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Naidu for code of conduct for lawmakers
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 9 (ANI) Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday called upon political parties to frame a code of conduct for its legislators on their behaviour in Parliament and Assemblies that should bar members from rushing to the well of the House, shouting of slogans, carr
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Pranab Mukherjee conferred with Bharat Ratna: Proud moment, tweet children
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 8 (ANI): Former President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee and daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee on Thursday were elated at their father being conferred with the highest civilian honour of Bharat Ratna at a grand ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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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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Rajya Sabha pays tribute to late Sushma Swaraj
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu Wednesday paid rich tributes to former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who died on Tuesday, and observed two minutes silence as a mark of respect to her memory.
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Andhra CM Jagan Reddy meets VP Naidu in Delhi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday called on Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu here.
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Rajya Sabha adjourned sine die
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), August 7 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha was on Wednesday adjourned sine die after witnessing record business during the session with the Upper House passing 32 bills as against 35 in the Lok Sabha.
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President Ram Nath Kovind, VP Naidu, LS speaker Om Birla pay tributes to S
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid tributes to former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj at her residence in Delhi.
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Make Parliament House more magnificent, attractive: Presiding officers to
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 5 (ANI): Presiding officers of both the Houses of Parliament on Monday appealed to the government to expand and modernise the Parliament House to make it the most "magnificent and attractive" by 2022.
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Parliament House should be modernised: M Venkaiah Naidu
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said that a request would be made to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to undertake the modernisation of Parliament house.
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Article 370 scrapped, Jammu and Kashmir will now be Union Territory
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): In decisions with far-reaching implications, the BJP-led Centre on Monday scrapped Article 370 of the Constitution that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir and converted the border state into a Union Territory with a legislature, implementing the long
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Delay in Zero Hour submissions in RS due to 'Urgent Legislative Business'
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Monday decided to delay Zero Hour submissions listed for the day due to scheduled "Urgent Legislative Business".
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Bihar CM once again flags issue of declaring Patna University a Central Un
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], Aug 4 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday once again flagged the issue of declaring Patna University a Central University
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