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UK lawmakers warned of suspected Chinese agent activities in Parliament: S
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 13 (ANI): UK lawmakers were warned on Thursday of the activities carried out by a suspected Chinese agent inside Parliament following an alert issued by the UK Security Service (MI5), Sputnik News Agency reported quoting a spokeswoman for Speaker of the House of Commons
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Leadership must liberate student politics from weapons: Kerala Legislative
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], January 12 (ANI): Kerala Legislative Assembly Speaker MB Rajesh on Wednesday termed the incident of the alleged murder of a Students Federation of India (SFI) worker at an engineering college in Idukki as "painful and heartbreaking" and said that leadership must liber
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LS Speaker visits COVID-19 testing facility in Parliament complex, says ar
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 11 (ANI): Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla on Tuesday inspected the Parliament House Complex (PHC) to take stock of the health safety related measures and other preparations in light of the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the country.
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Suspended Maharashtra BJP MLA declines to appear for hearing before Dy Spe
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Atul Bhatkhalkar on Monday wrote to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly secretary saying that he would appear for a discussion on his suspension case from the state Assembly only in the House instead of appeari
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Venkaiah Naidu, Om Birla ask officials to review COVID protocol for safe c
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday directed the secretaries general of both Houses of Parliament to examine in detail the prevailing scenario of spread of COVID-19 and suggest effective measures for safe conduct
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'She will come back', claims Bihar BJP president after MLA Rashmi Verma r
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], January 10 (ANI): After Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Bihar's Narkatiaganj Rashmi Verma announces her resignation citing "personal reasons", party's state president Sanjay Jaiswal informed that the MLA wrote the letter due to some family issue but did not present it
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Biden accepts Pelosi's invitation to give State of the Union speech on Mar
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): President Joe Biden has accepted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's invitation to deliver the annual State of the Union address to Congress on March 1, the White House announced on Friday.
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Row over Speaker's election: Maharashtra Governor pained, dismayed by MVA
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 29 (ANI): Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari was "pained and dismayed" by the "threatening tenor" of the Maharashtra government's letter, said sources.
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Winter session of Maharashtra Assembly ends, Speaker post still vacant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 28 (ANI): The Speaker post in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly still remained vacant even after the conclusion of the Winter session on Tuesday as Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Maha Vikas Aghadi government continued to be in tussle over the electio
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'Wrote to Governor, no response yet', Maharashtra Minister Thorat over Ass
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 28 (ANI): Maharashtra Minister and Congress leader Balasaheb Thorat on Tuesday hit out at Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari stating that there was no response over Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government's request seeking approval for the election of the Legis
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UAE envoy to India calls on Lok Sabha Speaker
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): UAE Ambassador to India, Ahmed Albanna, called on Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, at the latter's residence in New Delhi today, Lok Sabha Secretariat informed on Saturday.
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Strong step to combat exploitation of forced labor in Xinjiang: Nancy Pelo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): After US President Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) into law today, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday (local time) said that it is a strong step to combat the exploitation of forced labor in China's Xinjiang province.
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