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For some, it is still 'Speaker Sir'

Old habits die hard.This adage was proved true in the Lok Sabha today as CPI(M) veteran Basudeb Acharia continued to address Meira Kumar as 'Sir' instead of 'Madam Speaker'. Acharia was reminded......

Controversial biotech regulator bill introduced in LS

A bill to establish a statutory independent regulator for biotech sector covering research, transport, import, manufacture and use of organisms and products of modern biotechnology was introduced......

Land acquisition bill deferred till budget session

The controversial Land Acquisition Bill is set for further delay as its consideration was on Tuesday deferred by the Lok Sabha till the next session bowing to the wishes of opposition members.......

Speaker rejects BJP, Left demand for debate on FEMA

Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and Left parties on Tuesday demanded separate debates with voting on Foreign Direct Investment in retail and related amendments in Foreign Exchange Management Act......

Mamata stoking panic among Muslims, alleges Left

Accusing Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee of "stoking panic" amongst Muslims in West Bengal, the Communist Party of India-Marxist on Thursday asked the government to take note of her......

'Mamata had Bengal Assembly polls in mind'

The Communist Party of India-Marxist said on Friday Mamata Banerjee had prepared the Railway Budget with the 2011 West Bengal Assembly elections in mind. "Yes, it is almost that," senior CPI-M......

Govt can't ban field trials of GM crops: Pawar

Dismissing Parliamentary panel's suggestion to halt all field trials of GM crops, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has said the government can't take 'luxurious decision of banning' them because......

'Don't shut down old airports at Hyderabad'

The Communist Party of India on Thursday demanded in the Lok Sabha that the existing airports in Hyderabad and Bangalore should not be closed down to "protect interest of private sector". CPI......

FM to consider tax plea of coop banks

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has promised a delegation of urban cooperative bankers that their demand for some relief from payment of 30 per cent income tax on the profits made by their banks......

Parties protest against price rise

Left parties were joined on Tuesday by Biju Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Samajwadi Party and Telugu Desam Party in Parliament in their protest the government's 'inaction' in checking rising......

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