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249th session witnessed best in last 17 years, 31 Bills passed: RS Chairma
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that after a long time the Upper House witnessed "narrowing of divergence" in terms of Bills passed by both the Houses of Parliament and termed the 249th session as "best" in the last 17 years.
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Rahul Gandhi terms Article 370's removal as 'abuse of executive power'
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 6 (ANI): Breaking his silence over the removal of Article 370, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday termed the BJP-led government's move an "abuse of executive power" which "has grave implications for national security."
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Ashes: Fan edits umpire Joel Wilson's Wikipedia page, terms him 'blind'
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): As if West Indies umpire Joel Wilson's wrong decisions in the Ashes were not enough to add trouble to his life, a notorious sporting fan recently did some mischief with his Wikipedia page. The not-yet-known editor termed the ICC elite match official a "blind i
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First LS session will create history, keen to get 36 Bills passed: Pralhad
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 2 (ANI): Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Thursday expressed optimism that the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha will create new record in terms of productivity and passage of Bills, and said the government was keen to get all 36 Bills introduced in th
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Bargari sacrilege case: Punjab AG terms CBI closure report as 'bad in law
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 1 (ANI): Punjab Advocate General Atul Nanda on Thursday termed the CBI closure report on the Bargari sacrilege case as "bad in law", saying the probe agency had no jurisdiction in the matter after the state government withdrew the cases from it last year.
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Ghulam Nabi Azad terms Triple Talaq Bill as 'politically motivated'
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday strongly opposed the Triple Talaq Bill in Rajya Sabha and termed it "politically motivated".
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Baltimore's numbers worst on crime, economy: Trump chides Elijah Cummings
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 30 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday continued his attack on Democratic Representative Elijah Cummings, a high-profile critic of his administration, and Baltimore city from where he hails, claiming that is "worst" in terms of crime rate and economy in the c
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Lok Sabha takes up National Medical Education Bill, Harsh Vardhan terms it
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 29 (ANI) The Lok Sabha on Monday took up discussion on a bill that seeks to create National Medical Commission in place of Medical Council of India (MCI) with Health Minister Harsh Vardhan saying it is a progressive legislation which will help meet challenges in the medical p
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Iran terms Britain seizing its oil tanker as violation of JCPoA
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 28 (ANI): Britain seizing an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar earlier this month constituted a violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA), Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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Defence expenditure is increasing every year in absolute terms: Shripad Na
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Government on Wednesdayh said in the Lok Sabha that defence expenditure is increasing every year in absolute terms showing an increase of Rs. 90,089 crore over a period of three years from 2016-17 to 2019-20.
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Pak terms accusation of plotting Kandahar terror attack as 'baseless'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 20 (ANI): A day after Afghanistan accused Pakistan of plotting the terror attack in Kandahar, Islamabad on Friday dubbed the allegations "baseless".
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Rajya Sabha TV's YouTube channel clocks 3mn subscribers
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Television YouTube channel crossed the three million mark in terms of subscribers on Thursday, thereby emerging as one of the fastest expanding channels on YouTube in the news space.
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