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Rahul seeks PM's support on Women's Reservation Bill passage
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Ahead of the commencement of the monsoon session of Parliament, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his support to ensure passage of the Women's Reservation Bill.
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BJP looking to advance Lok Sabha elections: Mayawati
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 15 (ANI): Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Sunday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are aiming to advance the Lok Sabha elections, slated to be held next year.
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Pradhan meets RS nominee in Odisha
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 15 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday met sculptor Raghunath Mohapatra who has been nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
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President nominates 4 RS members
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 14 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday announced four nominations to the Rajya Sabha.
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Rajya Sabha members can speak in 22 scheduled languages
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 11 (ANI): From the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, Rajya Sabha members can speak in any of the 22 languages listed in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
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India, Rwanda ink MoU to boost inter-parliamentary dialogue
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday met President of the Senate of Rwanda Bernard Makuza.
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SC stays Gujarat HC proceedings against Ahmed Patel's election to RS
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 09 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the proceedings in the Gujarat High Court against Congress leader Ahmed Patel's election to the Rajya Sabha.
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Naidu, Swaraj bid farewell to PJ Kurien
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 1 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday bid farewell to outgoing Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien.
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Cong should apologise for Azad's J-K remark: Amit Shah
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 23 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah on Friday hit out at the leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, for his remark that more civilians were being killed in Kashmir than terrorists and demanded an apology from
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UN report on Kashmir is mischievous, misleading: Ahmed Patel
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat, Ahmed Patel on Thursday said that United Nations' Report on Kashmir is mischievous and misleading.
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Stone-pelters should be shot dead: BJP MP
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhiwani (Haryana) [India], Jun 11 (ANI): Lieutenant General (Retd.) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Dr. D.P. Vats on Monday said that the stone pelters in Jammu and Kashmir should be shot dead.
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Ex-Goa Congress Chief Shantaram Naik dies
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], June 9 (ANI): Former Goa Congress Chief and Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik passed away in a hospital in Margao on Saturday.
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