Ansari wins praise for handling Rajya Sabha ruckus
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari, a relative newcomer to politics, won praise from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and others for the manner in which he controlled the ruckus in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday over physical eviction of seven suspended opposition members from the house.
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Congress stages walkout over bus fare hike in Himachal
Shimla, March 9 (IANS) The opposition Congress Tuesday staged a walkout in the Himachal Pradesh assembly to protest a 30 percent fare hike in state-run bus services.
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Haryana speaker calls opposition leaders, suspension revoked
Chandigarh, March 9 (IANS) Haryana Assembly Speaker Harmohinder Singh Chatha Tuesday evening called up leaders of opposition parties to announce that the suspension of all 35 opposition legislators in the 90-member Haryana assembly has been revoked.
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'Rani Jhansi would be proud today of her nation'
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) As India took a decisive step towards giving its women one-third representation in legislatures, many women keenly watched history being made on their TV sets, celebrated the moment in their own small ways and said their country has made them proud.
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Rural jobs scheme funds misused in Uttar Pradesh: Congress
Lucknow, March 9 (IANS) The Congress Tuesday alleged large-scale corruption and irregularities in the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Uttar Pradesh, and announced a series of agitations against the 'corrupt' Mayawati regime.
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Unfortunate that Trinamool abstained from vote: Left
Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) West Bengal's ruling Left Front Tuesday criticised Trinamool Congress' decision to abstain from the voting process for the women's quota bill in the Rajya Sabha and termed its stand as 'unfortunate'.
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Arms, energy to dominate Russia's Putin India trip
Russian Premier Vladimir Putin will offer a traditional cocktail of arms and oil deals when he travels to India on Thursday to persuade a Cold War ally to buy new weapons amid rising competition with the United States.
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Relax paddy rice conversion parameters: Akali Dal
Chandigarh, March 9 (IANS) Akali Dal MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal Tuesday urged Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to relax the parameters of converting paddy to rice as nearly 40 lakh tonnes of paddy was rotting in Punjab.
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Sonia expresses gratitude to Opposition for passage of Women's Reservation Bill
New Delhi, March 9 (ANI): United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi expressed her delight on the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabha and expressed her gratitude to the Opposition for its cooperation on Tuesday.
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Bring Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha, says Opposition
New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): Even as the historic Women's Reservation Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party now have decided that it will put pressure on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government to bring the Bill in the Lok Sabha.
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JD-U stands divided over quota bill
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The divide in the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) over the women's quota bill came to the fore Tuesday with party members in the Rajya Sabha supporting the legislation against the stand of party president Sharad Yadav.
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Congress distances from Meghalaya minister's remarks
Shillong, March 9 (IANS) The Congress leadership has directed its Meghalaya unit to distance itself from state Deputy Chief Minister Bindo M. Lanong over his alleged defamatory remarks for calling a group of women 'venomous vipers'.
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CDs were fabricated, doctored, says Dhumal
Shimla, March 9 (IANS) A raging controversy over the audio CDs got a new twist Tuesday with Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal announcing in the state assembly that they were fabricated and doctored.
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Suspended MPs physically evicted from Rajya Sabha
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Seven opposition members of the Rajya Sabha, suspended for their unruly behaviour, were physically evicted from the house Tuesday after they continued to squat on the floor for more than three hours.
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Rs.420,000 spent to deport one Bangladeshi from Assam
Guwahati, March 9 (IANS) Believe it or not, the Indian government spends an astounding Rs.424,000 to formally detect and push back an illegal Bangladeshi migrant from Assam.
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