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Manmohan Singh to file nomination for Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Former Prime Minister and senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh will file nomination for the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan.
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Sanjay Seth, Surendra Nagar join BJP
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 10 (ANI): In another major blow to the Samajwadi Party, its former MPs Sanjay Seth and Surendra Nagar, who resigned from Rajya Sabha and the party earlier this month, joined BJP on Saturday.
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Former Congress MP Bhubaneswar Kalita joins BJP
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI) Senior Congress leader Bhubaneswar Kalita, who resigned from Rajya Sabha over party's stand against abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Jago Bangla case: Derek O'Brien appears before CBI
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI): Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Friday appeared before Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with Jago Bangla case.
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Naidu for code of conduct for lawmakers
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI) Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday called upon political parties to frame a code of conduct for its legislators on their behaviour in Parliament and Assemblies that should bar members from rushing to the well of the House, shouting of slogans, carr
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BJP nominates Neeraj Shekhar for UP Rajya Sabha by-poll
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 8 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday declared former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Neeraj Shekhar as its candidate for the by-poll to Rajya Sabha's lone seat from Uttar Pradesh.
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PM, HM should apologise to people of Jammu-Kashmir: Azad
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Leader of the opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, who was denied entry into Srinagar and sent back to the capital, on Thursday demanded an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah while accusing them of 'destroying' Jamm
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JD(U) make a U-turn on Article 370, says 'once a law is made all should fo
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Making a u-turn, the Janata Dal-United (JDU), which opposed the abrogation of Article 370 and other steps on jammu and Kashmir, on Thursday said "once a law is made all should accept it and move on".
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Azad being sent back to Delhi from Srinagar airport
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar/New Delhi,[India] Aug 8 (ANI): Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who reached the Srinagar Airport on Thursday to visit his home and for party meetings, is being "sent back" to Delhi, a leader from his party said.
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Ghulam Nabi Azad accuses NSA Doval of buying support of J&K locals
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Congress lawmaker and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday accused National Security Advisor Ajit Doval of buying the support of people while reviewing the security situation in the Valley after the abrogation of Article 370
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30 bills passed by parliament in first session after formation of new Lok
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Parliament passed 30 bills in the just-concluded session, creating a record for the number of bills passed in a single session after the constitution of a new Lok Sabha, an official release said on Wednesday.
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J-K reorganised into two UTs to curb terrorism: Govt
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): The Parliamentary Affairs Ministry said on Wednesday that the most important business transacted during the just-concluded Parliament session was the repealing of provisions related to Article 370, adding that Jammu and Kashmir has been reorganised into two
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