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Trinamool Congress refuses to attend govt's all-party meeting

Kolkata, Nov 23 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress (TMC) refused to attend the all party meet called by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to discuss the agenda for the Winter Session of the Parliament. TMC leader Derek O'Brien on Sunday said that TMC is not going to attend both the meetings scheduled at 4and5 pm. He added that sudden invitation for all-party meet shows government's bad planning. Nov 23, 2014
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Sumitra Mahajan calls for all-party meet ahead of Parliament's Winter Session

New Delhi, Nov 23 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan called for an all-party meet in New Delhi to ensure smooth functioning of the winter session of the Parliament. Reportedly, there are 67 bills currently pending before the parliament. Parliament would convene on Monday for a month-long session in which the government is confident of passing legislation to allow more foreign investment in the insurance industry. Nov 23, 2014
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Najma Heptulla urges PM to pass women's reservation bill

Chennai, Nov 23 (ANI): Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the government to pass the women's reservation bill. A bill that seeks to reserve 33 percent seats in parliament and provincial assemblies has been passed by the Rajya Sabha but is pending in the Lok Sabha due to lack of consensus among political parties. Heptulla promised to get nearly 600,000 acres of Waqf properties released from illegal occupants once parliament enacts a law. Nov 23, 2014
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Winter Session of Parliament to begin from Nov 24

New Delhi, Nov 22 (ANI): The Winter Session of Parliament begins from November 24 and ends on December 23. It will consist of 22 sittings. There are 67 bills currently pending before the Parliament. Of these, nine bills were introduced in the previous Session of Parliament, while 40 of these were introduced in the 15th Lok Sabha, which was the regime of the UPA II Government. 18 other bills are pending from the earlier Lok Sabhas. The government has promulgated two ordinances in the last few months. These were the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Ordinance, 2014 and the Textile Undertakings (Nationalisation) Laws (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2014. Bills to replace both these ordinances will have to be brought in this Session of Parliament to ensure that they do not lapse. Nov 22, 2014
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BJP on Ramdev's 'Z' category security by govt

New Delhi, Nov 18 (ANI): The Union Home Ministry has sanctioned Z-category security for yoga guru Ramdev. The yoga guru already has Z-category security provided him to by the Uttarakhand government, but the decision to grant him central security cover was taken after the Intelligence Bureau submitted a report citing a threat to his life outside his home state. Ramdev campaigned for BJP during the Lok Sabha polls. Reacting over this BJP said that there should not be politicization over providing security to anybody by such agencies. Nov 18, 2014
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Manohar Parrikar files nomination for Rajya Sabha from UP

Lucknow, Nov 10 (ANI): Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday filed his nomination papers for election to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh on the last date for nomination on ten seats of the state. At present he is not member of any house in the parliament. Elections, if needed, will be held on November 20. Samajwadi Party, BSP and Congress party nominees have already filed their nominations. Parrikar said he was proud to file nomination from UP. Further the Defence Minister said that he would be defenceless before press but never let the nation be defenceless. Nov 10, 2014
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