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  Parliament condemns Delhi bus gangrape, MPs demand capital punishment

  Politics | December 18, 2012 14:22 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 18: Members cutting across party lines in Lok Sabha today condemned that Delhi bus gangrape incident as "shameful" and demanded capital punishment for rapists. Even the Speaker Meira Kumar herself described the

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  Parliament mourns death of Pt Ravi Shankar

  Politics | December 12, 2012 13:32 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 12: Parliament paid rich tributes to sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, who passed away in San Diego today at the age of 92."We deeply mourn the loss of such a dynamic and

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  Lok Sabha adjourned over coal blocks allocation

  Politics | December 12, 2012 13:47 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 12: The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. Wednesday after Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) members disrupted proceedings demanding action on alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks.BSP members had approached

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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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  Women's quota bill on agenda: Meira Kumar

  Politics | October 05, 2012 11:02 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 5: Women's Reservation Bill which calls for reserving 33 percent of seats for women in parliament and state assemblies continues to remain on the agenda and efforts are on to introduce it

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  Speaker ticks off Sharad Yadav

  Politics | August 18, 2012 7:06 IST

  New Delhi, Aug 17: A usually soft-spoken Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today pulled up JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav when he sought to challenge her authority and responded angrily to her remarks.“It is not a

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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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  Mamata backs Meira Kumar as President

  Politics | May 21, 2012 17:18 IST

  New Delhi, May 21: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today remained non-committal on Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee as the next President but strongly backed Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar for the post. It was for

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  Ambedkar cartoon, Aircel-Maxis issues disrupt Lok Sabha

  India | May 11, 2012 17:21 IST

  New Delhi, May 11: A cartoon depicting B R Ambedkar purportedly published in a NCERT textbook and row over Home Minister P Chidambaram's statement in the Aircel-Maxis deal today led to disruption of the Lok

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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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  In Pakistan, Meira Kumar Talks Peace In Flawless Urdu

  World | February 22, 2012 11:12 IST

  Islamabad, Feb 22: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Tuesday floored an audience that included her Pakistani counterpart, senior ministers and parliamentarians by delivering a speech in flawless Urdu laced with couplets from Firaq Gorkhpuri,

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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

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  Parliament Unanimiously Condemns Assault On Pawar

  India | November 25, 2011 21:02 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 25 : Parliament today strongly condemned the assault on Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar at a public function here.Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said the House strongly condemns the unfortunate incident of assault

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  LS Speaker Turns Down Resignations Of 12 Telangana MPs

  India | November 15, 2011 20:28 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 15: Resignations of 12 MPs from Telangana region including TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao were rejected by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today, raising the spectre of a fresh turmoil in Parliament

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  Lok Sabha Speaker To Visit Maldives : PM

  World | November 12, 2011 14:37 IST

  Male, Nov 12: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is scheduled to visit Maldives at the invitation of her Maldivian counterpart in the “People's Majlis”.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced this during his address to the Majlis,

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  Advani, Sushma Skip Speaker's Tea Party

  India | September 08, 2011 18:10 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 8: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar's end-of-the-session tea party today was boycotted by Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj and senior BJP leader L K Advani in protest against disruptions during his

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  Lok Sabha Speaker's Secretary Removed After CBI Searches

  India | September 02, 2011 21:41 IST

  New Delhi, Sep 2: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar's secretary A P Pathak was today removed from his post shortly after CBI searched his premises in an alleged disproportionate assets case during which the agency

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  PAC Meeting Likely To Be Stormy

  India | June 27, 2011 23:37 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 27: Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is expected to witness a stormy meeting tomorrow as its chairperson Murli Manohar Joshi will table the 2G scam report, which was returned by the Lok

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  All Party Meet On Women's Bill On Wednesday

  Politics | June 21, 2011 18:22 IST

  New Delhi, Jun 21 :  With differences persisting over the controversial Women's Reservation Bill, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has convened an all-party meeting here tomorrow ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.  Though the Constitution

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  2G Report Issue Not Over Yet: Joshi

  India | June 17, 2011 20:50 IST

  New Delhi, June 17: Undeterred by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar returning the panel's controversial report on 2G scam, PAC Chairperson Murli Manohar Joshi today said the issue was not over yet and he would