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Protests by opposition, TDP, AIADMK stall Rajya Sabha

Opposition parties and members of TDP and AIADMK stall Rajya Sabha proceedings over the PNB fraud, special package for Andhra Pradesh and Cauvery Board issue

1 min read7 Mar 2018
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Lok Sabha adjourns for recess, to meet again on 5 March

Lok Sabha adjourns for a month-long recess amid protests by NDA ally TDP and YSR Congress demanding more central assistance for Andhra Pradesh

1 min read9 Feb 2018
Politics

Rajya Sabha creates record, completes entire Zero Hour agenda

Vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu, who also serves as Rajya Sabha chairman, expressed hope that in future too, the members would not waste time and stick to the schedule

2 min read2 Jan 2018
Politics

Coins of Rs1, 2, 10 not being accepted in shops, JD(U) member tells Rajya Sabha

Coins of Rs1, 2 and 10 are not being accepted by shopkeepers and even by banks in several parts of the country, a Janta Dal (United) member said in the Rajya Sabha

3 min read24 Jul 2017
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Derek O’Brien expresses concern over beef ban in Maharashtra

The punishment given for eating the meat is graver than that meted out for sexual harassment, says TMC MP

1 min read11 Mar 2015
Politics

SBI loan to Adani group figures in Rajya Sabha

TMC's Derek O'Brien, while raising the issue during zero hour, said that it smacks of crony capitalism

1 min read27 Nov 2014
Politics

Lok Sabha discusses Saraswati river, cows protection

Even as BJP's NDA govt would like to press on with its reforms agenda, it often has to contend with the different priorities of some of its representatives

2 min read12 Aug 2014
Politics

Cong MP alleges oil firm tried to bribe him

Cong MP alleges oil firm tried to bribe him

2 min read15 Mar 2011

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