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LS Speaker chairs all-party meeting ahead of Parliament's monsoon session
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla chaired a meeting of leaders of political parties on Saturday to discuss the smooth functioning of the House in the monsoon session of Parliament.
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Lok Sabha speaker calls for all-party meeting ahead of Monsoon Session
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla called for a meeting of leaders of all political parties, informed the officials on Saturday.
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Sri Lanka: NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake to contest for Presidency
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): Sri Lanka's National People's Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake will contest for the President post after the parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena accepted Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation.
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India will continue to be supportive of economic recovery in Sri Lanka: In
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 16 (ANI): Ahead of the Sri Lankan Parliament meeting for electing the new President of Sri Lanka, the Indian High commissioner Gopal Baglay called on the parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Saturday and said that India will continue to be "supportive of d
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PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry calls SC's verdict on Imran Khan no-trust motion
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 15 (ANI): A day after the Pakistan Supreme Court's judgement on the former National Assembly Deputy Speaker's ruling on the no-trust move against ex-Premier Imran Khan, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Fawad Chaudhry called the verdict more of a "political dec
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'Routine procedure': Lok Sabha Speaker clarifies guidelines for protests i
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): After the Opposition's criticism over the guidelines to the MPs to refrain from the activities like dharna-demonstration, strikes, and fasting inside the Parliament premises, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla clarified that it is a "routine procedure".
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Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as interim President of Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 15 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Friday has sworn in as the interim President after Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena accepted the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation as Sri Lankan President accepted
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 15 (ANI): As massive protests across Sri Lanka continue, the country's Parliament Speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday said that the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as President has been accepted.
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to Om Birla, demands withdrawal of 'unparlia
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Lok Sabha MP and West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and sought withdrawal of the new booklet listing out unparliamentary words and expressions.
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No words have been banned, says LS Speaker after row over words deemed unf
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Following the opposition's criticism of the 50-page compilation of words deemed unfit for use in Parliament released by the Lok Sabha secretariat, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said that "no words have been banned."
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa steps down as Sri Lanka's President
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 14 (ANI): Amid pressure from the public uprising in Sri Lanka, the country's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday tendered his resignation to the Speaker of the Parliament.
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Parliament to host farewell for outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind on July
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New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Parliament will host a farewell for outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind at the Central Hall on July 23.
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