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Lok Sabha adjourns till 2 pm amid opposition protests on Manipur violence
New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned till 2 pm on Tuesday amid protests by opposition parties on the violence in Manipur. As soon as the House met for the day, Opposition…
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National movement fine example of cooperation: Lok Sabha Speaker
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday said that the spirit of co-operation has been in the thinking of national heroes. “Our national movement is a fine example of co-operation,…
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Goa Opposition members boycott LS Speaker Om Birla’s address in state Assembly
Panaji: Opposition parties in Goa on Thursday boycotted Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s address in the state Legislative Assembly with the Congress questioning why he was not giving a chance to party…
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LS Speaker hosts members of particularly vulnerable tribal group in Central Hall
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday hosted representatives of various particularly vulnerable tribal groups in the historic Central Hall of the old Parliament House, and said the modern world…
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Inauguration of new Parliament building
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi carries the ‘Sengol’ in a procession before installing it in the Lok Sabha chamber at the inauguration of the new Parliament building, in New Delhi, Sunday,…
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Adhir writes to Speaker seeking debate in Lok Sabha on Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification
New Delhi: Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wrote to Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday demanding a debate on whether Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification was “a disproportionate punishment”, and cited that…
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Cong MP writes to LS Speaker, accuses govt of disrupting House’s functioning
New Delhi: Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday wrote a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla accusing the government of disrupting the functioning of the House. Chowdhury said in the…
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MPs have unhindered rights to express views in Parliament: LS Speaker Birla
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday said all lawmakers enjoy the “unhindered right” to express their views in Parliament, making a strong rebuttal of Rahul Gandhi’s recent claims that…
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Om Birla arrives in Bahrain to attend 146th IPU assembly
Manama: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla arrived in Bahrain’s capital Manama on Friday with a Parliamentary delegation to attend the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The Lok Sabha Speaker received a…
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Unparliamentary conduct erodes people’s faith in democracy: LS Speaker Birla
Gangtok: Unparliamentary behaviour and the use of undesirable words in political discourse erode people’s faith in both democracy and democratic institutions, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Friday. Birla said Parliament…
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Parliament adjourned till 2 pm amid chaos over Adani-Hindenburg issue
New Delhi: Both houses of Parliament were adjourned till 2 p.m. on Thursday amid noisy protests by Congress-led opposition parties over research group Hindenburg’s report on Adani Group. As soon as Lok…
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Pawar meets LS Speaker to revoke disqualification of Lakshadweep MP
New Delhi: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar on Monday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and urged him to revoke the disqualification of party’s Lakshadweep MP Mohammed Faizal whose conviction…
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India achieved huge progress under Vajpayee: LS Speaker
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday said the country achieved unprecedented progress in areas such as infrastructure and nuclear power under the leadership of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.…