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TNI Bureau: BSP chief Mayawati took on Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari for leaving the House daily during Question Hour. She held responsible Ansari for not smooth functioning of the House that has been facing repeated adjournment over…

Balasore: India successfully test-fired nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface Agni-1 ballistic missile from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast to mark the special date 12-12-12. It was fired with a strike range of 700 km at around at 8.15 am on…

TNI Bureau: Sitar Maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar passed away in San Diego Today. He was 92. He breathed his last at around 6 AM (4.30 pm Pacific time on Tuesday). He was admitted to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla last Thursday…

TNI Bureau: Just two days before the Gujarat Polls, the Congress-led UPA Government has hinted at raising the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders from 6 to 9 in a year. Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has said that the Cabinet will take a…

TNI Bureau: Expressing displeasure over the repeated adjournments and disruptions of Question Hour in the Upper House, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari said that the Question Hour should be scrapped and the segment of proceedings should be…

TNI Bureau: Parliament witnessed a huge uproar in Rajya Sabha after promotion quota bill was introduced. The SP strongly objected the bill that provides reservation to SCs/STs in government job promotions. The house was adjourned repeatedly…

TNI Bureau: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi slammed the Gujarat government terming the development of the state as "good marketing" that 'Gujarat is shining'. On the last day of campaigning for the first phase of the assembly polls,…

TNI Bureau: The UPA government finally agreed to probe into Walmart lobbying report after the deadlock over the issue continued in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. The Opposition BJP has been…

TNI Bureau: The Congress-led UPA Government has never thought that they would witness such an embarrassing situation even after winning the debates over FDI in Multi-brand Retail in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha last week. The BJP and other…

TNI Bureau: Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party and Mayawati's BSP always sought to dump the BJP, invoking communal card. They say BJP is the most communal party in India and should remain "untouchable". But, the recent reports released…