Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of the Indian Parliament whose members are directly elected. At any time, the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha can be 552, according to the Indian Constitution. Each Lok Sabha has a five year term at the end of which it is dissolved and fresh elections take place. This term may be extended by a Proclamation of Emergency for a maximum of one year periods.
All members of the Lok Sabha must be Indian citizens with a minimum age of 25, mentally sound, not bankrupt and have no criminal procedures running at the time of election. Reserved seat members must be from the scheduled castes and/or tribes. The Lok Sabha has certain special legislative powers that makes it de facto and de jure more powerful than the Rajya Sabha. However if the Lok Sabha is dissolved due to a National Emergency the Rajya Sabha becomes the only Parliament, de facto and de jure.
November 20th, 2009 - 11:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) Noted Bengali singer Kabir Suman, a Trinamool Congress MP, Friday said all issues with the party following his criticism had been resolved and described himself as a ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday mourned the death of veteran Congress leader and former minister B. Shankaranand, who headed the joint parliamentary probe into the $1.3 ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The health ministry will spend Rs.9.2 billion this financial year for promoting Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) - the Indian systems of medicine ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Blood tests to detect diabetes are likely to be made compulsory at health centres across India following the internationally followed "opportunistic screening" norm. The scheme was in ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The central government has committed Rs.332.92 crore in various health measures to check the spread of Influenza A (H1N1), more commonly known as swine flu, Health Minister ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) In a bid to check proliferation of counterfeit currency notes and make bank notes last longer, India's central bank will introduce 100 crore polymer notes of Rs.10 ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 20(ANI): The Congress party on Friday defended the Union Government's sugarcane pricing policy, which has led to farmers unrest and adjournment of Parliament.
Digvijay Singh, General Secretary of ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, Nov 20 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) president Mulayam Singh Yadav had repeatedly ignored warnings about the potential harm that his bonhomie with Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) rebel Kalyan Singh would cause ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): Union Government on Friday informed the Lok Sabha that it has taken a series of measures to promote safety in and around oil depots across the country. ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 6:20 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) In order to increase urea production, the government is considering reviving closed units and has drawn up a new investment policy to attract investments in this sector, ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Bowing to angry protests from opposition parties and farmers, the government Friday agreed to restore the earlier sugarcane prices.
The issue was resolved at an all-party ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
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Bangalore, Nov 20 (IANS) Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist and long time Congressman B. Shankaranand, who headed the joint parliamentary probe into $1.3 billion Bofors gun scandal, died Thursday of cardiac arrest. He was ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday chose its young face Varun Gandhi to lead the party's agitation against sugarcane pricing in the Lok Sabha.
The MP from ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
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Amethi, Nov 20 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka have begun their two - day visit of Amethi constituency.
Priyanka and Rahul are scheduled to interact with party ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Work in both houses of parliament stalled for the second consecutive day Friday with opposition members stirring up a massive row over sugarcane prices and demanding ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 2:21 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): Both houses of Parliament adjourned till Monday on the sugarcane pricing issue following opposition protests.
After eminent journalist H K Dua took oath as Rajya Sabha member, ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned until noon Friday after opposition members disrupted the proceedings demanding a better deal for sugarcane farmers.
As soon as the ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
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Belgaum (Karnataka), Nov 20 (ANI): Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister B. Shankaranand died at a private hospital here this morning.
He was 84. Shankaranand had been suffering from heart disease for ...
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November 20th, 2009 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned until noon Friday after opposition members disrupted the proceedings demanding a better deal for sugarcane farmers.
As soon as the house assembled, ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 11:09 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The government has decided to convene an all-party meeting Monday to discuss the sugarcane pricing policy following the growing political row on the issue.
According to Congress ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Opposition corners government over sugarcane pricing, Lok Sabha adjourned (Third Lead) - Moved at 1803
IAF vice chief apologises for remarks on women fighter pilots - Moved at 1925
Kangna Ranaut has ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) India is interested to set up joint ventures abroad in the fertiliser sector to reduce its urea imports, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Srikant Kumar ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 8:37 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The Union Government on Thursday announced the setting up of 193 Grama Nyayalayas (village courts) in various states in the current year.
In a written statement to the ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi Thursday led the nation in paying homage to Indira Gandhi, the country's first and only woman prime ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
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Opposition corners government over sugarcane pricing, Lok Sabha adjourned (Third Lead) - Moved at 1803
Kangna Ranaut has no links with Headley: Father - Moved at 0959
Unravelling Headley, the man who wanted ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The row over the government's sugarcane pricing policy forced adjournment of the Lok Sabha on the opening day of parliament's winter session Thursday as opposition ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party Thursday asked the government to convene an all-party meeting on the sugarcane pricing policy in the wake of opposition to the centre's ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 7:04 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The Union Government on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that the vision document 2015 has been prepared in order to increase the level of processing and to ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) They weren't fashion models, but when MPs young and old walked in on the first day of the winter session of parliament Thursday, they sure made ...
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November 19th, 2009 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 19 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that there has been considerable growth of the pharmaceutical industry in the country during the last few years.
In ...
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