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  Lok Sabha adjourned for day, to meet Monday

  Politics | June 06, 2014 16:25 IST

  New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned Friday for the day, after the unanimous election of the speaker."The house is adjourned for the day to meet June 9, Monday at 11 a.m., half an hour

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  Eight-time MP Sumitra Mahajan elected Lok Sabha speaker

  Politics | June 06, 2014 13:21 IST

  New Delhi: New Delhi: BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan, an eight-time member of parliament, was Friday unanimously elected Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha.The name of Mahajan, MP from Indore, was proposed by Prime Minister Narendra

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  Sumitra Mahajan to be next Speaker

  Politics | June 04, 2014 20:17 IST

  New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan, one of the most experienced Parliamentarians, is set to be the next Lok Sabha Speaker, becoming the second woman to occupy the key position.The acceptance of 71-year-old Mahajan,

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  Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar loses

  India | May 16, 2014 14:47 IST

  Patna: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar lost from the Sasaram Lok sabha constituency in Bihar by around 61,000 votes.The Congress candidate was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party's Chedi Paswan, a former minister who resigned from

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  Sangma calls on Modi

  Politics | May 12, 2014 22:38 IST

  Shillong: National People's Party president and former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma today met BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at his residence in Gandhinagar, party officials said.Describing Modi as the “future prime minister”,

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  JD(U) announces first list of candidates

  Politics | March 15, 2014 16:46 IST

  New Delhi: JD(U) today announced its first list of 15 candidates for Bihar and four other states fielding a former bureaucrat K P Ramaiah from Sasaram against Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.Sasaram is a reserved

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  Pepper spray incident referred to Privileges Committee

  Politics | February 17, 2014 6:23 IST

  New Delhi: The issue of the pepper spray incident in the Lok Sabha, which saw widespread outrage and condemnation, was on Sunday referred to the Privileges Committee that has got punitive powers.The decision was taken

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  JPC report on 2G scam submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker

  India | October 29, 2013 17:25 IST

  New Delhi: The controversial report of the JPC, which gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the 2G spectrum scam saying he was “misled” by the then Telecom Minister A Raja, was

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  Lok Sabha Speaker rejects resignations of 13 Seemandhra MPs

  India | October 18, 2013 23:35 IST

  Hyderabad:  Congress MPs from Seemandhra region, whose resignations were Friday rejected by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, plan to again submit their resignations.A. Sai Prathap of the Congress said the MPs would meet in a

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  Destroy caste system: Meira Kumar

  Politics | October 11, 2013 7:04 IST

  New Delhi: Caste system has caused unimaginable harm to the Indian society and needs to be destroyed, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said Thursday."Caste system has caused and is continuing to cause unimaginable harm to

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  LS Speaker exempts Madhu Koda from disclosing his assets

  Politics | April 12, 2013 17:25 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 12:  Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and MP Madhu Koda, who is under investigation on corruption and other charges, has been exempted by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar from declaring his assets, which

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  Speaker calls all-party meet to end parliament logjam

  Politics | March 20, 2013 17:54 IST

  New Delhi, March 20: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has called an all-party meeting Wednesday evening to find ways to end the parliament logjam, and discuss the resolution likely to be adopted by members over

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  Meira Kumar's missing niece found

  Politics | January 29, 2013 13:38 IST

  Kanpur, Jan 29:  Missing niece of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar was today found from a railway station in the city, police said.22-year-old Priyanka Kumar, who is physically and mentally challenged, had gone missing on

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  Virbhadra Singh resigns as Lok Sabha member

  Politics | January 04, 2013 12:35 IST

  Shimla, Jan 4: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday resigned as member of the Lok Sabha.Party sources said that he has sent his resignation to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.Virbhadra Singh, who was

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  Speaker calls all-party meet on Nov 21

  Politics | November 20, 2012 20:04 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 20: Meira Kumar will meet the leaders of various political parties on Wednesday to chalk out an agenda for Parliament's smooth functioning during the winter session from Nov 22-Dec 20, officials said."The

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  Pranab to meet CPI(M), FB, Cong legislators on Monday

  Politics | July 10, 2012 20:45 IST

  Kolkata, Jul 8: UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee today said he would be meeting MPs and MLAs of CPI(M) and Forward Bloc here tomorrow to seek their support for the July 19 Presidential poll.“I am

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  Sangma says tribal leaders are unitedly backing him

  Politics | June 28, 2012 15:03 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 28: P A Sangma today claimed tribal leaders cutting across party lines are unitedly behind him and took potshots at Congress for not standing by his candidature for the President's post despite

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  Speaker Meira Kumar travelled abroad 29 times in 35 months

  India | May 22, 2012 15:21 IST

  New Delhi, May 22: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar travelled abroad 29 times in 35 months since assuming office, according to information given under RTI Act.The average comes to one foreign trip in every 37

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  Akhilesh Yadav quits LS seat

  Politics | May 04, 2012 15:53 IST

  New Delhi, May 4: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today announced in the House that Kanauj MP Akhilesh Yadav, who is now Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, had submitted his resignation on May 2 and

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  India's Economy To Grow 8.2 Pc This Fiscal : Meira Kumar

  November 26, 2011 22:41 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 26: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today said India has retained its growth target of 8.2 per cent for the current fiscal despite adverse global economic condition and high inflation.“India is surging