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Parliament functioned only for 59 days during Budget Session
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 6 (ANI): The Parliament functioned only for 59 days during the Budget Session after the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die on Friday.
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Both govt., opposition responsible for Parliamentary session washout: RS D
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): Deputy Speaker of the Rajya Sabha PJ Kurien on Friday said both the government as well as the opposition is responsible for the washout of the entire Budget Session in the Parliament.
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BJP censures Congress after Parliament adjourned sine die
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 6 (ANI): The Members of Parliament (MPs) from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday staged protest against the Congress party for disrupting Parliament.
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Govt seeks provisional arrest of Nirav Modi, sends request to Hong Kong
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 05 (ANI): Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has sought provisional arrest of jeweller Nirav Modi by the Hong Kong government in billion dollar fraud case, informed Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh on Thursday.
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Protesting TDP MPs marshalled out of Rajya Sabha
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 05 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MPs were marshalled out of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday night after they refused to end their protest over the demand for 'Special Category Status' to Andhra Pradesh, even after the House was adjourned for the day.
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Special status: Refusing to end protest, TDP MPs land up in hospital
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 05 (ANI): As Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MPs continued to protest over the demand for 'Special Category Status' to Andhra Pradesh, in the Rajya Sabha, long after the House was adjourned for the day, two of them took ill and had to be taken to a hospital on Thursday eveni
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Special status: RS adjourned but TDP MPs continue protest
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 05 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Rajya Sabha MPs continued their protest over the demand for 'Special Category Status' to Andhra Pradesh, even after the House was adjourned for the day.
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TDP MPs protest even after Rajya Sabha adjournment
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 5 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Thursday continued their protest even after the adjournment of the House.
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Salman should have been given relief for his humanitarian work: Jaya Bachc
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 05 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan on Thursday expressed disappointment with the Jodhpur court verdict against actor Salman Khan in a 19-years-old Blackbuck poaching case, saying that the actor should have been given relief for his humanitarian work.
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You are testing the patience of countrymen: Venkaiah Naidu in RS
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 4 (ANI): In wake of the regular adjournment of Rajya Sabha sessions, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the chairman of the Upper House, on Wednesday criticised the members for murdering democracy by relentlessly protesting and not allowing the transaction o
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AAP demands Parliament's intervention on SC/ST Act
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 3 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on Tuesday demanded Parliament's intervention on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes ((Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad takes oath as RS member
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 3 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took oath as a Rajya Sabha member on Tuesday.
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