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Speaker Sumitra Mahajan moots proposal for building new Parliament
National | December 28, 2015 7:21 ISTNew Delhi: A proposal has been mooted for constructing another Parliament building with Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan saying the existing 88-year-old structure is showing signs of “distress” because of ageing and will no longer
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LS Speaker pitches for new Parliament building
India | December 27, 2015 23:11 ISTNew Delhi: India may get a new Parliament building with latest technological facilities as a proposal has been mooted by Lok Sabha Speaker who has said the existing 88-year-old structure is showing signs of “distress”
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Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan expunges her own remarks after Congress protests
National | December 23, 2015 17:14 ISTNew Delhi: In a rare act, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today agreed to expunge her own “vested interest” remarks made yesterday against members protesting in the Well, after Congress expressed concern saying it was
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Protesting Cong MPs have only 'vested interest' and not 'national interest': Speaker
National | December 22, 2015 21:15 ISTNew Delhi: Coming down heavily on protesting Congress MPs in the House, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today said that the opposition lawmakers 'do not have any national interest but only vested interest'."Unka koi national
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Speaker asks officers to note names of protesting Congress MPs
National | December 18, 2015 13:15 ISTNew Delhi: Exasperated by their continued protests, a peeved Lok Sabha Speaker today directed her officials to note down the names of Congress members standing in the Well raising slogans against the government. When Speaker Sumitra
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'Gandhigiri' in Lok Sabha: BJP MPs offer roses to protesting Cong MPs
National | December 15, 2015 14:20 ISTNew Delhi: In a sarcastic move, some BJP MPs today offered roses to their Congress rivals in the Lok Sabha who were protesting inside the Well over alleged atrocities against Dalit youths in Punjab.When Speaker
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Uproar in LS over BJP MP's derogatory remark against Sonia, Rahul
National | December 10, 2015 23:12 ISTNew Delhi: The opposition today created a ruckus in Lok Sabha after "objectionable" remarks made by a senior BJP leader against Congress leaders including Rahul and Sonia Gandhi.Congress has demanded an apology from the BJP
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Criticism, dissent part and parcel of democracy: Speaker
National | November 26, 2015 13:37 ISTNew Delhi: Amidst raging debate on intolerance, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today said individual rights and freedom are sacrosanct and criticism and dissent are part and parcel of the country's democracy.India has a liberal
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Members keen on maximum discussion, says Speaker
National | November 26, 2015 8:13 ISTNew Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, who on Wednesday evening met leaders of parties in Lok Sabha, said there had been an agreement to have as much discussions as possible in the house during
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BJP MP writes to LS Speaker, seeks probe into Rahul Gandhi passport row
National | November 19, 2015 12:42 ISTNew Delhi: BJP MP Mahesh Girri on Wednesday demanded a probe into the allegations levelled by party leader Subramanian Swamy that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi declared himself a British citizen to float a firm in
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Subramanian Swamy writes to LS Speaker on Rahul Gandhi
National | November 17, 2015 19:17 ISTNew Delhi: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan urging her to refer the matter of Rahul Gandhi's alleged violation of Constitution and ethical code on citizenship to the Ethics
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SFIO gets to probe six more illegal money-pooling cases
October 25, 2015 13:41 ISTNew Delhi: Clamping down on entities running dubious investment schemes, the government has asked SFIO to probe at least six more such cases in last four months alone.The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), which comes under the
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Sustainable development only by inclusion of all: Sumitra Mahajan
National | October 20, 2015 7:52 ISTNew Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, noting that Indian history showcases one of the finest examples of fairer, smarter and more humane migration, said that sustainable development can only be achieved with the inclusion
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India strongly rejects Pak's call for plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir
World | September 03, 2015 17:26 ISTUnited Nations: India has strongly rejected Pakistan's call for plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that the state is an integral part of the country and its citizens have chosen a democratically-elected government."Pakistan must know
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India strongly rejects Pakistan raising Kashmir issue at United Nations
World | September 03, 2015 7:34 ISTUnited Nations: Strongly rejecting Pakistan's call for plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir, India has asserted that the state is an integral part of the country and its citizens have chosen a democratically-elected state government as
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Sumitra Mahajan cites PM Modi's LPG appeal as model for global development cooperation
National | September 02, 2015 12:56 ISTUnited Nations: Calling on developed countries to take responsibility for protecting the global environment, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has cited the example of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to the well-off to voluntarily give
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No action against Shatrughan Sinha before Bihar election
National | August 25, 2015 3:31 ISTNew Delhi: The BJP will not take any action against its defiant Lok Sabha member Shatrughan Sinha till after the Bihar election, a senior party leader said on Monday.Asked whether the Bharatiya Janata Party would
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Commonwealth meet shifted to New York as Pakistan refuses to invite J&K speaker
World | August 20, 2015 20:59 ISTIslamabad: Pakistan on Thursday announced that it will not host next month's Commonwealth Parliamentary Union meeting amid a row with India over its refusal to invite the speaker of Jammu & Kashmir assembly for the
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'Aghast' Sumitra Mahajan says frequent disruptions 'damaging' for democracy
National | August 13, 2015 8:52 ISTNew Delhi: Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday said Congress was "wrong" in obstructing external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj when she spoke in Lok Sabha and said she felt "aghast" at the frequent disruptions which are
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Opposition protests in parliament 'murder of democracy': Speaker
National | August 11, 2015 17:27 ISTNew Delhi: Unabated uproar by Congress members in the Lok Sabha today invited the wrath of Speaker Sumitra Mahajan who called their protests “murder of democracy” and “hijacking” the rights of 440 members by 40-50
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