Rajya Sabha
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Politics
Sudha Murty nominated to Rajya Sabha by President Murmu, announces PM Modi
Sudha Murty is an educator, author, philanthropist and the former chairperson of the Infosys Foundation
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India
11 Suspended Rajya Sabha Members Get Green Light to Attend Presidential Address
The Rajya Sabha members had been found guilty of breach of privilege by the House panel
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Crime
Gujarat sees massive increase in crimes against women and children in past 5 years: Govt data
While the NCPCR received 2,294 complaints in the last 5 years, NCW registered 2,271 cases during the same time
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India
Supreme Court asks Raghav Chadha to extend ‘unconditional apology’ to Rajya Sabha Chair
The Court emphasized that this apology should be considered sympathetically by the Chairperson in light of the circumstances.
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India
Women’s reservation bill gets green light from cabinet after 13-year wait
Since 1996, multiple governments have tried to pass a Bill for a 33 percent women's reservation in the Lok Sabha…
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Main News
India’s old Parliament house: The history behind it
The historic building is said to as a 'architectural jewel' of Delhi and a 'repository of India's history' and its…
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Crime
40% of current lawmakers are involved in criminal proceedings, 25% of which are serious: ADR
306 of the 763 Members of Parliament (MPs) have active criminal proceedings against them, 194 currently serving MPs have been…
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India
One Nation, One Election to be discussed in September session? List of pros and cons
One Nation, One Election will reduce hefty expenditure but is against the federal structure. Will require amending several articles of…
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Law
Bill presented in Rajya Sabha to exclude Chief Justice of India from committee for appointing CEC, ECs
The bill was introduced several months following a decision by a constitution bench of the Supreme Court, which determined that…
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Politics
Jagdeep Dhankhar suspends TMC MP Derek O’Brien from Rajya Sabha for rest of the session
Mr Dhankhar accused Derek O'Brien of doing "theatrics" in the House to gain publicity during a heated debate on the…
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