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  More women should be at all levels of governance: Speaker

  Politics | December 23, 2014 11:30 IST

  New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has said increasing women's participation in local, state and national levels of governance was the need of the hour as equal participation of women in decision-making was an

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  Speaker Sumitra Mahajan convenes all-party meeting on November 22

  Politics | November 17, 2014 19:47 IST

  New Delhi: An all party meeting has been convened by Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Nov 22 to ensure that the month-long winter session beginning next Monday is a smooth affair.Mahajan has called leaders of various

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  Speaker, Advani, Swaraj have submitted asset details: LS Sectt

  Politics | October 27, 2014 19:57 IST

  New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat today said Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, senior BJP leaders L K Advani and Sushma Swaraj and two other MPs have submitted details of their assets to it.The clarification came in the

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  Speaker hints at amending rules for appointment of Leader of Opposition

  Politics | 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 slams Congress for creating ruckus in Parliament

  Politics | August 06, 2014 15:15 IST

  New Delhi: Government today attacked Congress for creating an uproar in Parliament, saying such behaviour would “boomerang” on it and that the party should reconcile to its defeat and play a constructive role.  Parliamentary Affairs

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  'Hurt' Speaker pulls up erring members in LS

  Politics | July 09, 2014 17:48 IST

  New Delhi: Anguished by repeated protests and a Trinamool Congress member telling her that she was “not the Speaker of Narendra Modi”, Sumitra Mahajan today pulled up some members for their conduct, telling them bluntly

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  Ready to Discuss LoP Issue if Congress Approaches: Speaker

  India | July 08, 2014 8:26 IST

  New Delhi: With Congress raising the pitch on the issue of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan yesterday said she was ready to discuss the issue with the party if

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  Left Front walkout; Mamata says would come to House whenever she wanted

  Politics | June 27, 2014 17:34 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today told the Assembly that she would be present in the House whenever she wanted to and said there was nothing she could do if the Opposition had

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  Modi's farewell to be organised in Gujarat assembly: Speaker

  India | May 19, 2014 23:36 IST

  Gandhinagar: Gujarat assembly speaker today said a special session to bid a farewell to outgoing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who is all set to be sworn-in as prime minister of the country.“All MLAs want

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  Wireless speaker with light sensors, microphone

  April 22, 2014 23:50 IST

  London: Move over run-of-the-mill speakers. A Germany-based company has created a clever wireless speaker that has an accelerometer, light sensors and microphones that is going to change the way people look at sound.Named Boom Boom,

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  Telangana row: Know the 17 Lok Sabha MPs suspended today by Speaker

  Politics | February 13, 2014 16:04 IST

  New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today suspended 17 MPs for five consecutive sittings or for the remainder of the session, whichever is less, for continuously obstructing the proceedings of the House. Under

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  16 YSR Congress MLAs send resignations to Speaker

  India | July 25, 2013 23:30 IST

  Hyderabad, Jul 25: Ahead of the Congress Working Committee expected to take a decision on Telangana issue,  16 YSR Congress party MLAs  today faxed their resignations to  AP Speaker N Manohar. YSR Congress has 17

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  Uttarakhand: Death toll may cross 10,000, says Assembly Speaker

  India | June 29, 2013 18:27 IST

  Almora/Dehradun, Jun 29: Two weeks after flashfloods and landslides ravaged Uttarakhand, there were conflicting figures of death toll with state Assembly Speaker Govind Singh Kunjwal claiming today that it may cross 10,000 while the official

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  Kagodu Thimmappa is Speaker of Karnataka Assembly

  India | May 31, 2013 17:38 IST

  Bangalore, May 31: Senior Congress leader Kagodu Thimmappa was today elected Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly unopposed.Chief Minister Siddaramaiah proposed his name and it was seconded by Higher Education Minister R V Deshpande. Law

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  BJP to boycott meetings called by speaker, Kamal Nath

  Politics | April 30, 2013 18:45 IST

  New Delhi, April 30: Signifying a "total breakdown", the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday announced it would not be attending any meetings called by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar or Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath.Addressing

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  Speaker gets seven days time to file counter on contempt plea

  India | April 16, 2013 11:08 IST

  Cuttack, Apr 16: Odisha High Court asked Assembly Speaker Pradeep Kumar Amat to file a counter affidavit within seven days in response to a contempt petition filed against him by the state NCP president Utkal

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  PM confident of numbers, govt may agree to voting on FDI

  Politics | November 27, 2012 21:13 IST

  New Delhi,  Nov 27:  With DMK showing the green flag, government today indicated it was not averse to voting in Parliament on the FDI in retail, a move that could end the House logjam.“We are

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  BJP denies ticket to assembly speaker in Himachal

  Politics | November 03, 2012 17:36 IST

  Shimla, Oct 8: The BJP on Sunday denied tickets to former minister Dile Ram, who staged a rebellion announcing his decision to contest the Himachal Pradesh assembly election as an independent, and Vidhan Sabha Speaker

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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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  Sangma compares himself with Barack Obama, pins hopes on 'big number of hidden votes'

  India | May 26, 2012 23:26 IST

  New Delhi, May 26: Former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, who is considered an underdog in the Presidential race, today pinned his hopes on “big number of hidden votes” and equated himself to the