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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.....
Jaitley Hopes GST Bill Will Be Passed Through Consensus
Describing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill as "revolutionary", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday hoped all the related bills would be passed with consensus in the current budget session of Parliament.....
Lok Sabha Takes Up GST Bills For Debate
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday moved four GST Bills for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha, which then took them up for discussion.....
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.....
Protesters Set Paraguayan Parliament Building On Fire
Demonstrators in the Paraguayan capital Asuncion stormed the National Congress building in a protest against senators' closed-door vote to allow President Horacio Cartes to run for re-election. ....
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.....
Heavy Security For Srinagar Parliamentary Seat By-poll
Tight security arrangements are in place to ensure smooth voting in the Srinagar-Budgam Parliamentary constituency by-poll on Sunday as separatists have called for a poll boycott, officials said. ....
'Will Withdraw If Governor's Rule Not Imposed In J&K'
Joint candidate of the Congress and National Conference for south Kashmir's Anantnag parliamentary seat, G.A. Mir, on Tuesday said that he will withdraw if the Governor's rule is not imposed in the state. ....
Lok Sabha Unites To Condemn Pakistan For Death Sentence On Jadhav
The Lok Sabha on Tuesday unanimously condemned Pakistan's decision to award death sentence to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav and urged the government to take every step to save his life.....
London Police Shoot Woman, Foil 'active Terror Plot'
Police in London said they have foiled an "active terror plot" after a woman was shot during a raid on a house in northwest London.....
