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Protesting TDP MPs marshalled out of Rajya Sabha
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 05 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MPs were marshalled out of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday night after they refused to end their protest over the demand for 'Special Category Status' to Andhra Pradesh, even after the House was adjourned for the day.
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Special status: Refusing to end protest, TDP MPs land up in hospital
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 05 (ANI): As Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MPs continued to protest over the demand for 'Special Category Status' to Andhra Pradesh, in the Rajya Sabha, long after the House was adjourned for the day, two of them took ill and had to be taken to a hospital on Thursday eveni
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Special status: RS adjourned but TDP MPs continue protest
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 05 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Rajya Sabha MPs continued their protest over the demand for 'Special Category Status' to Andhra Pradesh, even after the House was adjourned for the day.
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TDP MPs protest even after Rajya Sabha adjournment
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 5 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Thursday continued their protest even after the adjournment of the House.
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Salman should have been given relief for his humanitarian work: Jaya Bachc
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 05 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan on Thursday expressed disappointment with the Jodhpur court verdict against actor Salman Khan in a 19-years-old Blackbuck poaching case, saying that the actor should have been given relief for his humanitarian work.
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You are testing the patience of countrymen: Venkaiah Naidu in RS
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 4 (ANI): In wake of the regular adjournment of Rajya Sabha sessions, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, who is also the chairman of the Upper House, on Wednesday criticised the members for murdering democracy by relentlessly protesting and not allowing the transaction o
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AAP demands Parliament's intervention on SC/ST Act
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 3 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh on Tuesday demanded Parliament's intervention on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes ((Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad takes oath as RS member
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 3 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took oath as a Rajya Sabha member on Tuesday.
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Wife of Mosul victim demands employment
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India] April 2 (ANI): Wife of a Mosul victim on Monday demanded employment.
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Ahmed Patel writes to Rajnath Singh over communal violence in states
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat, Ahmed Patel on Sunday wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, expressing concerns over the recent incidents of communal violence in different states, especially Bihar, West Bengal, Rajasthan, T
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Allow mortal remains of Iraq victims reach their natives safely: Punjab CM
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh/Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], Apr. 1 (ANI): In the wake of 'Bharat Bandh' called by several Dalit organisations, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has appealed the protesters to ensure that mortal remains of the Iraq victims, that are expected to arrive in Amritsar tomorrow, are
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Waiting for Iraq's nod to bring back mortal remains: MoS V.K. Singh
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31(ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs General (Retd) V.K. Singh said that the legal procedures of obtaining the mortal remains of the 39 Indians killed in Iraq has been completed and New Delhi was waiting for Baghdad to give the green signal.
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