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No third Rajya Sabha term for Yechury is suicidal for CPI (M): Somnath Cha
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 26 (ANI): After the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) decided to rule out nominating party general secretary Sitaram Yechury for a third consecutive Rajya Sabha term, former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesda
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Swamy hits back at Chidambaram, says GST rollout was Parliamentary history
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 24 (ANI): Coming down heavily on senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram's statement that the new tax regime introduced by the Centre is the 'Indian indirect tax and not really the Goods and Services Tax (GST)', the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) o
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Centre, opposition lock horns over Bofors, mob lynching, parliament adjour
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Pandemonium reined in Parliament on Monday when the opposition trooped into the Wells of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha to protest against the Centre's recent actions with regard to the Bofors Gun Case, frequent incidents of mob lynching arising
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Congress moves adjournment motion over CAG report on shortage of ammunitio
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Congress leader Ripun Bora on Monday filed an adjournment motion notice in the Rajya Sabha, following the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on shortage of arms and ammunition in the Army reserves.
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Farewell Pranab Mukherjee: Outgoing President thanks Parl., speaks about P
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): As President Pranab Mukherjee, the 13th president of India, vacates the Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow, making way for his successor President-elect Ram Nath Kovind, Parliamentarians from both the Houses - Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha - gathered at the Central Hal
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Farewell Pranab Mukherjee: Outgoing President thanks Parl. for 'creat
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): As President Pranab Mukherjee, the 13th president of India, vacates the Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow, making way for his successor President-elect Ram Nath Kovind, Parliamentarians from both the Houses - Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha - gathered at the Central Hal
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Rajya Sabha MP Tulsi bats for Centre on Army's ammunition
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament and senior advocate KTS Tulsi on Saturday termed the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the state of ammunition in the Indian Army as concerning and said the Union government is taking all necessary measures.
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PM Modi needs to propose steps, assure country on China: Cong.
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Hours after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said in Rajya Sabha that India is alert in terms of security as far as China is concerned, the Congress on Thursday said it would like the nation to know what the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi pro
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Mayawati's resignation from Rajya Sabha accepted
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 20: Vice President and Rajya Sabha (RS) Chairman Hamid Ansari on Thursday accepted Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Supremo Mayawati's resignation from the House after it was submitted in the prescribed format.
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Rajya Sabha witnesses rebuttal between Centre, Congress over PM Modi, H1B
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Countering Congress' claim of no mention of IT professionals in the joint statement issued by India and United States following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the country, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said that exten
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China preparing to attack India: Mulayam Yadav in Rajya Sabha
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Senior Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday raked up the China issue in the Rajya Sabha during the ongoing Monsoon Session.
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Yechury calls upon Rajya Sabha to discuss growing communal polarisation, g
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday issued a notice and called upon the Rajya Sabha to address the issue of "communal polarisation" and "attacks in the name of cow protection" in many pa
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