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55 FDI proposals received till June this year: Goyal
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Fiftyfive FDI proposals have been received till June this year, government said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
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Rajya Sabha rejects private member bill seeking reservation in Parliament
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha on Friday rejected by voice vote a private member bill seeking reservation in Parliament and Assemblies to OBC communities in proportion to their population.
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6 candidates, including Vaiko, elected to RS from TN
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai [Tamil Nadu] [India], July 11 (ANI): All the six candidates belonging to the alliances led by the ruling AIADMK and the DMK, including MDMK's Vaiko, were on Thursday declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu in the biennial elections.
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No proposal to amend sexual harassment law: Irani
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 11 (ANI): Government is not proposing an amendment to the existing Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 since it is quite comprehensive, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani told Rajya Sabha on Th
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Political instability will have an impact on economy, says P Chidambaram
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Accusing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of creating political instability in states like Karnataka and Goa, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said that instability will have an impact on the economy and deter foreign investors.
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PM sends two Ministers to urge Cong to cooperate in smooth functioning of
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday sent two Cabinet Ministers Prahlad Joshi and Thawarchand Gehlot to speak to Congress for the smooth functioning of Rajya Sabha despite the fact that the party continued to disrupt the Upper House even today, sourc
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Congress has not allowed Rajya Sabha to function: Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 10 (ANI): Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday accused the Congress of not allowing Rajya Sabha to function on the issue of political crisis in Karnataka.
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Pilot project approved to replace existing border fencing in Amritsar: Cen
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Centre on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that a pilot project has been approved to replace the existing old design or composite fencing with a new "anti-cut" and "anti-rust" modular fencing in 7.18 kilometres India-Pakistan border length in Amritsar.
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Opposition parties give notice under Rule 267 in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The opposition parties have given a notice in Rajya Sabha here on Wednesday under Rule 267 to discuss on the issues of 'defections being engineered to dislodge elected governments'.
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MPs from TMC, Shiv Sena give Zero Hour notice in RS
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Trinamool Congress and Shiv Sena MPs on Wednesday gave Zero Hour notice in Rajya Sabha on separate issues.
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Ruckus in Parliament over Karnataka crisis, BJP rejects charges of poachin
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Both the Houses of Parliament on Tuesday witnessed ruckus over the political situation in Karnataka with Congress accusing the ruling BJP of pursuing "poaching politics" and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh rubbishing the allegations, saying the Congress party
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Vaiko's nomination for RS poll found valid on Tuesday
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 9 (ANI): The nomination of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) party General Secretary, Vaiko, for the July 18 Rajya Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu has been found valid on Tuesday.
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