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Opinion | Humour In Constituent Assembly And Lessons For Laughter-Challenged Citizens
There's a lesson we must draw from these debates, especially in today's age of passion and (mis)information: thou may have a sense of humour because the Constitution hath it.
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Lok Sabha Speaker Calls For "Extensive, Proper Debates" Before Laws Passed
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said today that longer and in-depth discussions in assemblies and Parliament lead to better legislations.
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"Country Suffering": Opposition Protests Over Fuel Prices In Parliament
The second part of the Budget session of Parliament was off to a stormy start today - the Rajya Sabha was adjourned at 10.02 am, minutes after Question Hour began - as Congress MPs raised slogans demanding a debate over the rise in fuel prices in the past many weeks. The Upper House then got adjourned three more times before calling it a day in the...
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Indiscipline In Parliament Hurts People, Says President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said elected representatives should engage in a healthy dialogue in parliament and legislative assemblies, and refrain from using unparliamentary language during debates in the House.
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Lok Sabha Passes All 4 GST Bills: Highlights
Four Bills related to the Goods and Services Tax or GST were debated in the Lok Sabha or lower house of Parliament today, as the government pushes to meet a July 1 launch date for the unified tax regime that subsumes a slew of indirect taxes at the Centre and in states. Seven hours were allotted for today's debate, which began at noon, with union m...
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From Purdah To Parliament: Begum Aizaz Rasul
Begum Rasul's autobiography is breezy and anecdotal but the tone conceals her serious role in the debates on separate electorates in the Constituent Assembly where she was one of the 28 Muslim League members, more importantly, the Assembly's only Muslim woman. Her daughter, Zeenat Iman who lives in Delhi, feels her mother never got her due from his...
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In Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, debate on Afzal Guru hanging, burial
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Mubarak Gul today allowed discussion on the issue of the return of the body of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru to his family, even as the House witnessed disruptions over the matter.
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Afzal Guru resolution: Vote put off after uproar in J&K Assembly
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly is expected to debate and vote today on a controversial resolution demanding clemency for 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who has been sentenced to death.
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Opinion | Humour In Constituent Assembly And Lessons For Laughter-Challenged Citizens
There's a lesson we must draw from these debates, especially in today's age of passion and (mis)information: thou may have a sense of humour because the Constitution hath it.
-
Lok Sabha Speaker Calls For "Extensive, Proper Debates" Before Laws Passed
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said today that longer and in-depth discussions in assemblies and Parliament lead to better legislations.
-
"Country Suffering": Opposition Protests Over Fuel Prices In Parliament
The second part of the Budget session of Parliament was off to a stormy start today - the Rajya Sabha was adjourned at 10.02 am, minutes after Question Hour began - as Congress MPs raised slogans demanding a debate over the rise in fuel prices in the past many weeks. The Upper House then got adjourned three more times before calling it a day in the...
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Indiscipline In Parliament Hurts People, Says President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said elected representatives should engage in a healthy dialogue in parliament and legislative assemblies, and refrain from using unparliamentary language during debates in the House.
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Lok Sabha Passes All 4 GST Bills: Highlights
Four Bills related to the Goods and Services Tax or GST were debated in the Lok Sabha or lower house of Parliament today, as the government pushes to meet a July 1 launch date for the unified tax regime that subsumes a slew of indirect taxes at the Centre and in states. Seven hours were allotted for today's debate, which began at noon, with union m...
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From Purdah To Parliament: Begum Aizaz Rasul
Begum Rasul's autobiography is breezy and anecdotal but the tone conceals her serious role in the debates on separate electorates in the Constituent Assembly where she was one of the 28 Muslim League members, more importantly, the Assembly's only Muslim woman. Her daughter, Zeenat Iman who lives in Delhi, feels her mother never got her due from his...
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In Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, debate on Afzal Guru hanging, burial
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Speaker Mubarak Gul today allowed discussion on the issue of the return of the body of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru to his family, even as the House witnessed disruptions over the matter.
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Afzal Guru resolution: Vote put off after uproar in J&K Assembly
The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly is expected to debate and vote today on a controversial resolution demanding clemency for 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, who has been sentenced to death.
