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  Land Bill: Explain national security, affordable housing, ask JPC members

  National | June 08, 2015 22:42 IST

  New Delhi: Seeking to corner the government, Opposition members of the parliamentary panel examining the controversial land acquisition bill today sought clarity on terms like national security and affordable housing which are exempted from the

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  Hearing on Smriti Irani case today; 9 other major events of the day

  India | June 01, 2015 10:03 IST

  Hearing on Smriti Irani case todayNew Delhi: A court fixed June 1 to hear a complaint against Smriti Irani, Human Resource Development Minister for allegedly misrepresenting facts in her election affidavit while imposing a cost

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  S S Ahluwalia to head Joint parliamentary panel to go into land bill

  India | May 18, 2015 22:49 IST

  New Delhi:  Former Union minister and BJP MP S S Ahluwalia was today appointed chairman of a Joint Committee of Parliament that will go into the provisions of the controversial land acquisition bill.Official sources said

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  Congress questions Chair's impartiality; Speaker rejects charges

  National | May 12, 2015 13:55 IST

  New Delhi: A belligerent Congress today raised concern over the impartiality of the Chair in the Lok Sabha, eliciting strong protests from the Treasury benches with the government asserting that the Speaker cannot be “threatened”.Noisy

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  Decision to extend Lok Sabha session "dictatorial": Congress

  National | May 08, 2015 13:58 IST

  New Delhi: Opposition today attacked the government over its decision to extend the Lok Sabha session for three days and termed the move “dictatorial”, with many members objecting to the news being reported in the

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  LS adjourns twice after ruckus over decision to extend session

  National | May 08, 2015 13:03 IST

  New Delhi: Lok Sabha was adjourned twice today as a joint Opposition took on the government for its decision to extend the Lok Sabha by three days, terming the move “authoritarian”.As soon as the House

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  Land Boundary Agreement bill:Speaker Sumitra Mahajan lauds spirit of unanimity

  National | May 07, 2015 23:20 IST

  New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today lauded the spirit of unanimity in the House during the passage of a bill to operationalise the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh that provides for exchange of

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  LS approves GST bill, paves way for uniform tax regime

  National | May 06, 2015 16:03 IST

  New Delhi: The long-pending GST bill was approved by Lok Sabha today after a walkout by Congress even as government vowed to compensate states for any revenue loss and assured that the new uniform indirect

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  LS takes up GST bill after Speaker rejects demands for referring it to Standing Committee

  National | May 05, 2015 18:14 IST

  New Delhi: The long-delayed GST Bill was taken up for consideration in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday after the Speaker rejected the Opposition's demands to refer the key reform measure to a Parliamentary Standing Committee.In

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  Speaker expunges AAP MP's remarks, then promises to reconsider

  National | April 23, 2015 16:35 IST

  New Delhi: Speaker Sumitra Mahajan's decision to expunge an AAP member's remark referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi triggered strong protests from the opposition, including Congress and TMC in the Lok Sabha today, forcing her

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  Giriraj regrets racist remarks against Sonia Gandhi

  National | April 20, 2015 16:24 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister Giriraj Singh was today forced to express regret in the Lok Sabha for his racist remarks against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, after vociferous protests on the issue.“I never meant to offend

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  PM Modi wishes Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on birthday

  National | April 12, 2015 11:05 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on her birthday and prayed for her "long life" and "good health"."My best wishes to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha,

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  Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan offers prayers at Tirupati Shrine

  National | April 10, 2015 10:41 IST

  Tirupati: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today offered prayers at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara near here.The 71-year-old Mahajan arrived here with members of her family last evening and prayed at the shrine

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  Self-regulation is the best: Sumitra Mahajan on media freedom

  National | April 08, 2015 20:31 IST

  Visakhapatnam: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today said self-regulation was the best policy for media as any form of regulation on it whether by an imposed law or by guidelines is looked upon with apprehensive

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  Rajnath Singh moves to new bungalow; neighbours include LS Speaker

  National | March 29, 2015 16:30 IST

  New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh has moved to a sprawling bungalow in the capital's Akbar Road with his next door neighbour being Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.Ten months after assuming the charge of the

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  Mahajan meets Mulayam in hospital, wishes him speedy recovery

  National | March 08, 2015 21:14 IST

  New Delhi: Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan today went to meet Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav who has been admitted to a hospital in Gurgaon after he was suspected to be suffering from swine flu.Mahajan

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  4-day weekend for Parliament next week

  National | February 28, 2015 21:36 IST

  New Delhi: Parliament will have an extended 4-day break next week, beginning Thursday.  On the request of members, the Rajya Sabha Chairman and Lok Sabha Speaker have decided to “cancel” the sitting on March 5,

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  MPs get four-day weekend on Holi

  National | February 28, 2015 13:57 IST

  New Delhi: Parliamentarians will have a four-day weekend on Holi beginning March 5.Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan announced a holiday March 5 (Thursday) saying the proceedings listed for the day will not take place. Holi

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  Oppn forces LS adjournment over Naidu's "insulting" comments

  National | February 26, 2015 12:50 IST

  New Delhi: A united Opposition today stalled proceedings of the Lok Sabha seeking an apology from Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu for his remarks made yesterday, forcing him to say he did not intend

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  Emulate Indian cricket team's discipline: Sumitra Mahajan tells MPs

  National | February 23, 2015 7:25 IST

  New Delhi: Ahead of a possibly stormy budget session of Parliament, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan yesterday said lawmakers should emulate the Indian cricket team's discipline which has kept India on the top in the World Cup."The