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Aadhar card row: Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 p.m.
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha has been adjourned till 2 p.m. following uproar over Aadhar card being made compulsory for availing the benefits of government schemes.
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TMC, SP, BJD seek discussion in RS on Aadhar being linked to benefits
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 28 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress (TMC), Samajwadi Party (SP) and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) have given a notice in the Rajya Sabha seeking discussion on the issue of people without Aadhar cards being deprived of several benefits.
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Mayawati corners govt in Rajya Sabha over atrocities on Dalits, Muslims
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 27 (ANI): After going hammer and thongs at the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Central Government in the Rajya Sabha over atrocities on Dalits and religious minorities, especially Muslims, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national president Mayawati on Wednesday said so far, they were to
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BJP did 'use and throw' policy with Sidhu: JD (U)
Updated : 8 years, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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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