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Myanmar’s military government pardons 10,000 prisoners before parliament opens
Bangkok: The head of Myanmar’s military government granted amnesty to more than 10,000 prisoners and reduced the sentences of others to mark a holiday, state-run media reported on Monday, March 2. There…
- India
PM Modi leaves for Israel for 2-day visit
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, February 25, left for Israel for a two-day visit during which he will have discussions with his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, address the Israeli Parliament,…
- India
PIL against racial violence: SC asks attorney general to consider plea
New Delhi: Identifying persons on grounds of race, region, sex and caste would amount to treading a regressive path, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday, February 18, while refusing to entertain a…
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BNP MPs elect Tarique Rahman as leader of parliamentary party
Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman is all set to be the Prime Minister of the country after his party’s Members of Parliament elected him as leader of the parliamentary…
- India
1954 Speaker removal debate: Nehru said Congress MPs not bound by whip
New Delhi: India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s message to Congress MPs during the debate in 1954 on the Opposition’s resolution to remove then Speaker GV Mavalankar was that they are not…
- India
Debate, vote on motion to remove Birla to be taken up on March 9: Rijiju
Tawang: The debate and subsequent vote on the no-confidence motion moved by the opposition against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be taken up on March 9, when the House reassembles after…
- India
India-US interim deal to boost market access for Indian exporters: Govt
New Delhi: Issues in India-US ties in recent times have included the imposition of elevated tariffs by the United States on India’s exports and changes implemented by the US in its visa…
- India
Over 8,600 complaint against sitting judges since 2016: Govt tells Parliament
New Delhi: Over 8,600 complaints against sitting judges have been received by the office of the chief justice of India (CJI) since 2016, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday, February 13.…
- India
FIR or privilege motion, I am with farmers: Rahul on India-US trade deal
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, February 12, asserted that the government can file cases or a privilege motion against him but he will stand strongly with farmers as he…
- India
False and incorrect: Congress accuses Sitharaman of distorting Bali WTO record
New Delhi: Congress leader Anand Sharma slammed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday for criticising India’s stand at the WTO Ministerial Conference in Bali in 2013 during the UPA rule, and accused…
- India
Parliament can’t raise questions on PM CARES Fund, says PMO
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has told the Lok Sabha Secretariat that questions and other parliamentary interventions on the PM CARES Fund, the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) and the National…
- India
Opposition protests outside Parliament over US trade deal
New Delhi: MPs from the Congress and some other opposition parties staged a protest in the Parliament House complex on Friday, February 6, over the trade agreement with the US, the controversy…
- India
Lok Sabha passes Motion of Thanks on President’s address without PM’s response
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address without the customary reply by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, amid vociferous protests by the opposition. Lok…
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Congress says Goyal’s trade deal claims contradict US version
New Delhi: Terming Union minister Piyush Goyal’s remarks on the India-US trade deal in Parliament “non-statement”, the Congress on Wednesday, February 4, said his high-sounding claims go completely contrary to what the…
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PM’s speech deferred after women MPs gherao Chair, Lok Sabha adjourned
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to the discussion of Motion of Thanks on the President’s address has been cancelled amid sloganeering by Opposition women MPs, who marched towards the Treasury…
