| Sugarcane issue stalls Parliament on second day | 21-NOV-09 |
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| Parliament was rocked for the second day today over the new sugarcane pricing policy with a united opposition mounting further pressure on the government to withdraw the controversial ordinance that saw massive farmers’ protests yesterday. |
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| Govt seizes 4.3 lakh quintals of sugar from hoarders | 20-NOV-09 |
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| The government today said it has seized 4.30 lakh quintals of sugar from hoarders in four states this year. In an attempt to curb the rise in prices, the government had imposed in March stock holding and turnover limits on all sugar dealers. It had also restrained bulk consumers from holding sugar stock beyond 15 days of their requirement. |
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| One-line battles | 13-NOV-09 |
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| After the contents of his note to the prime minister were made public, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh called up the AIADMK leader in the Rajya Sabha, D Maitreyan, to see if his ideas could get some support across the political spectrum. |
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| Shotgun wedding | 04-NOV-09 |
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| With the BJP in tatters, former Bollywood star Shatrughan Sinha has decided to up the ante. He has asked that his wife be nominated to the Rajya Sabha in return for his good behaviour. He is also pitching for an appointment as a general secretary of the party, now that the Jharkhand assembly polls are due next month — given that the party is keen to use Sinha for electioneering, at least one of his demands is likely to be met. |
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| And now, Railway TV | 21-OCT-09 |
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| If the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha can have their own dedicated television channels, why shouldn’t the Indian Railways have its own channel? A Railways Advisory Committee, packed with supporters of the Trinamool Congress, has recommended the Railways start its own television channel to both inform as well as educate the travelling public. |
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| Railways could soon have TV channel | 15-OCT-09 |
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| Indian Railways could soon have its own dedicated television channel, broadcasting passenger related information and highlighting various other facets of the PSU behemoth, if the suggestion of a railway committee is accepted. |
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| Get me that seat | 05-OCT-09 |
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| The owner of a multi-edition newspaper group headquartered in South India is so desperate to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha that he has hired a well-known PR-cum-lobbying firm to help him swing the nomination (four seats are filled by nomination every two years). After the recent retirement of the Delhi-based owner-editor of an English daily who was nominated by the Vajpayee Government, a number of newspaper editors and owners are in the race for Rajya Sabha membership. |
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| Police asked to file report on complaint against Rahul Bajaj | 24-SEP-09 |
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| A city court today asked Delhi police to file a report on a complaint against industrialist and Rajya Sabha MP Rahul Bajaj over his group's partner company Allianz portraying Jammu and Kashmir and Arunachal Pradesh as part of Pakistan and China respectively on its website. |
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| Velvet gloves | 10-SEP-09 |
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| After all the bad publicity it received on Jaswant Singh’s expulsion, the BJP is treading cautiously. BJP leader Sushma Swaraj spoke of Singh in flattering terms while talking of their meeting recently. She said Singh had very cordial and friendly relations with her as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and so she had taken special permission from LK Advani to see him even after the expulsion. It’s a different matter that, in the meeting, Swaraj had asked Singh to resign as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. |
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| Amar Singh has a surprise visitor | 16-AUG-09 |
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| Samajawadi Party (SP) General Secretary Amar Singh is recuperating from a kidney transplant in Singapore. While Bollywood’s first family, the Bachchans, were there during the surgery and till recently, Singh would soon have a visitor from the BJP. Arun Jaitley, BJP leader in the Rajya Sabha, is going to Singapore to visit him. As the SP is expected to withdraw its support to the UPA, Jaitley is looking forward to at least some floor coordination with the SP against the government in the Upper House. |
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| Beggars get heard | 09-AUG-09 |
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| India's beggar population is around 17.5 million and yet this tribe does not figure in the plans of policy-makers. Rajya Sabha members were stunned to hear of the hardships of those living off others in times of economic slowdown from Prabha Jhaji (BJP). In addition to suffering from acute hunger, Jhaji cautioned that beggars were prone to be exploited by crime mafias and terror networks too. The MP strongly pleaded that this big chunk of population needs to be cared for. |
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| No relenting on gas price, says NTPC | 09-AUG-09 |
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| In the face of Oil Minister’s comment that RIL gas to NTPC could be given at a government-approved price, the state-owned power major today said it will continue to fight legally for the fuel’s contracted price and seek Power Ministry’s help. |
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| Metro rail services in all million-plus cities | 07-AUG-09 |
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| Parliament today passed a Bill providing for extension of metro rail services beyond Delhi with the Centre saying it was ready to introduce such mode of modern transport in all the million plus cities. |
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