NEW DELHI: Eight members of the opposition of the Rajya sabha were suspended for a week on Monday for “rebellious behavior“during the passage of the two agricultural laws on Sunday, with President M Venkaiah Naidu also rejecting the notification of a censorship resolution against Vice President Harivansh. All eight MPs, …
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NEW DELHI: On Friday, Parliament approved a bill to reduce MPs’ salaries by 30 percent for one year “to meet the demands arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.” The bill was passed in Rajya Sabha with voice vote. Lok Sabha had passed the 2020 Members of Parliament (Amendment) Salary, Allowance and …
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On Thursday, eight regional parties did not invite Congress to participate in a joint protest against the government over the Goods and Services Tax (GST) quotas that the Center owes to the states. Leaders belonging to the Trinamool Congress, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Aam Aadmi Party …
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Former RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh died Sunday morning at AIIMS in Delhi (Archive) Patna: On Monday, the Rashtriya Janata Dal cast doubt on letters written by its founding member, Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, from his hospital bed, just a couple of days before he breathed his last, prompting angry reactions …
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File photo of former Union Minister and RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh NEW DELHI: veteran socialist Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, who had presided over MGNREG’s deployment as rural development minister at UPA-1, died in New Delhi on Sunday. He was 74 years old. Just three days ago, Singh had written a …
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House of Parliament (File photo) NEW DELHI: A single session of Parliament will begin on Monday with Deputies seated with plastic sheet dividers and microphones on podiums in visitor galleries, where individual seats they do not have microphones, while the main chambers of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will have …
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RANCHI: Jailed RJD Supreme Lalu Prasad on Sunday lamented his close associate and former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, saying he was “speechless.” “I had told you before yesterday that you are not going anywhere. But you have gone so far. I am speechless, I am sad. You will always …
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PATNA: Before the assembly elections in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave Prime Minister Nitish Kumar a pat on the back on Sunday for ushering in sushasan (good governance) and expressed confidence that good work It will continue under the leadership of the Chief JD (U). Modi dedicated three oil …
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Former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, whose recent resignation from the RJD founded and headed by Lalu Prasad left the political waters in Bihar, passed away on Sunday, the day after he fell seriously ill and was put on a respirator. Singh, who was admitted to AIIMS, Delhi, for about …
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PATNA: former Union minister and veteran socialist leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (74), who played a pioneering role in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Plan (NREGS) during the UPA government, breathed his last at AIIMS-Delhi on Sunday. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Ji is no longer with us. I pay …
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