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Govt's claim of introducing Telangana Bill incorrect: Sushma Swaraj

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Thursday claimed that the central government's claim of introducing the Telangana Bill is incorrect. The leader of opposition also questioned why the bill was not mentioned in the list of business.

Feb 13, 2014

#PepperSpray Tweets Storm Micro-Blogging Site: Top 10 Jokes You Should Not Miss

#PepperSpray has become the most trending hastag/topic in Twitter. Take a look at top 10 funny tweets on the parliament incident.

Feb 13, 2014

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Feb 13, 2014

BSE closes points 272.88 down on Feb 13

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 272.88 points down to stand at 20175.61. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 89.10 points down to stand at5994.90. Muthoot Finance and Future Retail were among the top gainers of Group A with an increase of 8.81% and 2.99% along with Godrej Cons and United Brew-$ with an increase of 2.62% and 1.90% respectively, while the top losers of Group A include Muthoot Finance and Cipla with a decrease of 8.34% and 7.78% along with BOB and Indian Oil Corporation with a decrease of 5.55% and 5.23% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is up 13.41 points at 11,804.69 while the banking sector is down 59.61 points at 11,683.77 and the realty sector is up 26.85 points at 1,232.20. The Indian currency is down 0.43% at Rs 62.36 per dollar.

Feb 13, 2014

Telangana Row: Meira Kumar suspends L Rajagopal, other Seemandhra MPs

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday suspended pepper spray wielder L Rajagopal and other Seemandhra MPs, who created ruckus inside the parliament. The Lok Sabha commenced for all of two minutes during which time Kumar read out a list of Seemandhra MPs who were suspended. Kumar expressed her anguish over the unprecedented clashes in Lok Sabha and termed the incident as a blot on the country's Parliamentary democracy. The Parliament on Thursday was left in shock after suspended Congress MP L Rajagopal who was standing in the well of Lok Sabha, took out a bottle of pepper spray and sprayed it all around the house, leading to the immediate adjournment of the house.

Feb 13, 2014

J and K Molestation case: Shabir Ahmad Khan claims innocence

Srinagar, Feb 13 (ANI): Former health minister of Jammu and Kashmir Shabir Ahmad Khan, accused of sexually assaulting a woman doctor, said that he is being framed in the case and claimed that he is innocent, while talking to media persons in Srinagar on Thursday. The doctor in her complaint to the police alleged that the minister made provocative advances to her - both verbal and physical - and molested her when she met him for an official work in the civil secretariat in Srinagar. Khan said that the false allegations had been put to destroy his political career.

Feb 13, 2014

Delhi Police to launch 24 hour helpline for NE people

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): In the wake of an alleged "racist" attack on Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania that led to his death and a furor among people from the northeast region, the Delhi police has decided to launch a 24hour helpline. Talking to mediapersons, Delhi Police commissioner BS Bassi said that the helpline will start from today. Not only this, Delhi Police is also set to launch a Facebook page and a Twitter account for people from the northeast where they can post complaints and suggestions.

Feb 13, 2014

TDP MP K Narayana Rao suffers heart attack amidst Parliament ruckus

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Amidst all the ruckus in Parliament on Thursday, TDP MP K Narayana Rao suffered heart attack and was taken to RML Hospital, confirmed another party leader Ramesh Rathod. He said that doctors said it was heart attack and that treatment is underway and that Rao is out of danger now.

Feb 13, 2014

AAP questions Delhi LG's association with Reliance

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party leader Ashutosh, on Thursday questioned the association of Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung with Reliance group. Earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, has ordered to file a case against Reliance following a complaint filed to the state government on the gas pricing issue. Kejriwal had directed India's anti-corruption branch to file criminal cases against Oil Minister Veerappa Moily, former Oil Minister Murli Deora, Reliance Industries. Kejriwal had claimed that the Reliance Industries manipulated gas pricing with some ministers.

Feb 13, 2014

MPs stable & kept under observation: Doctor on Parliament spray effect

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Giving updates about the health of Parliament MPs being affected by the gas spray spread in the house on Thursday, RML Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr HK Kar said that the condition of the MPs are stable and they are kept under observation before being discharged. He said that they complained of irritation on face, eyes, nose and mouth and they are better after being cleaned by saline water.

Feb 13, 2014

Congress responsible for shameful incident in Parliament: BJP

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): After unprecedented pandemonium marked by brandishing knife and pepper spraying was witnessed in Lok Sabha, Senior BJP leaders said that Congress is responsible for the ‘shameful incident’ and it was more of their design to send away MPs so as to introduce their bill. LK Advani said that this is the first incident of its kind that he has witnessed since 1970. Meanwhile, Sushma Swaraj said that such games are being played by Congress in the backdrop of the upcoming elections.

Feb 13, 2014

Not knife but pulled mic in Parliament, respect democracy: Venugopal Reddy

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): TDP MP Venugopal Reddy on Thursday denied brandishing knife inside Lok Sabha and said that he pulled a mic which is portrayed by Congress MPs as knife. He said that he respects democracy and would not do that. Further, Reddy said that the party wants to prevent the Telangana bill and have moved a no-confidence motion for the same purpose too. Reddy even accused Congress MPs of beating him and acting as ‘marshals’.

Feb 13, 2014

What happened today is a blot on our Parliamentary democracy: LS Speaker

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): LS Speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday expressed her anguish over the unprecedented clashes in Lok Sabha. Kumar termed the incident as a blot on the country’s Parliamentary democracy.

Feb 13, 2014

Pepper spray in LS, blot on Parliamentary democracy: Kamal Nath

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Terming the Lok Sabha ruckus a blot on Parliamentary democracy, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday said that political leaders demanded strict action against the MPs. The Parliament on Thursday was left in shock after suspended Congress MP L Rajagopal who was standing in the well of Lok Sabha, took out a bottle of pepper spray and sprayed it all around the house, leading to immediate adjournment. According to reports, TDP MP Venugopal Reddy broke mike on Secretary General's table in Lok Sabha and L Rajagopal smashed glass on the table causing commotion.

Feb 13, 2014

Polticos condemn pepper spray in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): Political leaders condemned the shocking incident of pepper spray in Lok Sabha on Thursday. Terming the incident as unfortunate, politicos demanded strict action against the MPs involved in the incident.

Feb 13, 2014