New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan, one of the most experienced Parliamentarians, is set to be the next Lok Sabha Speaker, becoming the second woman to occupy the key position.The acceptance of 71-year-old Mahajan,
Patna: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar lost from the Sasaram Lok sabha constituency in Bihar by around 61,000 votes.The Congress candidate was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party's Chedi Paswan, a former minister who resigned from
Shillong: National People's Party president and former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma today met BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi at his residence in Gandhinagar, party officials said.Describing Modi as the “future prime minister”,
New Delhi: JD(U) today announced its first list of 15 candidates for Bihar and four other states fielding a former bureaucrat K P Ramaiah from Sasaram against Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.Sasaram is a reserved
New Delhi: The issue of the pepper spray incident in the Lok Sabha, which saw widespread outrage and condemnation, was on Sunday referred to the Privileges Committee that has got punitive powers.The decision was taken
New Delhi: The controversial report of the JPC, which gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the 2G spectrum scam saying he was “misled” by the then Telecom Minister A Raja, was
Hyderabad: Congress MPs from Seemandhra region, whose resignations were Friday rejected by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, plan to again submit their resignations.A. Sai Prathap of the Congress said the MPs would meet in a
New Delhi: Caste system has caused unimaginable harm to the Indian society and needs to be destroyed, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said Thursday."Caste system has caused and is continuing to cause unimaginable harm to
New Delhi, Apr 12: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and MP Madhu Koda, who is under investigation on corruption and other charges, has been exempted by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar from declaring his assets, which
New Delhi, March 20: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has called an all-party meeting Wednesday evening to find ways to end the parliament logjam, and discuss the resolution likely to be adopted by members over
Kanpur, Jan 29: Missing niece of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar was today found from a railway station in the city, police said.22-year-old Priyanka Kumar, who is physically and mentally challenged, had gone missing on
Shimla, Jan 4: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday resigned as member of the Lok Sabha.Party sources said that he has sent his resignation to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.Virbhadra Singh, who was
New Delhi, Nov 20: Meira Kumar will meet the leaders of various political parties on Wednesday to chalk out an agenda for Parliament's smooth functioning during the winter session from Nov 22-Dec 20, officials said."The
Kolkata, Jul 8: UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee today said he would be meeting MPs and MLAs of CPI(M) and Forward Bloc here tomorrow to seek their support for the July 19 Presidential poll.“I am
New Delhi, Jun 28: P A Sangma today claimed tribal leaders cutting across party lines are unitedly behind him and took potshots at Congress for not standing by his candidature for the President's post despite
New Delhi, May 22: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar travelled abroad 29 times in 35 months since assuming office, according to information given under RTI Act.The average comes to one foreign trip in every 37
New Delhi, May 4: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today announced in the House that Kanauj MP Akhilesh Yadav, who is now Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, had submitted his resignation on May 2 and
New Delhi, Nov 26: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar today said India has retained its growth target of 8.2 per cent for the current fiscal despite adverse global economic condition and high inflation.“India is surging
Male, Nov 12: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is scheduled to visit Maldives at the invitation of her Maldivian counterpart in the “People's Majlis”.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced this during his address to the Majlis,
Kolkata, Sep 6: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who presided over the 2008 trust vote, today hoped law will take its own course though he felt the investigation process into the cash-for-vote scam was
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