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Jaishankar to make statement in RS on India's foreign policy
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 28 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will today make a statement in the Rajya Sabha on the government's efforts to promote foreign policy, focusing on high-level visits that have taken place recently.
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Walk-out habit of opposition hasn't changed since 2014: Nirmala Sitharaman
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): After Opposition MPs walked out of Rajya Sabha during her reply on the economic situation of the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that their walkout habit has not changed since 2014.
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Rajya Sabha by-polls: BJP nominates Arun Singh from UP, KC Ramamurthy from
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced Arun Singh as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Uttar Pradesh and KC Ramamurthy from Karnataka.
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Sitharaman in RS: Growth may have come down but not a recession yet
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday admitted that growth may have come down but said it is not a recession yet. She added that it will never be a recession ever in the country.
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3 security force personnel, 17 civilians killed in terror related incident
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday stated that since August 5 no one has died in police firing in law and order related incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, while 197 persons have been injured during the period.
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Provisions already in existing laws to check insult of freedom fighters, s
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Already provisions exist in the current legislation for the prevention of incidents where people insult Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and other freedom fighters, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday in a
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BJP allocated just Rs 53,000 cr to Agri in budget but promised Rs 25 lakh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Congress MP Anand Sharma on Wednesday accused the central government of cheating the farmers of the country by allocating just a fraction of the budget to agriculture as compared to what it promised in its election manifesto.
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BJP MP Vikas Mahatme brings bill against anti-defection law in RS
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): BJP MP Vikas Mahatme on Wednesday brought a private member bill in the Rajya Sabha against anti-defection law saying that it overrides the fundamental rights of citizens.
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J-K Reorganisation Act, 2019 was notified on August, 9: MHA in Upper House
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 27 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was notified on August, 9 and it reorganised the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir reorganised into the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmi
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Miffed over his speech being cut short, Cong MP Hariprasad walks out from
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 27 (ANI): Congress MP BK Hariprasad on Wednesday staged a walkout from the Rajya Sabha after Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu cut short his speech during "Zero-Hour" as he raised the issue of floods in northern parts of Karnataka.
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Nearly 1,000 foreigners in 6 detention centres in Assam: Nityanand Rai in
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 27 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday said that nearly 1,000 foreigners are lodged in six detention centres in Assam out of which 28 died between 2016 and 2019.
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Balakot terror camps in Pakistan being reactivated: MHA informs Rajya Sabh
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Nov 27 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs apprised Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that attempts are being made by Pakistan-based terror outfits to reactivate its camp at Balakot and restart their religious and Jihadi indoctrination courses against India.
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