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LS speaker replaces chairmen of two panels with their party colleagues
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday nominated BSP MP Ritesh Pandey as chairperson of a parliamentary panel, replacing his party colleague Shyam Singh Yadav.
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Investigating blocking of former LS speaker Meira Kumar's page: Facebook
Facebook on Friday said it is investigating the blocking of former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar's page on the social media platform
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Bypolls to one Lok Sabha and 56 assembly seats on Nov 3 and 7: EC
Bypolls to one Lok Sabha and 56 assembly seats spread across 12 states will be held on November 3 and 7, the EC said, but did not announce by-elections to seven assembly constituencies in 4 others
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Actions of opposition MPs called for punishment: Pralhad Joshi on RS ruckus
Those not having any faith in Gandhian principles sat in front of the Gandhi statue to protest on the orders of "naqli (fake) Gandhis", he said in an apparent reference to the Nehru-Gandhi family
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PM says farm bills to benefit small, marginal farmers most; attacks oppn
All that farmers and labourers got was a jumbled web of promises and laws, he said
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Venkaiah Naidu takes stock of work done during 252 session of Rajya Sabha
M Venkaiah Naidu held a meeting at his residence to take stock of the work done during the 252nd session of Parliament and said he appreciated the work done by the Secretariats of both Houses
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Monsoon session: A sad reflection on the state of Indian democracy
It is always the duty of the government side to ensure the full functioning of the legislature, and on that account it failed, whatever the numbers may say
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LS adjourned sine die; Monsoon Session concludes 8 days before schedule
Speaker Om Birla adjourned the House sine die after the passage of the Major Port Authorities Bill
Reconstitute panel on Indian culture's evolution, Tamil Nadu CM tells PM
DMK president M K Stalin demanded that the panel should have representation from Scheduled Castes, minority communities and southern and north eastern states
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Mayawati slams both Oppositionn, govt over Monsoon Session chaos
Mayawati hit out at the government as well as the Opposition for the ruckus and chaos during the ongoing Monsoon Session, saying their conduct has harmed the dignity of Parliament and the Constitution
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Parliament passes Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill
Parliament on Wednesday passed a Bill that seeks to provide a legal framework for bilateral netting of qualified financial contracts
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Parliament passes bill to amend Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act
Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to make it mandatory for office bearers of NGOs to provide their Aadhaar numbers at the time of registration and also bring various other changes
Lok Sabha to take up three Bills for consideration and passing today
Lok Sabha will take up three Bills for consideration and passing on Wednesday
Lok Sabha passes Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020
The Lok Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020 with voice vote, allowing Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi, apart from the existing Urdu and English, to be official languages in J&K
Parliament updates: Lok Sabha to meet at 6 pm today
Lok Sabha will meet on Wednesday at 6 pm instead of the usual time of 4 pm
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Opposition parties to boycott Parliament; monsoon session may end on Wed
Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said all opposition parties are boycotting Parliament in solidarity with the Rajya Sabha members who were suspended on Monday
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Lok Sabha passes two Health Ministry Bills in midnight proceedings
The Lok Sabha in a midnight proceeding on Tuesday passed Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020, and Indian Medicine Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2020
FCRA Bill passed in Lok Sabha, civil society says it will throttle NGOs
MoS for Home says Bill necessary for Aatmanirbhar Bharat, is not against any religion or NGO
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Lok Sabha passes bill to amend Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act
Among other provisions, the bill proposes to enable the Centre to allow a NGO or association to surrender its FCRA certificate
Adhir Chowdhury raises demand to recognise Bengali as classical language
"There is no specific eligibility of how a classical language is determined. Bengali language with all its heritage should be included as a classical language," he said
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