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TDP legislators suspended from Telangana assembly
National | Mar 09, 2015, 01:00 PM ISTHyderabad : Ten legislators of the opposition TDP were suspended on Monday from the Telangana assembly for the entire budget session for disrupting the proceedings.Speaker S. Madhusudana Chary announced the suspension of the Telugu Desam
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More women should be at all levels of governance: Speaker
National | Dec 23, 2014, 11:30 AM ISTNew 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
National | Nov 17, 2014, 07:47 PM ISTNew 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
National | Oct 27, 2014, 07:57 PM ISTNew 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
National | Sep 26, 2014, 07:08 AM ISTNew 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
National | Aug 06, 2014, 03:15 PM ISTNew 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
National | Jul 09, 2014, 05:48 PM ISTNew 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 | Jul 08, 2014, 08:26 AM ISTNew 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
National | Jun 27, 2014, 05:34 PM ISTKolkata: 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, 11:36 PM ISTGandhinagar: 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
Apr 22, 2014, 11:50 PM ISTLondon: 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
National | Feb 13, 2014, 04:04 PM ISTNew 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 | Jul 25, 2013, 11:30 PM ISTHyderabad, 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 | Jun 29, 2013, 06:27 PM ISTAlmora/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, 05:38 PM ISTBangalore, 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
National | Apr 30, 2013, 06:45 PM ISTNew 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 | Apr 16, 2013, 11:08 AM ISTCuttack, 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
National | Nov 27, 2012, 09:13 PM ISTNew 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
National | Nov 03, 2012, 05:36 PM ISTShimla, 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
National | Aug 18, 2012, 07:06 AM ISTNew 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