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  Lok Sabha passes bill to repeal 35 archaic laws

  Politics | March 18, 2015 22:56 IST

  New Delhi: Seeking to weed out archaic and dead laws, the Lok Sabha today approved a bill to repeal as many as 35 legislations."This is an initial step taken by the new government. We will

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  After beef ban, Haryana Assembly passes Bill banning cow slaughter

  India | March 17, 2015 22:54 IST

  Chandigarh: Haryana Assembly tonight passed a Bill which clamps a complete ban on cow slaughter in the state and provides for a rigorous imprisonment ranging from three years to ten years for killing the animal.

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  Rajya Sabha passes bill to include certain communities in SC list

  Politics | February 24, 2015 20:12 IST

  New Delhi: A bill to include certain synonymous names of communities under Scheduled Castes category in Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha and Dadra and Nagar Haveli was passed by Rajya Sabha today.The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment)

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  AP Capital Development Bill passed in Assembly

  India | December 23, 2014 7:39 IST

  Hyderabad:  Andhra Pradesh Assembly late tonight passed the AP Capital Region Development Authority Bill, 2014, on a day proceedings of the House were marred by noisy scenes and unruly behaviour by members of the opposition

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  GST bill in Lok Sabha; Arun Jaitley says interests of states taken care of

  Politics | December 19, 2014 18:35 IST

  New Delhi: The much-awaited GST Bill, which provides for an overhaul of the taxation system, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today with government saying concerns of all the states have been taken care of

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  Will try to introduce GST Bill in current Parliament session: Arun Jaitley

  Politics | December 01, 2014 14:02 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today expressed hope that the much-awaited GST Bill, which provides for a uniform indirect tax structure, would be introduced in the current winter session of Parliament."We will try and

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  Bill introduced in US Congress to expedite export of LNG

  March 08, 2014 23:52 IST

  Washington: A bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the US Congress to expedite export of natural gas to American allies like India and Japan.Though the legislation is aimed at helping Ukraine and other European countries

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  J&K government to introduce Bill to amend Anti-Corruption Act

  India | February 13, 2014 7:44 IST

  Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir government today said that the state Cabinet has approved JK Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill 2014 and it will table in ongoing Session of the Assembly.Replying to a question, state Finance

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  LBA Bill likely in Parliament in winter session

  World | September 25, 2013 20:05 IST

  On Board PM's Special Aircraft: Ahead of the meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina in New York, India today said it will make another attempt to get the Land

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  Bill in winter session to give legal status to Aadhaar: Govt

  India | September 24, 2013 17:24 IST

  New Delhi: The government will push for passage of a long-pending bill to provide statutory status to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in the winter session of Parliament.“We will bring the National Identification

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  Rajya Sabha passes Constitutional Amendment BIll for creating Judicial Appointments Commission

  Politics | September 05, 2013 21:12 IST

  New Delhi: A Constitutional Amendment Bill paving way for the creation of a Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) to replace the present collegium system to appoint judges to higher courts was passed in the Rajya Sabha

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  Bill to tax super-rich not taken up by Cabinet

  India | August 22, 2013 23:12 IST

  New Delhi: A proposal to tax the super-rich at a higher income tax rate of 35 per cent in the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill was not taken up by the Cabinet today.While the Bill

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  Anti-superstition bill forces responsible for Dabholkar's killing: CM

  India | August 22, 2013 18:54 IST

  Mumbai: Blaming opponents of the anti-superstition bill for the killing of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has said organisations behind such acts should be be isolated and their activities stopped.Amid spontaneous public

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  Govt to bring landmark bill on surrogacy

  India | August 04, 2013 20:36 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 4: Women in India cannot act as surrogates for more than three successful births, including of their own children, and it would be mandatory for surrogate mothers to have a minimum two-year

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  Companies Bill will be passed in monsoon session: Sachin Pilot

  July 08, 2013 7:49 IST

  New Delhi, July 8: The Companies Bill 2012 is likely to be passed in the coming monsoon session of Parliament, says Corporate Affairs Minister Sachin Pilot, as there is a broad political consensus on the

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  Irish abortion bill passes 1st test on 138-24 vote

  World | July 02, 2013 23:46 IST

  Dublin, Jul 2: Ireland appeared on course to legalize abortion in extremely restricted circumstances as lawmakers voted Tuesday to support a bill that would permit pregnancies to be terminated when deemed necessary to save the

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  Gujarat Assembly passes Bill on right to time-bound services

  India | April 02, 2013 12:25 IST

  Gandhinagar, Apr 2:  Gujarat Assembly on Monday passed a landmark bill aimed at providing time-bound delivery of certain public services to the people of the state and redressal of their grievances.Finance Minister Nitin Patel introduced

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  AP assembly passes historic midnight bill

  Politics | December 03, 2012 9:27 IST

  Hyderabad, Dec 3: The Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Sunday night unanimously adopted a bill to give leegislative backing to Sub-plans for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes with a mandatory provision for allocation of one-fourth of

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  Bill proposes 3-year jail term for teachers who hit kids

  India | October 29, 2012 19:55 IST

  New Delhi,Oct 29,2012: Resorting to corporal punishment in class or forcing students to purchase books, uniforms and other stationery from a particular shop could land one up to three years in jail, according to a

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  Govt defers plan to bring Bill for job promotion reservation

  Politics | September 23, 2012 16:28 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 22: Government's plan to bring an amended Bill today to provide for reservation in job promotions to SCs/STs has been put off with most political parties on Tuesday favouring a legally-sustainable legislation