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  Congress confident of getting leader of opposition post in Maharashtra Assembly

  National | December 06, 2014 20:50 IST

  Mumbai: Congress on Saturday expressed confidence that being the largest opposition party in the Maharashtra Assembly, it will get the post of leader of opposition."It is as clear as daylight that the new leader of

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  Unfair to deny Congress LoP status in Maharashtra Assembly: Sena

  National | December 06, 2014 14:52 IST

  Mumbai: Even as the Congress and NCP squabble over key posts in the Maharashtra Legislature after Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde resigned as the Leader of Opposition, Shiv Sena today said it would be unfair

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  NCP eyes posts of Council Chairman, LOP in Assembly

  National | December 04, 2014 9:11 IST

  Mumbai: NCP, which had declared its outside support to the BJP government in Maharashtra, yesterday said it will stake claim for the post of Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, currently held by Shiv Sena.It

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  Congress legislators suspended from Telangana assembly

  National | November 18, 2014 13:01 IST

  Hyderabad: Legislators of main opposition Congress party were Tuesday suspended from Telangana state assembly for a day for stalling the proceedings.Speaker Madhusudhana Chary suspended 13 members as they insisted on a debate on the defections

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  LoP's absence won't invalidate Lokpal, CVC appointments: AG

  National | November 16, 2014 11:26 IST

  New Delhi: The absence of recognised Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha will not invalidate appointments in various statutory bodies including Lokpal and CVC among others, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has said.The Attorney General

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  Government holds discussion on amending Lokpal Act in absence of Leader of Opposition

  National | November 15, 2014 7:08 IST

  New Delhi: With nearly three weeks left for retirement of CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, the government on Friday held discussion on the issue of bringing an amendment in the Lokpal Act for selection of his

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  'Goa must screen tourists for Ebola virus'

  India | October 14, 2014 13:06 IST

  Panaji: Goa must screen entry of foreign tourists in order to keep the deadly Ebola virus at bay, Leader of Opposition Pratapsing Rane said Tuesday.Rane was speaking at a function in Panaji."People are dying like

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  Speaker hints at amending rules for appointment of Leader of Opposition

  National | September 26, 2014 7:08 IST

  New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has hinted that she has no objection if all the political parties want to change rules regarding appointment of Leader of Opposition in the Lower House.Speaking to media

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  Government to go ahead with key appointments without LoP

  National | September 07, 2014 18:51 IST

  New Delhi: Government has decided to go ahead with appointments to various statutory bodies like CVC, NHRC and Lokpal without the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha as a member of the selection committee

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  Former Maharashtra NCP minister Vijaykumar Gavit joins BJP

  National | September 07, 2014 11:37 IST

  Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Medical Education Minister Vijaykumar Gavit, who faces charges of wealth accumulation by him and his family members in a disproportionate assets case, joined the BJP here today.  Gavit was welcomed to the

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  66 percent voters satisfied with Modi's performance, functioning: Survey

  National | September 03, 2014 11:22 IST

  New Delhi: Nearly two-thirds (66 percent) of voters in a survey have expressed satisfaction with the Narendra Modi government's performance, and while more - 68 percent - approve of the prime minister's style of functioning.A

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  LoP row: We respect judiciary but its legislature's prerogative, says BJP

  National | August 23, 2014 7:00 IST

  New Delhi: With the Supreme Court asking the Central government to make its stand clear on the Leader of Opposition issue, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday sought to justify the denial of the

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  Post SC poser, BJP justifies stand on LoP

  National | August 22, 2014 23:47 IST

  New Delhi: With the Supreme Court asking the government to make its stand clear on the Leader of Opposition issue, BJP today sought to justify the denial of the post to Congress citing precedents and

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  SC wonders how can LoP post remain vacant, Congress agrees

  National | August 22, 2014 15:50 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expressed shock over the Centre's decision to leave the position of Leader of Opposition vacant. The court said that it was concerned about the formation of lokpal which requires

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  Chavan's decision to skip Narendra Modi's function "unfortunate": BJP

  National | August 21, 2014 15:25 IST

  Mumbai: The BJP in Maharashtra today termed as “unfortunate” Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's decision to boycott Prime Minister Narendra Modi's programme in Nagpur and said Congress should introspect why people are “unhappy” with the state

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  LoP row: Speaker's decisions not open to judicial review, observes SC

  India | August 09, 2014 8:21 IST

  New Delhi: In a stand that may spell difficulty for the Congress party if its demand for being given the post of the Leader of Opposition (LoP) is rejected by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan,

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  Gujarat government should be ashamed of law and order situation: Vaghela

  National | August 04, 2014 11:25 IST

  Ahmedabad: Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Assembly and senior Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela today lambasted the BJP-led Gujarat government for allegedly failing to curb crimes against women.Vaghela was referring to an alleged gangrape of a

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  Manohar Parrikar, Pratap Singh Rane enter verbal duel in assembly

  National | August 01, 2014 16:09 IST

  Panaji: Goa state legislative assembly today witnessed verbal duel between Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and leader of opposition Pratap Singh Rane over the issue of Point of Order raised by the Parrikar.  During the question

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  Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 pm over bugging allegations

  National | July 31, 2014 12:53 IST

  New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha was Thursday adjourned till 2 pm after opposition members created an uproar to demand a debate on the reported bugging at union Minister Nitin Gadkari's Delhi residence.As soon as the

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  'Leader of Opposition issue to be decided in four days'

  National | July 30, 2014 18:22 IST

  New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Wednesday said she would take a decision on the Leader of Opposition issue within four days."I will see all the rules and also the letter of attorney general.