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RS adjourned till noon as Oppn corners govt. over demonetization
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 12 p.m. as uproar continued over the demonetisation move.
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Demonetisation: Opposition questions BJP's silence on deaths, Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 7 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha was adjourned till 12 p.m. on Wednesday, as the opposition continued to raise their voices and target Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation move.
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Rights of Persons with Disabilities bill to be tabled in Parliament today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 7 (ANI): The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 is scheduled to be tabled in the Rajya Sabha today.
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Jaya critical: BJP hopes for 'miracle'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 5(ANI): Expressing disquiet over Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa's medical condition, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Monday said that he is pinning his hope for another miracle.
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Veteran poet Bekal Utsahi no more
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 3 (ANI): Veteran poet and former Rajya Sabha MP Bekal Utsahi breathed his last at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here earlier in the day. Utsahi was undergoing treatment for brain hemorrhage.
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Oppn demands PM's apology, ready for debate in LS if comes with votin
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 2 (ANI): The meeting of various opposition parties on the Parliament premises on Friday concluded, with opposition leaders demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's apology in the Rajya Sabha.
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Gold jewellery to be taxed at 75 pct with additional 10 pct cess in accord
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 1 (ANI): In the wake of Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Bill, 2016 which has been passed by Lok Sabha and is under consideration with Rajya Sabha, some rumors have been making rounds that all gold jewellery including ancestral jewellery shall be taxed at 75 percent pl
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RS adjourned till 2 p.m. as demonetisation war continues
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Dec. 1 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Thursday cornered the government over the demonetisation of high-value currency notes and said that the ruling dispensation came out with this move without any planning.
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No opposition party called for all-India bandh: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 28 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Monday denied that any all-India bandh call had been given by the opposition parties against demonetisation.
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I'm pained by 'intolerable abuses', will speak to Mulayam:
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 28 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh has said he is pained by the unacceptable activities and abuses that he is being subjected to by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's supporters.
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Manmohan Singh's debate on Demonetisation shouldn't be made poli
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 25 (ANI): Shiv Sena leader Arvind Sawant on Friday said that what former prime minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said in the Rajya Sabha regarding demonetisation must not be made political.
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PM's remark backfires as riled Oppn demands his apology in RS
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 25 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to tender an apology in Parliament over his baseless remarks accusing the opposition parties of favouring black money.
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