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Day before RS polls, Gujarat Congress MLAs huddled in resort to avoid hors
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Banaskatha (Gujarat) [India], July 4 (ANI): A day before voting for Rajya Sabha elections for two seats in Gujarat, Congress has shifted its legislators to a resort on Thursday in Palanpur area in Banaskatha district of the state to avoid horse trading.
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Microplastics in packaged water within safe limits: Health Minister
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Food regulator FSSAI's scientific panel has examined the issue of the presence of microplastics in packaged water and found it to be within safe limits, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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Narayan Rane describes son's misbehaviour with engineer as 'wrong'
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 4 (ANI): Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Narayan Rane on Thursday described the behaviour of his son Nitesh Rane and his supporters with an engineer as 'wrong.' Rane allegedly misbehaved with the engineer for not filling up potholes in Kanakavali.
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Malnutrition-free India by 2022, says Union Minister Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Minister of Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Thursday informed the Rajya Sabha that India would have no cases of malnutrition by 2022.
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Gujarat: Congress MLAs in a resort ahead of voting in RS polls tomorrow
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Palanpur (Gujarat) [India], July 4 (ANI): Ahead of the two Rajya Sabha by-polls scheduled for July 5, more than 60 Congress MLAs have assembled here in a resort on Thursday and rubbished reports about the possibility of cross voting from their side.
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MPs from TMC, YSRCP, BJP, SP give Zero Hour notices in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MPs from Trinamool Congress (TMC), YSR Congress Party, BJP and Samajwadi Party (SP) on Thursday gave Zero Hour notices in Rajya Sabha over different issues.
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Opposition parties reject simultaneous polls, demand ballot paper back
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): Opposition parties on Wednesday rejected government's call for "One Nation, One Election" and demanded that the ballot papers must be brought back to restore the faith of people in country's electoral system.
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Mt Abu move shows there is communication gap in Congress: Alpesh Thakor
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 03 (ANI): Congress' decision to move its MLAs to Mount Abu days ahead of Rajya Sabha elections means that somewhere there is a communication gap or lack of camaraderie in the party, said MLA Alpesh Thakor on Wednesday.
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Women with 'informed political choice' voted for development: Smriti Irani
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 3 (ANI): Women voted on the issue of development and it was their informed political choice, said Union Minister Smriti Irani while targetting Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien for claiming that government data was used to target women in the Lok Sabha elections.
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We want free and fair elections, says TMC MP Derek O'Brien
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): We want free and fair elections, said Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Wednesday.
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Centre refuses to change West Bengal's name to Bangla
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 03 (ANI): The Union government on Wednesday refused Mamata Banerjee's demand to change West Bengal's name to Bangla.
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I didn't raise objection, only put forward rules: T C Gehlot on adding OBC
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 03 (ANI): Clarifying a statement on Uttar Pradesh government's decision to include 17 OBC castes in the list of Scheduled Castes, Social Justice Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot on Thursday said that he had not raised any objection but had only put forward the rules and
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