• 

  Cash-For-Vote Scam : Speaker Gives Sanction To Delhi Police To Prosecute BJP MP

  India | September 30, 2011 20:42 IST

  New 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

• 

  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

• 

  Speaker To Decide On Telangana MPs' Resignations By Aug 1

  Politics | July 08, 2011 21:50 IST

  New 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

• 

  Speaker In Nigeria Arrested On Corruption Charge

  World | June 06, 2011 13:43 IST

  Abuja, 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

• 

  Somnath Campaigns For CPI-M

  Politics | April 23, 2011 22:14 IST

  Kolkata, 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

• 

  Bribery Remarks Against Uddhav Will Be Expunged, Says Speaker

  Politics | December 10, 2010 16:30 IST

  Nagpur, 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

• 

  Police Entered Karnataka Assembly On Speaker's Request

  India | October 11, 2010 16:50 IST

  Bangalore, 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

• 

  Speaker Says, Nobody Demanded Division Of Votes

  Politics | October 11, 2010 14:55 IST

  Bangalore, 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

• 

  Speaker Rejects Opposition Demand For Vote On Price Rise

  Politics | July 28, 2010 16:42 IST

  New 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