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Monsoon Session Of Parliament - Day 8: Highlights

New Delhi: Government is likely to list the much-delayed GST Bill for discussion in the Rajya Sabha this week. On the seventh day of the parliament we saw an uproar in Rajya Sabha as Congress presses for taking up of private member's Bill for grant of special status to Andhra Pradesh.
Jul 27, 2016 19:27 (IST)
Rajya Sabha adjourned till 11 am tomorrow.
Jul 27, 2016 19:26 (IST)
Lok Sabha committee rejects AAP lawmaker Bhagwant Mann's appeal to appear before it with his lawyer. He has to appear before the committee on Thursday by 3 pm.
Jul 27, 2016 18:14 (IST)
Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am tomorrow.
Jul 27, 2016 18:14 (IST)
The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Bill, 2015 passed in Lok Sabha.
Jul 27, 2016 17:53 (IST)
About 60 per cent population of the country will live in cities by 2050 as India's rate of urbanisation is "dramatic", Minister of State for Urban Development Rao Inderjit Singh said in Lok Sabha today.
Jul 27, 2016 15:31 (IST)
There will be positive results in the next 3-4 months in addressing the problem of call drops, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha told the Lok Sabha today.
Jul 27, 2016 15:15 (IST)
Mr Naqvi, Why Are Muslim Women Being Attacked In Your Rule, Asks Mayawati

The video of two Muslim women being assaulted by a mob in Madhya Pradesh over beef rumours - the latest incident involving cow vigilantism - saw a screaming match in Parliament between the government and the opposition.

Jul 27, 2016 14:48 (IST)
Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha Congress MP Pramod Tiwari today demanded a probe if wrestler Narsingh Yadav and two other athletes were found to have been given banned drug-spiked food without their knowledge.
Jul 27, 2016 14:35 (IST)
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to speak on price rise issue in Lok Sabha, tomorrow.
Jul 27, 2016 14:18 (IST)
Jul 27, 2016 11:39 (IST)
Violence in any state is condemnable, we don't justify anything. Madhya Pradesh government took action on issue about which Mayawati ji spoke about, says Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in Rajya Sabha.
Jul 27, 2016 11:22 (IST)
Protests in Rajya Sabha over attack on two women over beef rumours.
Jul 27, 2016 11:20 (IST)
Uproar in Rajya Sabha, MPs storm the well of the house after BSP Chief Mayawati speaks.

Jul 27, 2016 10:31 (IST)
To read more on what happened in the first week of the monsoon session of parliament, click here.
Jul 27, 2016 10:30 (IST)
Government is likely to list the much-delayed GST Bill for discussion in the Rajya Sabha this week. On the seventh day of the parliament we saw an uproar in Rajya Sabha as Congress presses for taking up of private member's Bill for grant of special status to Andhra Pradesh.
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