has made a strongpitch for "comprehensive reforms" of the UN Security Council,including expansion in both the permanent and non-permanentmembership categories of the top organ of the world body.Addressing the second meeting of the PreparatoryCommittee of Speakers of Parliaments organised by theInter-Parliamentary Union here, Indian representative and LokSabha Speaker Meira Kumar underlined the need...
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Parliament is for the youth to cherish, strengthen: Meira Kumar (To go with Meira Kumar interview) < ');" class="size11 blue"> RateParliament is for the youth to cherish, strengthen: Meira Kumar (To go with Meira Kumar interview)Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is keen that young Indians connect with parliament, the 'beautiful institution' that has 'stood the test of time'.'I want to make them (young...
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opposition MPs mainly of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walked towards Speaker Meira Kumar shouting anti-government slogans.Thousands of sugarcane farmers gathered in the Indian capital Thursday to protest a Rs.35 per quintal drop in price they get for their crop after an Oct 21 government ordinance."Kala kanoon vapas lo!" the MPs kept shouting, referring to the ordinance. Despite pleadings from...
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Parliament is for the youth to cherish, strengthen: Meira Kumar (To go with Meira Kumar interview)Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is keen that young Indians connect with parliament, the "beautiful institution" that has "stood the test of time"."I want to make them (young Indians) realise what a beautiful institution they have in their country which has stood the test of time and which is theirs now to...
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Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar was Monday presented an honorary doctoral degree of letters by Tirupati-based Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswavidyalayam University.University Vice-Chancellor G. Sarojamma presented the doctoral degree to the Lok Sabha speaker at a function held at Parliament House Monday, a press release issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said.According to a citation read out by the university...
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Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar was today presented an honorary doctoral degree of letters by Tirupati-based Sri Padmavati Mahila Viswavidyalayam University.University Vice-Chancellor G. Sarojamma presented the doctoral degree to the Lok Sabha speaker at a function held at Parliament House today, a press release issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat said.According to a citation read out by the university...
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Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar presides over an all-party meeting she convened in New Delhi on Thursday, before the start of the winter session of Parliament. The others in the photo (from right) are Deputy Speaker Karia Munda, Leader of the Opposition and BJP leader L.K. Advani and Janata Dal(S) president H.D. Deve Gowda.NEW DELHI: A meeting of party leaders will be called by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira...
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Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar will meet the leaders of various political parties in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, ahead of the winter session of parliament next week."Meira Kumar will meet the leaders of political parties in the Lok Sabha on Nov 12 at 12.30 hours in Committee Room No. G-074, Parliament Library Building," said a release issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat here today.The winter session...
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Lok Sabha was adjourneduntil noon on Friday after opposition members disrupted the proceedingsdemanding a better deal for sugarcane farmers.As soon as the houseassembled, opposition MPs mainly of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walkedtowards Speaker Meira Kumar shouting anti-government slogans.Thousands of sugarcane farmers gathered in the Indian capitalThursday to protest a Rs.35 per quintal drop...
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Speaker Meira Kumar today left for the US to participate in the second meeting of the Preparatory Committee of the Third World Conference of Speakers of Parliament.The meeting would be held in New York on November 16 and 17, whereas the Third World Conference organised by Inter Parliemtary Union (IPU) would take place in Geneva from July 19 to 21 next year. Lok Sabha Secretary General P D T Achary...
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