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Will break ties with NDA if Citizenship Amendment Bill is passed in Rajya
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Meghalaya) [India], Feb 10 (ANI): Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Saturday stated that his party, National People's Party (NPP), has decided that if the central government passes the Citizenship Amendment Bill in Rajya Sabha then they will break ties with NDA.
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DMK urges EC to hold by-polls for 21 seats in TN along with LS polls
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): A delegation headed by Rajya Sabha MP and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Kanimozhi visited the Election Commission (EC) office here on Friday, urging the top electoral body to hold by-polls for 21 vacant assembly seats in Tamil Nadu simultaneously w
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India, Russia discuss cooperation through Parliamentary Friendship groups
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 8 (ANI): A delegation from the Federal Council of Russia met with members of Rajya Sabha on Thursday and discussed the whole range of Russian-Indian bilateral cooperation with a special focus on the development of relations through India-Russia Parliamentary Friends
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Nearly 80 pc of Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries have come back for second ref
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Nearly 80 per cent of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries have come back for the second refill, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Rajya Sabha in a written reply.
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Over 15 crore Mudra loans sanctioned till January 25, Union Employment Min
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) 15.59 crore loans have been sanctioned till January 25, 2019, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
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Five defence personnel honey-trapped by enemy spies in 2 years: Bhamre
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 04 (ANI): Five defence officials have been honey-trapped by the foreign intelligence operatives in the period between 2015 to 2017, Minister of State (MoS) for Defence Subhash Bhamre informed Rajya Sabha today.
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Indo-French high-level group to settle any disputes in Rafale deal, says D
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 4 (ANI) Any dispute in the inter-governmental agreement (IGA) with France for the 36 Rafale fighter jets will “be settled through the bilateral high level group” established by the two governments, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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Kolkata episode echoes in Parliament, both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha not a
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi, Feb 4 (ANI) The face-off between the West Bengal government and the Centre echoed in Parliament which failed to function on Monday due to intense slogan-shouting and disruptions caused by various Opposition parties, particularly the Trinamool Congress.
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BJP delegation meets EC over West Bengal row
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 4 (ANI) A BJP delegation including Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Rajya Sabha MP Bhupendra Yadav met the Election Commission on Monday over the ongoing political slugfest in West Bengal.
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22 opposition parties to urge ECI to replace EVMs with ballot papers for c
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 4 (ANI): As many as 22 opposition parties will meet the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday, seeking the replacement of electronic voting machines (EVMs) with ballot papers for conducting the coming Lok Sabha polls, TMC leader and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien
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Cong issues a three-line whip to Rajya Sabha MPs
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): The Congress issued a three-line whip to all its Members of Parliament (MPs) in Rajya Sabha, asking them to be present in the House from Monday to Friday owing to discussions on the interim budget presented recently.
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ED doesn't have any evidence, it's political vendetta: KTS Tulsi
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 2 (ANI): After businessman Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, was granted interim bail till February 16 in connection with a money laundering case against him, Congress Rajya Sabha MP and senior lawyer KTS Tulsi said that the Enforcement D
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