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• 'Rani Jhansi would be proud today of her nation' (5 hours, 32 minutes ago) - . It seeks to set aside for women 181 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha and 1
• Unfortunate that Trinamool abstained from vote: Left (5 hours, 46 minutes ago) - ) coalition, with 19 MPs in the Lok Sabha. It has two MPs in the Rajya Sabha
• The women's bill was worth the risk, says Sonia (Lead) (6 hours, 47 minutes ago) - us will understand" over time the need for the bill, which now needs to get past the Lok Sabha
• Woman should be PM for five years: BJP MP (7 hours, 7 minutes ago) - Lok Sabha and the state assemblies for women
• It was worth the risk: Sonia (7 hours, 7 minutes ago) - us will understand" over time the need for the bill, which now needs to get past the Lok Sabha
• Bring Women's Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha, says Opposition (7 hours, 10 minutes ago) - Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government to bring the Bill in the Lok Sabha
• Paying a debt to our mothers, says law minister (7 hours, 41 minutes ago) - 33 percent representation to women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies
• India steps into history with women's quota bill (Roundup) (7 hours, 59 minutes ago) - . Only the last step remains - of the Lok Sabha endorsing it
• Who said what on women's quota (8 hours, 20 minutes ago) - ." Tarlochan Singh (Independent): "Of thirteen Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, three are represented by women
• Lok Sabha okays railways grants (8 hours, 44 minutes ago) - Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Lok Sabha Tuesday passed the Indian Railways
• Trinamool Congress MPs abstain with eye on Bengal polls (Lead) (8 hours, 48 minutes ago) - in the Lok Sabha when the bill comes in the house for consideration.
• Trinamool Congress MPs abstain but continue support (9 hours ago) - in the Lok Sabha when the bill comes in the house for consideration.
• Rajya Sabha merely enforced its code in suspending 7 MPs (Comment) (9 hours ago) - . The largest set of suspensions occurred in the Lok Sabha in 1989
• Women not asking for charity: former speaker (9 hours, 10 minutes ago) - check the "muddy politics" brought about by men, former Lok Sabha speaker Rabi Ray said Tuesday
• BSP seeks quotas within women's reservation bill (9 hours, 37 minutes ago) - for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies
• Women MPs more successful, qualified than men: Study (9 hours, 56 minutes ago) - . In the 14th Lok Sabha, 30 percent women had bachelor's degrees, and 58 percent had higher degrees
• JD-U stands divided over quota bill (10 hours, 1 minute ago) - percent seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies
• India agrees to be listed in Copenhagen accord (11 hours, 16 minutes ago) - under the UNFCCC," he told the Lok Sabha
• Lok Sabha adjourned again over women's bill protests (Lead) (13 hours, 31 minutes ago) - in legislative bodies again forced adjournments of the Lok Sabha Tuesday with MPs
• Protest over women's bill stalls Lok Sabha (15 hours, 13 minutes ago) - (RJD) against the women's quota in legislative bodies again forced the adjournment of the Lok Sabha Tuesday

Wikipedia

Lok Sabha
Type
Type	Lower house
Leadership
Speaker	Meira Kumar since June 03, 2009
Deputy Speaker	Karia Munda since June 08, 2009
Majority Leader	Pranab Mukherjee, (INC) since June 01, 2009
Opposition Leader	Sushma Swaraj, (BJP) since December 18, 2009
Structure
Members	552 (550 elected + 2 appointed)
Political groups	Left Front NDA UPA
Election
Last election	April-May, 2009
Meeting place
Lok Sabha, Sansad Bhavan
Website
loksabha.nic.in

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Lok Sabha's going to be even rougher
Times of India - 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
NEW DELHI: With the reservation bill clearing Rajya Sabha, the next step would be the Lok Sabha. It will certainly be no easy ride there. ...
After RS passage, govt to pause before any Lok Sabha push - Business Standard - 4 hours, 17 minutes
Women's Bill: on to the Lok Sabha - The Hindu - 4 hours, 2 minutes
Rajya Sabha passes Women's Bill after drama - Economic Times - 2 hours, 58 minutes
Drama as Rajya Sabha passes historic Women's Bill - NDTV.com - 8 hours, 44 minutes
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Lok Sabha okays railways grants
Sify - 9 hours, 5 minutes ago
The Lok Sabha Tuesday passed the Indian Railways demand for grants and appropriation bill seeking an additional Rs.5268 crore for the current financial year ...
Lok Sabha passes Railways demand for grants - Press Trust of India - 11 hours, 38 minutes
Railways gets grants rolling amid uproar - Economic Times - 1 hour, 8 minutes
Why Quota? - Hindustan Times (blog) - 3 hours, 38 minutes
LS passes Railways vote-on-account amid pandemonium - Central Chronicle - 5 hours, 50 minutes
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Government tables SBI Bill in Lok Sabha
Business Standard - 1 day, 7 hours ago
The Bill, presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Lok Sabha, proposes to increase the authorised capital of SBI to Rs 5000 crore, enabling the ...
Govt to reduce its holding in SBI to 51% - Times of India - 1 day, 2 hours
State Bank of India can mop up Rs 11000 crore - Indian Express - 1 day, 3 hours
Bill to cut govt stake in SBI - Chandigarh Tribune - 1 day, 5 hours
FE Editorial: State of banks - Financial Express - 6 hours, 3 minutes
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Pass women's bill with grace: President
Times of India - 1 day, 1 hour ago
The women's reservation bill providing for 33% reservation to women in state legislatures and in the Lok Sabha has now been taken up in the Rajya Sabha for ...
Women's Bill taken up for its logical conclusion: President - The Hindu - 1 day, 7 hours
Nation observing 100th International Women's Day - Sify - 1 day, 16 hours
Mindset should change: President - The Hindu - 1 day, 1 hour
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Mamata boycott with eye on minorities
Calcutta Telegraph - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
The Trinamul parliamentary party has decided to meet on March 15 to chalk out its strategy for any vote on the bill in the Lok Sabha. ...
Quota war there, battlefield here - Calcutta Telegraph - 2 hours, 35 minutes
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