Lok Sabha Blackout

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  Lok Sabha Speaker On "Digital Blackout" Of Opposition Members Claim

  Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Tuesday alleged "digital blackout" of Opposition members in the House to which Speaker Om Birla asked whether he wanted to show chaos to the country.

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  Jammu And Kashmir To Become 2 Union Territories, Parliament On Board

  The bill to split Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories sailed through Lok Sabha on Tuesday, with some opposition parties walking out, bringing down the majority mark, and others siding with the government. Amid a political storm that started on Monday morning since Union Home Minister Amit Shah's announcement in parliament, the resolution w...

• Controversial blackout during Telangana vote blamed on 'cable fault'

  An unprecedented blackout of live telecast during a vote in Parliament on the controversial bill to create Telangana by dividing Andhra Pradesh has been blamed on a cable fault.

• Row over blackout during Telangana vote: Sushma Swaraj to take up 'tactical glitch' with Speaker

  The BJP's Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, has said she will take up with the Speaker today the TV blackout on Tuesday while the lower house hurriedly discussed and passed the controversial legislation that creates a Telangana state by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.

• For Telangana push in Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister reaches out to BJP: 10 developments

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today reached out to the BJP over the bill to create a new Telangana state by dividing Andhra Pradesh, which is to be taken up in the Rajya Sabha. Dr Singh met BJP's Rajya Sabha leaders Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu a day after the bill was passed under controversial circumstances in the Lok Sabha, with live telecast...

• Blog: What the Nation Did Not See As the Telangana Bill Was Passed

  When I reached Parliament at 8:30 in the morning, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. The security cordon around Parliament was like any other day. But in less than an hour, everything changed.

• Telangana Bill passed in Lok Sabha: row over blackout; Kiran Kumar Reddy to resign, float new party

  A controversial bill to create Telangana by dividing Andhra Pradesh was passed in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday amid protests, but its live telecast was cut off in an unprecedented blackout. The bill will now be taken up in the Rajya Sabha. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy plans to resign today and float his own party while anti-Telangan...

• Not technical, it was a 'tactical glitch,' says Sushma Swaraj on blackout

  Lok Sabha TV has explained that a "technical glitch" caused an unprecedented blackout of Parliament proceedings in the period today that the lower house hurriedly discussed and passed the controversial legislation that creates a Telangana state by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.

• Was not aware of the blackout, says BJP's Sushma Swaraj

  The BJP's Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, has said she was not aware of the Speaker's decision to suspend live telecast of the Lok Sabha's proceedings as it passed the controversial legislation that creates a Telangana state by bifurcating Andhra Pradesh.

• Telangana bill passed in Lok Sabha amid TV blackout

  A controversial bill to create Telangana by dividing Andhra Pradesh was passed in the Lok Sabha today amid protests, but live telecast was cut off in an unprecedented blackout. The bill will now be taken up in the Rajya Sabha. Anti-Telangana politicians like Jagan Mohan Reddy have called a shutdown in Andhra Pradesh.