge's res
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Floor leaders of like-minded Opposition parties are scheduled to meet on Monday at 10.15 am at senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Mallikarjun Kharge's office to plan a strategy for the day's proceedings of the House.
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Rajasthan: BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena booked after hoisting flag of Meena com
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Kirodi Lal Meena was briefly detained after he hoisted a flag of the Meena community on the ramparts of Amagarh fort in Jaipur amid prohibitory orders on Sunday.
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Assam CM directs police to withdraw FIR against Mizoram MP K Vanlalvena as
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said he has directed state police to withdraw FIR against Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena as a "goodwill gesture" after border clash with Mizoram on July 26 in which six police personnel died.
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Parliament functions 18 of 107 working hours in first two weeks of Monsoon
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): Since the commencement of the Monsoon session on July 19, the Parliament has functioned only 18 hours out of possible 107 hours leading to the loss of taxpayers money amounting to more than Rs 133 crores, said sources.
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Rajya Sabha loses 40 of 50 working hours during first 2 weeks of Monsoon S
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 31 (ANI): The productivity of the Upper House fell drastically in the ongoing Monsoon Session of the Parliament as the Rajya Sabha Secretariat in an official notification informed that the House lost 40 out of 50 working hours during the first two weeks of the sess
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V Hanumantrao writes to PM, urges lifting of creamy layer policy on OBC r
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 31 (ANI): Former Rajya Sabha member from Telangana and Congress leader V Hanumantha Rao on Friday has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding lifting the creamy layer (socially advanced layer) policy on Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservations.
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Four bills introduced in two Houses amid opposition protests
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Amid the protests by opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha over their various demands including a probe into allegations of surveillance using Pegasus spyware, four bills were introduced in the two Houses on Friday.
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Assam Police summons Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena in connection with Assam-
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Assam Police on Friday summoned Rajya Sabha MP K Vanlalvena and asked him to appear before them at the Police Station at 11 am on August 1 in connection with the Assam-Mizoram border clash.
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Indian Railways to electrify its Broad Gauge network: Ashwini Vaishnav
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today, Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnav informed that Indian Railways has embarked on a major electrification program to electrify its Broad Gauge (BG) network.
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