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Hamid Ansari calls rules committee meeting to break Rajya Sabha deadlock
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has called for a meeting of the Rules Committee today to try and get the House to function again and conduct the Question Hour smoothly. After many days were lost to the deadlock over Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail till last week, parties are now disrupting proceedings over the Wal-Mart lobby...
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Promotion quota bill: what it is about
Finding itself in a "complex" situation, the Congress is doing a fine balancing act in trying to resolve the Rajya Sabha deadlock over the bill on reservations for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) in job promotions and says it hopes for a positive result. The bill is possibly the next acid test for the government with the Samaj...
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After FDI, quota war now threatens to stall Parliament
The portents of a Mayawati-Mulayam clash holding up Parliament proceedings over a "quota in promotions bill" were clear even as the two UP powerhouses played their parts in the retail FDI script to help the government win a crucial vote in both Houses last week.
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Mayawati's stand on FDI fronts her terms for support to govt
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has toughened stand on quota in promotion bill. She has linked her support on FDI to quota bill. Mayawati is insisting that quota in promotions bill be passed before vote on FDI taken up.
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Sharad Pawar wants clarity on distribution of subsidised cooking cylinders
Sharad Pawar today became the latest UPA ally to voice some worries about the government's decision to cap subsidy on cooking gas or LPG. He reportedly said at a Cabinet meeting that there is need for clarity on what happens to people who have already used the quota of six subsidized LPG cylinders now allowed in a year.
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Hamid Ansari calls rules committee meeting to break Rajya Sabha deadlock
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has called for a meeting of the Rules Committee today to try and get the House to function again and conduct the Question Hour smoothly. After many days were lost to the deadlock over Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail till last week, parties are now disrupting proceedings over the Wal-Mart lobby...
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Promotion quota bill: what it is about
Finding itself in a "complex" situation, the Congress is doing a fine balancing act in trying to resolve the Rajya Sabha deadlock over the bill on reservations for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) in job promotions and says it hopes for a positive result. The bill is possibly the next acid test for the government with the Samaj...
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After FDI, quota war now threatens to stall Parliament
The portents of a Mayawati-Mulayam clash holding up Parliament proceedings over a "quota in promotions bill" were clear even as the two UP powerhouses played their parts in the retail FDI script to help the government win a crucial vote in both Houses last week.
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Mayawati's stand on FDI fronts her terms for support to govt
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has toughened stand on quota in promotion bill. She has linked her support on FDI to quota bill. Mayawati is insisting that quota in promotions bill be passed before vote on FDI taken up.
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Sharad Pawar wants clarity on distribution of subsidised cooking cylinders
Sharad Pawar today became the latest UPA ally to voice some worries about the government's decision to cap subsidy on cooking gas or LPG. He reportedly said at a Cabinet meeting that there is need for clarity on what happens to people who have already used the quota of six subsidized LPG cylinders now allowed in a year.
