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Gujarat: Amit Shah, Smriti Irani to file nomination for Rajya Sabha electi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 28 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah and Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani will file their nominations for Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat today at 11 a.m.
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Members joining BJP won`t affect Congress` prospects: Rajeev Shukla
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): The Congress on Thursday remained unperturbed after three of its members from Gujarat joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said the deflection won't affect the party's prospects in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.
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Amit Shah to contest for Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Parliamentary board of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced that party chief Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani will contest for Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat.
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Govt. identifies 400 Benami transactions
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): More than 400 Benami transactions have been identified since the Benami Act has come into effect, informed Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
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Political parties slam Congress for commenting on Kovind
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): After the Rajya Sabha witnessed major turbulence on Wednesday when a opposition leader tore into President Ram Nath Kovind after he compared Mahatma Gandhi with Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, leaders of different political parties slammed the behaviour of Congress in
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Ahmed Patel files nomination for fifth Rajya Sabha term from Gujarat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), 26 July, (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel filed his nomination papers as the party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election from Gujarat on Wednesday.
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Rajya Sabha: BJP, Congress lock horns over President's inaugural addr
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed major turbulence, with Opposition leader Anand Sharma tearing into President Ram Nath Kovind inaugural address, where he compared Mahatma Gandhi with Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.
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No third Rajya Sabha term for Yechury is suicidal for CPI (M): Somnath Cha
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 26 (ANI): After the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) decided to rule out nominating party general secretary Sitaram Yechury for a third consecutive Rajya Sabha term, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesda
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Swamy hits back at Chidambaram, says GST rollout was Parliamentary history
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 24 (ANI): Coming down heavily on senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram's statement that the new tax regime introduced by the Centre is the 'Indian indirect tax and not really the Goods and Services Tax (GST)', the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) o
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Centre, opposition lock horns over Bofors, mob lynching, parliament adjour
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Pandemonium reined in Parliament on Monday when the opposition trooped into the Wells of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha to protest against the Centre's recent actions with regard to the Bofors Gun Case, frequent incidents of mob lynching arising
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Congress moves adjournment motion over CAG report on shortage of ammunitio
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Congress leader Ripun Bora on Monday filed an adjournment motion notice in the Rajya Sabha, following the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on shortage of arms and ammunition in the Army reserves.
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Farewell Pranab Mukherjee: Outgoing President thanks Parl., speaks about P
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): As President Pranab Mukherjee, the 13th president of India, vacates the Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow, making way for his successor President-elect Ram Nath Kovind, Parliamentarians from both the Houses - Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha - gathered at the Central Hal
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