Lok Sabha has served as a shock absorber, says Pranab
May 13th, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday described the Lok Sabha as a "great shock absorber" and said the house had been able to resolve many ... Read more...
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Saudi Arabia offers incentives to Indian pharma industry
May 9th, 2012 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) A high-level parliamentary delegation from Saudi Arabia currently on a visit to India Wednesday met Vice President Hamid Ansari and Health Minister Ghulam Nabi ... Read more...
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Saudi parliamentary delegation in India
May 7th, 2012 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) A high-powered parliamentary delegation from Saudi Arabia arrived here Monday for a three-day visit during which they will hold interactions in the Indian ... Read more...
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India offers help to aid Myanmar’s democratic transition
October 14th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Lauding Myanmar's "transition towards a democratic government", India Friday offered to share its experience in parliamentary practices, signalling New Delhi's strategic move to scale ... Read more...
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Congress seeks president’s intervention in alleged Orissa scams
September 8th, 2011 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 8 (IANS) The opposition Congress in Orissa Thursday demanded probes by independent central agencies in allegations of large-scale corruption and scams in the state and sought President ... Read more...
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Discussion on cash-for-votes scam as important as Finance Bill: Jaitley
March 22nd, 2011 - 10:11 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): Slamming the Manmohan Singh-led UPA Government for refusing to discuss WikiLeaks expose on the cash-for-votes scam, Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, on ... Read more...
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Cash-for-votes scam: Congress pulls up BJP for disrupting Parliamentary proceedings
March 22nd, 2011 - 8:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): The ruling Congress party slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for disrupting the proceedings inside the Parliament on Tuesday over their demand for immediate debate on ... Read more...
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BJP moves privilege notice against PM in cash-for-vote scam
March 22nd, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar. 22 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday moved a privilege notice in the Lok Sabha against Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's response to the WikiLeaks cables ... Read more...
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Jammu and Kashmir deputy speaker quits (Lead)
March 3rd, 2011 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 3 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir assembly deputy speaker Sartaj Madni quit Thursday protesting the remarks made against him by the speaker in a newspaper.As the house met, Madni ... Read more...
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Name the lobbying MPs, BJP asks Ramesh
December 31st, 2010 - 12:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday called on Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to name the MPs who had met him or his ministry's officials to lobby ... Read more...
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Bangladesh parliamentary panel wants ex-speaker expelled
July 6th, 2009 - 2:05 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 6 (IANS) An all-party probe committee of the Bangladesh parliament has recommended that former speaker Jamiruddin Sircar be stripped of his membership of the house for "financial irregularities".
The committee ... Read more...
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First session of Sikkim assembly commences, Gyaltsen elected speaker
May 22nd, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Gangtok, May 22 (IANS) The first session of the newly elected 32-member Sikkim assembly commenced Friday with former tourism minister K.T. Gyaltsen being elected as the new speaker of the house. ... Read more...
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