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State dinner at President’s House, St Ann’s, last Thursday night, which was attended by Queen Elizabeth II. Senate president Danny Montano, in the Senate, yesterday expressed his pleasure at seeing Deosaran in the chamber. ’He gave us a scare at the reception...
Tags: dizzy spell, Red House, Upper House, Deosaran, Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Vice Presidency of the United States, President of the Senate, Politics, Danny Montano, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
We have taken a conscious decision that leaders whose names appear in the accused list will not speak during the discussions," a senior party leader said today. While BJP president Rajnath Singh will initiate the debate on behalf of the party, its deputy...
Tags: BJP, Joshi, names appear, Upper House, India, Mumbai, Bharatiya Janata Party, Hindutva, Parliament of India, Politics, Vinay Katiyar, Sushma Swaraj, Leader of the Opposition, Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley
Legislative Council six years early, making way for the first Muslim representative in State Parliament, Shaoquett Moselmane...He had been a parliamentary secretary assisting the Premier and assisting the Treasurer on trade and investment. A meeting of...
Tags: Mr Tsang, Luke Foley, Hightrade, upper house, State Parliament, Australia, Sydney, Eric Roozendaal, Frank Sartor, Henry Tsang, Australian Labor Party, Politics, Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, Year of birth missing, Australian labour movement
Elections to 36 seats of the upper house will be held next month. Since the 36 Vidhan Parishad seats were to fall vacant in January 2010, elections to these seats were to be held latest by the end of next month. The new members are to be elected by members...
Tags: Vidhan Parishad, Mayawati, upper house, Samajwadi Party, India, Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, Bahujan Samaj Party, Socialist parties, Politics
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan beat the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party in House of Councillors by-elections in Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures on Sunday, giving a boost to Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s new government as it pushes ahead...
Tags: Upper House, DPJ
Chief Nawaz Sharif said the government should not have put itself, the opposition and parliament to the test by bringing the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in the House. Sharif said the NRO was a hard test for parliament and it should not be...
Tags: NRO, Nawaz Sharif, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Senate, Upper House
The Punjab Assembly on Monday condemned blasts at the World Food Program office in Islamabad and Khyber Bazaar Peshawar, and the attack on the GHQ. Through a unanimous resolution, the House expressed sorrow over the loss of innocent lives and paid tribute...
Tags: Pakistan Army, PA congratulates Army, GHQ, successful operation, controversial sections, Upper House, unanimously resolution
The party's last remaining Upper House representative, David Winderlich, has resigned in South Australia to run as an independent. Mr Winderlich took over a casual vacancy in the Legislative Council when long-serving Democrat Sandra Kanck left politics.
Tags: David Winderlich, Upper House
Naek underlined the need to run the House according to the broad understanding reached at this important meeting in accordance with the established parliamentary norms and procedures. He was speaking in a Senate House Business Advisory Committee meeting...
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There are now doubts if the planned referendum on the future of the Upper House will pass, with Attorney-General Michael Atkinson yesterday saying he expected it to be defeated in the Upper House , where the Government does not have the numbers. Two days...
Tags: Upper House