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Nepal: UML 'allows' House to deliberate over Constitution Amendm
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Feb. 24 (ANI): Deliberations on the Constitution Amendment Bill finally started on Thursday, almost three months after it was registered at the Parliament Secretariat and a month and a half after it was tabled in Parliament, following the main opposition CPN-UML's dec
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Need for closer cooperation between Indian and Ugandan Parliaments: Ansari
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kampala [Uganda], Feb.24 (ANI): Indian Vice President M. Hamid Ansari and Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda Rebecca A. Kadaga have reiterated the need for closer cooperation between the parliaments of the two countries, especially in the domain of capacity building and parliamentary exchan
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Congress' position on demonetisation costing it dearly, says Jailtey
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 23 (ANI): As the Congress Party lost the Maharashtra civic polls where it managed to get only 31 seats in Mumbai, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday took the opportunity to take a dig at the grand old party, stating it is losing its credibility by followi
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Merkel testifies on alleged U.S. spying in Germany
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Feb. 16 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday testified at the final hearing of the parliamentary committee examining alleged U.S. surveillance in Germany and the activities of German intelligence.
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PM Modi urges Parliamentarians to continue raising voice against terrorism
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 14 (ANI): Celebrating India-United Kingdom (UK) Year of Culture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the Parliamentarians to continue to raise their voice against terrorism, extremism and radicalization.
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BJP hits back at Congress over RS uproar, says Opposition unable to tolera
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 8 (ANI): Hitting back at the Congress for walking out of the Parliament following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment on Dr. Manmohan Singh, Union Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said the incident indicates that the Opposition is not able to tolerate a
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BJP taking Parliamentary democracy towards dictatorship: Yechury on PM Mod
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Feb. 8(ANI): Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cutting remark on Dr. Manmohan Singh, as unbecoming of a Prime Minister, adding that the ruling dispensation is reducing the Parliamentary Democracy to their own kind of
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Manmohan 'raincoat' barb: Congress demands apology, threatens to
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 8 (ANI): Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'raincoat' barb directed towards his predecessor Dr. Manmohan Singh in the Rajya Sabha, an outraged Congress has threatened to boycott the former in both the Houses of the Parliament until he tenders an
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H1B visa issue will impact India, will speak to Nasscom post Parl session:
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 6 (ANI): Expressing concern over the recent United States' bill to change H-1B visas likely to affect the Indian IT industry and techies working there, the Centre on Monday assured that they are in constant touch with the US authorities, adding that a discussion
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BJP issues whip to avoid embarrassment in the Parliament
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
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JD(U) backs probe of E Ahamed's death, says it is essential to put th
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Feb. 4 (ANI): Aligning with the demand of probe made in the Parliament on Thursday against the unethical approach by the RML hospital and Government towards Former Union Minister E Ahamed's death and his family, Janata Dal United has come out in fervent support of th
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Rajya Sabha to take up motion of thanks on President Mukherjee
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 2 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha will today take up the Motion of thanks on President Pranab Mukherjee's address to the joint sitting of the Parliament.
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