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BJP did 'use and throw' policy with Sidhu: JD (U)
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): With Navjot Singh Sidhu claiming that he quit the Rajya Sabha because he was asked to stay away from Punjab, the Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did a use and throw policy with the cricketer-turned-politician.
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Not Punjab, there are other reasons behind sudden change in Sidhu's b
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): With Navjot Singh Sidhu saying he resigned from the Rajya Sabha as a BJP MP because he had been asked to "not even look at" Punjab, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) spokesman Prem Singh Chandumajra on Tuesday said there were other reasons behind the sudden change
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Jaitley to meet state ministers today to push GST bill
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 26 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will on Tuesday meet his counterparts in states to discuss the proposed amendments to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill that has been passed by the Lok Sabha but is stuck in the Rajya Sabha.
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BJP prevented Sidhu from speaking against drugs in Punjab: Kejriwal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): With Navjot Singh Sidhu claiming that he quit the Rajya Sabha because he was asked to stay away from Punjab, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prevented the cricketer-turned-politician from speaking against
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Sidhu justifies RS exit, says can't leave my soil for 'selfish g
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 25 (ANI): Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, who resigned from the Upper House last week, finally broke his silence on the same and said that he stepped down as the Rajya Sabha MP because he was asked to stay away from Punjab.
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Ruckus over Mann episode aimed at stopping Private Member Bill: Cong
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 22 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, today lashed out at the Centre for disrupting the proceedings in the Upper House over the controversy surrounding Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Bhagwant Mann and said this was a desperate attempt by the ruling BJP to
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RS adjourned following uproar over Dayashankar Singh's slur on Mayawa
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 11 a.m. tomorrow after uproar over Uttar Pradesh BJP leader Dayashankar Singh's remark comparing Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati with a sex worker.
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Uncertainty over Sidhu joining AAP continues
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): With the ambiguity over former cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu's decision to quit the BJP and join the AAP continuing for the third consecutive day, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday said that they were in touch with the former Rajya Sabha MP, but the date of
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'Money held by Indians in Swiss banks fallen by nearly one-third'
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 19 (ANI): Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar on Tuesday said the Rajya Sabha that while there is no official estimation regarding black money of Indians stacked in Swiss banks, recent media reports have quoted Zurich based Swiss National Bank as saying that m
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Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2012 passed in Ra
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 19 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2012.
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Sidhu to campaign for AAP, wife to contest Punjab polls
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 19 (ANI): Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, who recently resigned from the Rajya Sabha, is likely to join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) next month, while top AAP sources told ANI that he might not contest the Punjab assembly elections in 2017.
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Sidhu in or out, it hardly matters: Badal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Sangrur (Punjab), July 19 (ANI): In an apparent reference to Navjot Singh Sidhu, who resigned from the membership of the Rajya Sabha and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in anticipation to join the Aam Aadmi Party, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday said it hardly matters w
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