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Sangma compares himself with Barack Obama, pins hopes on 'big number of hidden votes'
India | May 26, 2012, 11:26 PM ISTNew 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
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Cash-For-Vote Scam : Speaker Gives Sanction To Delhi Police To Prosecute BJP MP
India | Sep 30, 2011, 08:42 PM ISTNew Delhi, Sep 30: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has given sanction to Delhi Police to prosecute BJP MP Ashok Argal in the cash-for-vote scam in which four other partymen are already in jail facing
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Advani, Sushma Skip Speaker's Tea Party
India | Sep 08, 2011, 06:10 PM ISTNew 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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Speaker To Decide On Telangana MPs' Resignations By Aug 1
National | Jul 08, 2011, 09:50 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jul 8: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is expected to take a decision on the resignation of 13 MPs from Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh before the Monsoon session of Parliament that begins
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Speaker In Nigeria Arrested On Corruption Charge
World | Jun 06, 2011, 01:43 PM ISTAbuja, Nigeria, Jun 6 : Nigeria's anti-corruption agency arrested one of the West African nation's top politicians Sunday night on suspicion of defrauding the oil-rich country, an official said.Officers arrested outgoing House of Representatives speaker
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Somnath Campaigns For CPI-M
National | Apr 23, 2011, 10:14 PM ISTKolkata, Apr 23: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today campaigned for the candidates of CPI(M), which had expelled him about three years ago, in West Bengal assembly elections.Initially spurned by the party, Chatterjee had
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Bribery Remarks Against Uddhav Will Be Expunged, Says Speaker
National | Dec 10, 2010, 04:30 PM ISTNagpur, Dec 10: Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Dilip Walse Patil today assured Shiv Sena members that he would examine the record and expunge remarks on their leader Uddhav Thackeray made by Congress' Baba Siddiique, when the
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Police Entered Karnataka Assembly On Speaker's Request
India | Oct 11, 2010, 04:50 PM ISTBangalore, Oct 11: City Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari today justified the entry of police into the Assembly, saying it was done at the instruction of the Speaker K G Bopaiah to control the situation. He
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Speaker Says, Nobody Demanded Division Of Votes
National | Oct 11, 2010, 02:55 PM ISTBangalore, Oct 11 : Karnataka Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah today justified passing of confidence motion by voice vote, saying there was no demand seeking division of votes. Bopaiah told reporters that when the motion
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Speaker Rejects Opposition Demand For Vote On Price Rise
National | Jul 28, 2010, 04:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: After deliberation during the lunch break, the Lok Sabha Speaker has rejected the Opposition's demand for a vote on the price rise issue and adjourned the House for the day. This after Parliament