Prez Pranab Mukherjee leaves for China today
May 24, 2016, at 06:38 pm
New Delhi, May 24 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee is set to leave for China on Tuesday for a four-day visit.
PM greets Sumitra Mahajan on her birthday
Apr 12, 2016, at 03:37 pm
New Delhi, Apr 12 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on her birthday.
Indore rural declared open defecation free
Jan 26, 2016, at 04:33 pm
Indore, Jan 26 (IBNS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has annouced at an event recently that 312 Gram Panchayats, 610 villages of Indore Rural have taken a stance against open defecation, thus declaring them 'open defecation free'.
India to boycott Speakers' meet in Pakistan unless J&K is invited
Aug 08, 2015, at 03:44 pm
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS) India will boycott the meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) in Pakistan if the speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly is not invited.
We stand with each one of our suspended MPs: Rahul Gandhi
Aug 04, 2015, at 03:06 am
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IBNS) Hours after 25 Congress MPs were suspended by Lok Sabha MP Sumitra Mahajan, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the party will stand by their suspended lawmakers.
LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan suspends 25 MPs, Congress calls it a 'black day for democracy'
Aug 03, 2015, at 10:40 pm
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IBNS) With 25 Congress MPs being suspended for five days by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday slammed the move and said the country witnessed a 'black day for democracy'.
LS witnesses ruckus, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury bangs placard on Speaker's table
Jul 28, 2015, at 12:32 am
New Delhi, July 27 (IBNS): The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed a ruckus with Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury banging a placard on the Speaker's table, forcing Sumitra Mahajan to adjourn the House for an hour.
SC asked govt not me to clarify stand on LOP: Speaker
Aug 23, 2014, at 10:44 pm
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): A day after the Supreme Court expressed concern that the union government is functioning without a Leader of Opposition (LOP) in the lower house of Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Saturday said the court has asked the government to explain its stand on the matter not her.
Lok Sabha Speaker meets PM Modi
Jun 09, 2014, at 04:56 am
New Delhi, June 8 (IBNS) Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Sunday.
New LS Speaker meets VP M Hamid Ansari
Jun 08, 2014, at 03:22 am
New Delhi, June 7 (IBNS): Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan mey Vice-President M Hamid Ansari in New Delhi on Saturday.
PM Modi welcomes Mahajan's election
Jun 06, 2014, at 07:15 pm
New Delhi, June 6 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed the unanimous election of Sumitra Mahajan as Speaker of the sixteenth Lok Sabha, in accordance with the highest traditions of the House.
Sumitra Mahajan to become LS Speaker?
May 26, 2014, at 01:48 am
New Delhi, May 25 (IBNS): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sumitra Mahajan might be named the new Lok Sabha Speaker, media reports said on Sunday.