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  CCPA to meet today to decide date of Winter Session

  National | November 09, 2015 8:17 IST

  New Delhi: With Bihar polls over, Government will today take a call on Parliament's Winter Session as it pitches for the passage of a host of reform legislations, including GST Bill.Sources said that the Cabinet

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  Decision on Winter session of Parliament likely next week

  National | October 21, 2015 11:57 IST

  New Delhi: Government today deferred a decision on convening the Winter session of Parliament till next week, amid indications that it could be summoned any day after November 19.“The Winter session of Parliament is likely

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  Land bill not to come before Parliament before Winter Session

  National | August 10, 2015 16:48 IST

  New Delhi: The contentious land acquisition bill will not come to Parliament before the Winter Session, with the Joint Committee of Parliament examining the measure today deciding to seek more time to finalise its report

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  Lok Sabha records highest productivity in last five years

  National | December 25, 2014 8:09 IST

  New Delhi: The Winter Session of the Parliament that ended on Tuesday saw the Lok Sabha recording its highest productivity in the last five years, working more than 105 percent of its scheduled time.According to

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  Lok Sabha adjourned sine die after month-long winter session

  National | December 23, 2014 17:39 IST

  New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die Tuesday after a month-long winter session which saw a "record" number of bills being passed."The lower house passed a record 18 legislations, including amendment bills on

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  Opposition harming people's interests by blocking bills: Venkaiah Naidu

  National | December 23, 2014 8:15 IST

  New Delhi: Hitting out at opposition parties, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has said they were raising the conversion issue to derail Narendra Modi government's agenda of development and good governance and accused them of

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  Let Rajya Sabha function, pleads Venkaiah Naidu

  National | December 22, 2014 6:47 IST

  Hyderabad: Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday appealed to opposition parties to allow the Rajya Sabha to function to pass important bills.The minister alleged that by obstructing the business of the House for

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  Tharoor takes a jibe at Modi, says it is time for PM's 'ghar wapasi'

  National | December 18, 2014 12:22 IST

  New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor yesterday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘poor attendance' in the Parliament during the ongoing Winter Session.The Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram referred to the

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  Gogoi made 18 official foreign visits since 2001

  National | December 15, 2014 13:06 IST

  Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has officially made 18 foreign trips since coming to power in 2001, the state Assembly was informed today.  Replying to a query during the Question Hour on the first

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  Winter Session of Chhattisgarh Assembly begins today

  National | December 15, 2014 8:19 IST

  Raipur: The Winter Session of Chhattisgarh Assembly begins today with Congress planning to corner the ruling BJP on several issues, including the botched sterilisation surgeries in Bilaspur which claimed the lives of 13 women."The party

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  Crucial Insurance, Companies Bills to come up in Parliament this week

  National | December 14, 2014 15:08 IST

  New Delhi: Crucial pro-reform bills like the Insurance Laws (Amendment)Bill, 2008 and Companies(Amendment) Bill, 2014 will be taken up this week for consideration and passing in both the Houses of Parliament.With the Lok Sabha already

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  Bill on coal mine allocation introduced in Lok Sabha

  National | December 10, 2014 13:51 IST

  New Delhi: The government on Wednesday introduced a bill in the Lok Sabha to begin allocation of coal blocks that were cancelled by the Supreme Court.The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Bill, 2014, will replace an

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  No proposal to increase retirement age of Supreme Court judges: Government

  National | December 05, 2014 16:38 IST

  New Delhi: The government today said there is no proposal to increase the retirement age of Supreme Court judges but steered clear of giving a commitment on increasing the retirement age of High Court judges.

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  Sadhvi row: Mayawati slams BJP for playing 'dalit card'

  National | December 05, 2014 16:26 IST

  New Delhi:  BSP supremo Mayawati today slammed BJP for playing the “dalit card” to defend Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti over her controversial remarks and claimed she did not belong to the community .She took objection to

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  Sadhvi issue: PM Modi says matter should end after her apology

  National | December 04, 2014 16:37 IST

  New Delhi: After two days of storm, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today broke his silence over the row surrounding Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, saying he “strongly disapproved” of the comments of the “new Minister” who has

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  24 naval submarines involved in mishaps since 2011: Government

  National | December 02, 2014 17:26 IST

  New Delhi: There have been 24 mishaps involving Indian naval submarines since 2011, claiming the lives of 22 personnel besides four others going missing, Rajya Sabha was informed today.While Boards of Inquiry (BoIs) have been

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  Rose Valley Group raised Rs 15,000 cr from investors: Government

  National | December 02, 2014 16:55 IST

  New Delhi: West Bengal-based Rose Valley Group, which is facing clampdown by various agencies for running illicit money pooling schemes, is estimated to have raised Rs 15,000 crore from investors.Besides companies from this group, around

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  Will try to introduce GST Bill in current Parliament session: Arun Jaitley

  National | December 01, 2014 14:02 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today expressed hope that the much-awaited GST Bill, which provides for a uniform indirect tax structure, would be introduced in the current winter session of Parliament."We will try and

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  Uproar in Rajya Sabha over reduction in paddy, cotton procurement price

  National | December 02, 2014 11:39 IST

  New Delhi: Opposition parties led by Congress and SP forced two adjournments in Rajya Sabha in pre-noon session today after they created uproar over sharp dip in government procurement price of paddy and cotton which

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  Parliament nod to bill to amend labour law

  National | November 28, 2014 17:31 IST

  New Delhi:  A bill which seeks to streamline labour laws by exempting large number of small establishments from furnishing returns and maintaining registers was today approved by Parliament, amid government's assurance that interests of unorganised