| A necklace-like rail link! | 05-JUL-09 |
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| While presenting her Budget, Mamata Banerjee referred to diamond necklace to describe a rail link. Then, she quickly turned to Speaker Meira Kumar and said, “Madam, you understand necklace. It is worn by women.” Along with other MPs, Kumar smiled and was seen nodding her head in agreement. |
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| PM evades queries on Liberhan report | 01-JUL-09 |
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| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today side-stepped questions on the issue of the government tabling the Liberhan Commission report on the Babri Masjid demolition in Parliament. |
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| Senator welcomes Meira Kumar as Speaker of Lok Sabha | 11-JUN-09 |
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| A powerful Republican Senator from Texas today welcomed the election of Meira Kumar as the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha and hoped under her leadership elected representatives from both the countries would work to strengthen Indo-US relationship. |
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| Poor Mr Deo | 08-JUN-09 |
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| Why did the Congress make Meira Kumar a Cabinet minister if it had to appoint her the Lok Sabha Speaker a few days later? That’s the question doing the rounds in Delhi since it was almost a fait accompli that V Kishore Chandra Deo, Congress MP from Andhra Pradesh, would be anointed Speaker. The Congress is tight-lipped on this last-minute change in plan but it’s clear that the usual faction fights in the party scuppered Deo’s chances. |
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| Govt promises early passage of Women's Reservation Bill | 04-JUN-09 |
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| Women power is set to be unleashed with government promising early passage of the Women's Reservation Bill and several other measures as part of its ambitious 25-point agenda for the first 100 days in office unveiled today. |
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| Still 'Speaker sir' | 04-JUN-09 |
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| CPI(M) veteran Basudeb Acharia, a nine-term MP from West Bengal, has been in the Lok Sabha since 1980 and is only used to addressing the Speaker as “Sir”. On Wednesday, after Meira Kumar was elected the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Acharia took some time to adjust himself to the change. Taking part in the motion of thanks for the newly elected Speaker, Acharia addressed Meira Kumar as “Sir” at least thrice despite reminders from his colleagues. Finally, Acharia made the correction and towards the end of the speech managed the right “Madam Speaker. |
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| Meira takes oath as Speaker | 04-JUN-09 |
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| Amid rousing applause from all corners of the Lok Sabha, senior Congress MP Meira Kumar took oath as the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha today. |
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| Women's Bill issue emerges again | 04-JUN-09 |
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| Within minutes of Congress MP Meira Kumar’s appointment as the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill issue emerged again in Parliament. |
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| Meira's first directive: Expunging of Lalu-Sharad spat | 03-JUN-09 |
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| Within an hour of taking over as Speaker, Meira Kumar today issued her first directive in Lok Sabha asking the House reporters to expunge certain exchanges between JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad. |
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