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As many as 655 “encounter killings” have been reported from across the country over the last five years, minister of state for home Nityanand Rai told Parliament on Tuesday. Rai was responding to Bharatiya Janata Party member Varun…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a no-holds barred attack on the Congress today, accused it of adopting the “Divide and rule” policy of the British to rule a multicultural, diverse country. Hurling back the words of Jawaharlal Nehru in…
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The Lok Sabha secretariat last week asked its branches to furnish quarterly reports on the economic use of paper as Parliament seeks to go greener. “It is…brought to the notice of all concerned that the requisite quarterly reports for the…
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Rajya Sabha was adjourned indefinitely today, a day ahead of its original schedule, marking the end of the Winter Session of Parliament. The session in the Lok Sabha was brought to an end as well. Both Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu…
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will brief Parliament today (Thursday) on the crash of the military chopper which was carrying Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat and 13 other persons. The Defence Minister visited CDS Rawat’s residence…
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The government has no record of the farmers who had died during the year-long farmers’ protests and hence there was no question of providing compensation to their families, the Union government informed Parliament on Wednesday. “The…
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One in three people working in Australia’s parliament have experienced sexual harassment, a report published on Tuesday said, following an independent inquiry into parliamentary workplace culture. Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who ordered…
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The Winter Session of the Parliament is all set to commence from today, November 29, and the Centre will introduce the bill to repeal the three controversial farm laws in the session. It is expected that the opposition parties will also…
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