Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday called for a debate on recent scams on the floor of the Parliament House, and said the government would respond to their questions. Interacting with mediapersons outside his residence in Kolkata, Mukherjee said investigation is going on the other relevant issues. He said he had had two meetings [...]
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Pranab Mukherjee calls for debate on recent scams in Parliament
December 4th, 2010 |
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Civil servants have to play vital role in empowering poor: Meira Kumar
November 20th, 2010 |
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Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Saturday asserting that the civil servants have to play a decisive role as catalysts for social transformation, urged them to create an enabling environment to empower the poor and underprivileged sections of society and restore them a position of equality. “Civil servants had increased responsibility in execution of developmental [...]
IPL is money laundering, ban it, say MPs
April 19th, 2010 |
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A call to ban and probe the funding source of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament grew louder in parliament Monday, a day after Shashi Tharoor quit the government over his controversial link to the IPL Kochi franchise.
Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha termed IPL as “gambling” in the name of cricket and [...]
Dantewada attack prompts repeated adjournments of Lok Sabha
April 15th, 2010 |
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There were unpleasant scenes in the Lok Sabha Thursday with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling Congress accusing each other of using Maoist guerrillas for electoral gains, prompting repeated adjournments.
BJP and Congress MPs were caught in an ugly row over the April 6 Dantewada massacre, forcing Speaker Meira Kumar to interrupt the [...]
Kabir Suman’s resignation on hold at Mahasweta Devi’s behest
April 1st, 2010 |
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After proclaiming his desire to quit the Lok Sabha and the Trinamool Congress, singer-turned-MP Kabir Suman now says he is putting his decision on hold for a week following an ‘order’ from writer Mahasweta Devi.
“I want to resign. But my parents are no more. Mahasweta Devi is like my guardian. She has ordered me to [...]
Lok Sabha Secretariat celebrates 81st anniversary
January 16th, 2010 |
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The Parliament Secretariat, set up in the British era, turned 82 Saturday and to mark the occasion Speaker Meira Kumar presented awards for meritorious service to officers and staff of the lower house of Indian parliament.
Meira Kumar and Lok Sabha secretary-general P.D.T. Achary addressed staff of the secretariat on the occasion.
“Meritorious awards for the year [...]
Congress rebels from Bihar leave without meeting Sonia
January 16th, 2010 |
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A delegation of Congress leaders from Bihar who had come to Delhi to express their resentment over “lopsided” list of state unit office-bearers and seek replacement of state chief Anil Sharma have left the capital without getting a chance to meet party president Sonia Gandhi.
The leaders, who were camping in the capital for the past [...]
Jaswant Singh resigns from PAC
December 17th, 2009 |
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New Delhi: Darjeeling MP and former Union minister Jaswant Singh has finally resigned as Chairman of the coveted PAC (Public Accounts Committee) of Parliament after countering BJP pressure over the matter.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar accepted his resignation after he handed over the letter to her on Monday. However, it’ll come into effect only from [...]
LS Speaker denies having power to remove Jaswant Singh as PAC chief
September 27th, 2009 |
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Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Saturday said she could not remove the former BJP leader Jaswant Singh from the post of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), as there was no provision in the parliament proceedings to deal with such a scenario.
“There is a rule which states that if for any reason the Chairman is [...]