Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:11:21
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday was adjourned till 11 am tomorrow following uproar by the Opposition in the Parliament.
Earlier in the day, the Lok Sabha was adjourned till 12 noon.
The Lok Sabha was also adjourned for the day yesterday after giving obituary to former members and victims of the Amarnath terror attack.
The dastardly Amarnath terror attack was strongly condemned by the Lok Sabha M
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Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:07:57
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to go for a Cabinet expansion as senior minister M Venkaiah Naidu's almost certain election as the next vice president will leave two important portfolios without a Cabinet minister.
Already, two key ministries -- defence and environment -- are without a full-time minister.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan
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Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:06:15
Huge drama was witnessed in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday when Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati said she would resign from the Upper House after accusing the chair of not allowing her to speak on issues related to Dalits.
Mayawati first walked out of the chamber before formally announcing her decision to resign.
"Let me speak or I will resign," Mayawati had said.
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Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:02:43
Condemning the transfer of Deputy Inspector General of prisons Roopa D Moudgil, after she alleged that AIADMK leader VK Sasikala received preferential treatment in Bengaluru Central Prison by paying a bribe, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said instead of protecting the officer, the Karnataka government has chosen to protect the culprit.
Talking to ANI here, BJP leader S. Prakash sa
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Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:00:35
Opposition's vice-presidential nominee Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Tuesday said he has accepted the request with a sense of gratitude and responsibility.
Gopalkrishna said a total of 18 opposition parties asked him to be their presidential candidate.
"The Opposition in India is a very large entity. There are opposition parties at the Centre and states who hold different perspectives. But a large
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Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:58:35
National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Vice-Presidential Candidate M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday filed his nomination for the upcoming Vice-Presidential polls.
Naidu was accompanied by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, veteran leader L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and other NDA leaders, to file his nomination in th
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Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:54:04
An Air India Express flight from Mangalore to Dammam was diverted to Mumbai yesterday evening when a 22-year-old male passenger complained of stomach ache, suspected to be due to a kidney ailment.
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Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:44:26
The Centre on Monday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court over the demonetisation row, saying it was not ready to extend the window period for depositing old currency notes.
Earlier on July 4, the apex court rapped the Centre and asked them to give another chance to "genuine people to deposit old notes", to which the Centre was given two weeks to respond.
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Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:38:26
Textiles Minister Smriti Irani was today given the additional charge of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry after M Venkaiah Naidu resigned from the Cabinet to contest the vice-presidential poll.
The portfolio of urban development, which too was with Naidu, was given to Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, the PMO said.
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