Tag: Rajya Sabha
Mamata Wants Meet On EVMs
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday suggested the "possibility" of EVM tampering and urged the Election Commission to call an all-party meeting to discuss the issue.....
Rajya Sabha Passes Maternity Benefit Bill 2016
The Rajya Sabha on Monday approved the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill 2016.....
People And Not EVMs Should Choose Representatives: Mayawati
Bhaujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday alleged in the Rajya Sabha that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were tampered with in the just concluded Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.....
Centre Not Providing Funds To Buy VVPAT Machines: Congress
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that the Narendra Modi government was not providing funds to the Election Commission (EC) to buy VVPAT machines despite the apex court's orders, raising doubts about its intentions.....
RS Disrupted Over New Commission For Backward Classes
The Rajya Sabha on Friday witnessed an uproar and was adjourned for 10 minutes over the government reportedly approving a proposal to create a new National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes.....
Rajya Sabha Adjourned Four Times Over Vacancies In Statutory Commissions
The Rajya Sabha was on Tuesday adjourned four times amid protests from the opposition over delay in filling up of vacancies in the statutory commission for minorities, SCs, STs and OBCs.....
Rajya Sabha Adjourned For Day After Repeated Disruptions
The Rajya Sabha was on Tuesday adjourned repeatedly as opposition members protested delay in filling up of vacancies in the statutory commissions for minorities, SCs, STs and OBCs. The upper house was finally adjourned for the day.....
Lok Sabha Rejects Rajya Sabha Amendments To Finance Bill
The Lok Sabha on Thursday rejected the amendments proposed to the Finance Bill 2017 by the Rajya Sabha.The Bill, being a money bill, will now go to the President for approval before becoming law.....
India To Get Over 9 Lakh Tamper-proof EVMs Before 2019
The Election Commission will replace over nine lakh Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with advanced M3 machines before the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the government has informed Parliament.....
RS Disrupted, Adjourned Briefly Over EVM Row
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday witnessed disruption and was adjourned briefly over the issue of alleged tampering of EVMs in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. ....
