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Bhubaneswar Kalita confirms resignation from Rajya Sabha
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Congress MP from Assam, Bhubaneswar Kalita on Monday confirmed his resignation from the membership of the Rajya Sabha.
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Non-NDA, non-UPA parties support govt on J and K measures
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 5 (ANI): In a major success for Modi government, several non-NDA, non-UPA parties on Monday supported government's resolution in Rajya Sabha to abrogate Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
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NCP to abstain from voting on Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): NCP MP Vandana Chavan on Monda criticised the "method" adopted by the Central government to push through its decisions on jammu and Kashmir in the Rajya Sabha and said her party will abstain from voting.
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Congress gives amendment notice to J-K Reorganisation Bill
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Congress has given amendment notice on the bill in the Rajya Sabha to turn Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh into Union Territories, and the party is expected to press for a division to record its opposition to the passage of the bill.
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Make Parliament House more magnificent, attractive: Presiding officers to
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 5 (ANI): Presiding officers of both the Houses of Parliament on Monday appealed to the government to expand and modernise the Parliament House to make it the most "magnificent and attractive" by 2022.
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Parliament House should be modernised: M Venkaiah Naidu
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said that a request would be made to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to undertake the modernisation of Parliament house.
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Not a wise decision to scrap Article 370: Soli Sorabjee
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): It is not a wise decision taken by the Central government to scrap Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, said former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee on Monday.
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Government repeals Article 370, Shah justifies move amid Opposition protes
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): The Centre on Monday repealed Article 370 which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir and a resolution in this regard was moved in the Rajya Sabha by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, amidst uproar by the opposition in the Upper House.
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JD(U) opposes scrapping Article 370 in J-K
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Leaders of the Janata Dal (United), an ally of NDA on Monday walked out of Rajya Sabha opposing the Centre's decision to abolish Article 370 in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Amit Shah says Congress amended Article 370 twice in past
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said Congress, which was protesting the scrapping of Article 370 in Rajya Sabha, had itself amended it twice in the past through similar process.
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Close to 8,000 paramilitary troops airlifted to Kashmir
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Close to 8,000 paramilitary troops airlifted and moved in from Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Assam and other parts of the country to the Kashmir valley. The induction is still going on.
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Azad accuses government of murdering democracy
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday accused the BJP-led government of "murdering constitution and democracy" by abrogating Article 370 and other steps taken in relation to the state.
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