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All women MPs should be allowed to testify: Sushmita Dev to parliamentary
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): The only woman member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports Sushmita Dev on Monday wrote to the Committee Chairperson Vinay Sahayabuddhe to invoke Rule 84 (1) to enable women MPs to testify before Committee
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Shashi Tharoor posts apology after flak over '...attractive' photo with wo
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday found himself in a spot after he shared a picture on social media of himself with six women members of Parliament, receiving flak for his "...attractive place to work..." caption.
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Opposition leaders allege women MPs manhandled in Rajya Sabha, slam govern
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Opposition members in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday slammed the government over the incidents in the House when a bill related to insurance businesses was taken up for passage with NCP leader Sharad Pawar alleging that "women MPs were attacked" and "more than
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PM Modi inducts seven more women MPs as ministers
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Seven women MPs took oath as union ministers on Wednesday in the expansion of the council of ministers carried out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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President's address to Parliament reflected India's 'sankalp shakti', says
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lauded the participation of women MPs during the discussion on motion of thanks on the President's address in Lok Sabha and said they enriched the proceedings with their thoughts.
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Two Congress, BJP women MPs lodge complaint of assault against each other
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 2 (ANI): On Day One of the second half of the Budget session, Parliament saw some stormy scenes over last week's Delhi violence and two women MPs lodged complaints of physical assault against each other with Speaker Om Birla.
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BJP MPs delegation formed by Nadda to visit Kota hospital following 77 chi
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 30 (ANI): BJP working President JP Nadda on Monday appointed four women MPs to form a delegation which will investigate the death of newborns at a hospital in Kota in Rajasthan.
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DCW chief appeals MPs to raise issue of women's safety in Parliament
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal on Wednesday appealed to all women MPs to raise the issue of women safety in Parliament.
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Courts should wrap up rape cases in time equivalent to age of victim: Hars
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 3 (ANI): Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday condemned the rape and murder of Telangana veterinarian and said that courts should wrap up cases of rape in a time-bound manner and pronounce verdict in as many days as the age of the victim.
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Sitharaman's budget speech kept women MPs upbeat, enthusiastic throughout
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 5 (ANI): Bowing before her parents sitting in the Speaker's gallery of Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday presented the historical budget that drew the highest applause from women on several occasions.
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Sitharaman's budjet speech kept women MPs upbeat, enthusiastic throughout
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 5 (ANI): Bowing before her parents sitting in the Speaker's gallery of Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday presented the historical budget that drew the highest applause from women on several occasions.
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208 women MPs, a proud record for UK Parliament
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom] June 10, ANI: A record number of 208 women have won parliamentary seats in the 2017 general election that was held on Thursday.
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