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  Land ordinance to be tabled tomorrow as Lok Sabha resumes

  Politics | April 19, 2015 19:56 IST

  New Delhi: The controversial land bill issue is expected to generate much heat in Lok Sabha on Monday with the government deciding to table the new land ordinance on the very first day of the

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  Second half of Budget Session resumes tomorrow

  Politics | April 19, 2015 16:48 IST

  New Delhi: The second half of the Budget Session will start from tomorrow and is likely to be a stormy affair with the government determined to push through the Land Acquisition Bill and the opposition

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  Mufti bats for reconciliation with Pakistan

  Politics | April 09, 2015 17:49 IST

  Jammu: Stating that peace was "prerequisite" for development, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today strongly pitched for reconciliation with Pakistan."Peace is prerequisite to development, peace means reconciliation with our neighbours," Sayeed told

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  Budget session of Rajya Sabha cut short for Land Ordinance

  India | March 29, 2015 0:02 IST

  New Delhi: The Budget session of Rajya Sabha was cut short on Saturday with the House being prorogued to pave the way for re-promulgation of the controversial Land Acquisition Ordinance.A statement from the Rajya Sabha

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  May call joint sitting of Parliament to pass Land Bill: Venkaiah Naidu

  Politics | March 26, 2015 14:44 IST

  New Delhi: Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu has said that he won't rule out calling a joint sitting of the Parliament after Budget session to ensure 'smooth' passage of the contentious Land Bill. He said

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  Government decides not to reissue ordinance on land acquisition

  Politics | March 25, 2015 9:06 IST

  New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has decided to go slow on the contentious Land Acquisition Bill with letting the ordinance lapse in normal course on April 5. This was the outcome of yesterday's BJP

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  Top 7 News Events of March 25!

  India | March 25, 2015 0:03 IST

  PM  Narendra  Modi to launch ‘Pragati' sessionsStarting from today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will commence a monthly conference call with state chief secretaries and secretaries of the Union government. It is regarding speedy redressal of

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  Budget session of Tamil Nadu Assembly to start tomorrow

  Politics | March 24, 2015 11:05 IST

  Chennai: The Budget session of the Tamil Nadu Assembly will start here tomorrow.Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, who also holds the Finance portfolio, will present the budget which comes a year ahead of the scheduled elections

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  Land ordinance set to lapse?

  Politics | March 23, 2015 8:22 IST

  New Delhi:Facing a road block in parliament and widespread protests, the government has now decided to go slow on the contentious land acquisition bill and may let the ordinance promulgated on the issue lapse. Knowledgeable

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  Lok Sabha registers 121% productivity during budget session

  India | March 21, 2015 11:25 IST

  New Delhi: The just concluded budget session registered a productivity of 121% of Lok Sabha and it seems that the members worked harder than their predecessors.Though there was disruptions and adjournments the House of Elders

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  Veteran actress Rekha attends Rajya Sabha proceedings for first time this session

  Politics | March 18, 2015 16:26 IST

  New Delhi: After facing flak last year over her long absence in Rajya Sabha, actor-turned-MP Rekha on Wednesday attended proceedings of the Upper House for the first time in the current budget session.Clad in a

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  Reform push: Government open to extending first half of Budget session

  Politics | March 18, 2015 16:04 IST

  Government is open to extending the first half of the ongoing Budget session by two days if need be and Parliament can meet on March 23 and 24 to pass key reform bills on coal

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  Budget session of Jammu and Kashmir assembly begins today

  Politics | March 18, 2015 8:15 IST

  Jammu: The maiden 23-day-long budget session of the Mufti Sayeed Government in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will begin today. The budget would be presented on March 22 and general discussion on budget will be held

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  Government considering proroguing Budget Session

  Politics | March 17, 2015 12:34 IST

  New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government is mulling extending the first part of the Budget Session to ensure passage of crucial legislations and then proroguing the session ahead of schedule.Sources said that government finds itself

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  Lok Sabha may sit an extra day for key bills

  Politics | March 17, 2015 7:18 IST

  New Delhi: Government is mulling an extra day's Lok Sabha sitting before the recess to ensure passage of the crucial Land and the Coal and Mines bills in Parliament.The three key bills seek to replaces

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  Rajya Sabha to sit beyond 7 pm from Monday

  Politics | March 14, 2015 18:05 IST

  New Delhi: Rajya Sabha will sit for late hours in last week of the first half of the budget session from Monday to clear the pending legislative and other businesses.The Business Advisory Committee of the

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  PM Modi, top two ministers will be out of country this week

  Politics | March 12, 2015 9:56 IST

  New Delhi: Three of five top Central ministers including Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be out of the country this week. This will be the first time when Modi and his top two ministers will

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  Will corner Fadnavis government over Muslim quota: Congress

  Politics | March 05, 2015 21:26 IST

  Mumbai: Congress today said that it will corner the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government over the issue of Muslim reservations during the ensuing Budget session of the state legislature.“We will corner the government and demand that

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  Rajya Sabha Humiliation: Opposition banned phones to embarrass Modi govt

  Politics | March 05, 2015 10:35 IST

  New Delhi: Opposition members in Rajya Sabha worked on a well-coordinated strategy on Tuesday to embarrass the Narendra Modi government by making their ‘operation shame-the-government' a success.Sources said that lawmakers had decided not to use

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  Mufti govt's first budget session to begin from March 18

  Politics | March 04, 2015 22:03 IST

  Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today announced that the first budget session of PDP-BJP government led by Mufti Mohmmad Sayeed would commence from March 18.Under the provision of Section 55(1) of the