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Lok Sabha adjourned for day, to meet Monday
National | Jun 06, 2014, 04:25 PM ISTNew 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
National | Jun 06, 2014, 01:21 PM ISTNew 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
National | Jun 04, 2014, 08:17 PM ISTNew 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, 02:47 PM ISTPatna: 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
National | May 12, 2014, 10:38 PM ISTShillong: 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
National | Mar 15, 2014, 04:46 PM ISTNew 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
National | Feb 17, 2014, 06:23 AM ISTNew 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 | Oct 29, 2013, 05:25 PM ISTNew 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 | Oct 18, 2013, 11:35 PM ISTHyderabad: 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
National | Oct 11, 2013, 07:04 AM ISTNew 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
National | Apr 12, 2013, 05:25 PM ISTNew 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
National | Mar 20, 2013, 05:54 PM ISTNew 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
National | Jan 29, 2013, 01:38 PM ISTKanpur, 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
National | Jan 04, 2013, 12:35 PM ISTShimla, 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
National | Nov 20, 2012, 08:04 PM ISTNew 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
National | Jul 10, 2012, 08:45 PM ISTKolkata, 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
National | Jun 28, 2012, 03:03 PM ISTNew 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, 03:21 PM ISTNew 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
National | May 04, 2012, 03:53 PM ISTNew 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
Nov 26, 2011, 10:41 PM ISTNew 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