Lok Sabha speaker mourns Gayatri Devi’s death

September 3rd, 2009 KOLKATA - West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Thursday mourned the death of his Andhra Pradesh counterpart Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a copter crash.

September 3rd, 2009 AGARTALA - Cutting across party lines, members of ruling Left Front and the opposition Congress in the Tripura assembly Thursday mourned the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

August 26th, 2009 Mass. Gov. Patrick mourns loss of Kennedy 'light'BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says "one of the commonwealth's brightest lights" has been extinguished with the death of Sen.

July 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Thursday mourned the death of Rajmata Gayatri Devi, the former maharani of Jaipur, saying that she was a multi-faceted personality, who made a deep impression on account of her work in public life, culture and art. In a condolence message to the bereaved family members, the president said: I am deeply saddened to hear about the passing away of Gayatri Deviji.

July 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday mourned the death of Gayatri Devi, the erstwhile maharani of Jaipur who was once considered one of the world's most beautiful women, and called her a close friend and an exceptional human being. "I convey my heartfelt condolences to her family and friends.

July 29th, 2009 JAIPUR - Gayatri Devi, the erstwhile maharani of Jaipur who was once considered one of the world's most beautiful women and always stayed in the limelight despite the fall of royalty in India, died here Wednesday. She was 90. She was admitted to the Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital (SDMH) here Tuesday after complaining of breathing problems.

June 2nd, 2009 CHENNAI - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK leader M. Karunanidhi Tuesday welcomed the candidature of Meira Kumar for the Lok Sabha Speaker.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Manikrao Gavit, senior most member of the Lok Sabha, was appointed as Pro-tem Speaker by President Pratibha Patil on Monday. Gavit was administered oath by the President in Rashtrapati Bhavan.

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of the 15th Lok Sabha will begin from Monday with the Congress heading the country and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sitting in the opposition. The senior most member of the Lok Sabha Manikrao Gavit has been appointed Protem Speaker by President Pratibha Patil.

May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil has appointed Manikrao Gavit, the seniormost member of the new Lok Sabha, as its protem speaker, an official said here Saturday. "A communication regarding the appointment of Gavit as protem speaker was received (from the president's palace) Friday," said the official of the Lok Sabha secretariat.

May 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of the 15th Lok Sabha is expected to begin on June 2 with Congress heading the country and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sitting in the opposition. The session will see appointment of senior most member of the Lok Sabha as Protem Speaker who will administer oath to the new members and also oversee the election of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker.

April 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee has disqualified Abu Ayesh Mondal, who was expelled from the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), from the membership of the house. 'The Speaker, Lok Sabha, disqualified Abu Ayesh Mondal from the membership of the house vide his order dated 27 April, 2009, under the 10th Schedule to the Constitution,' said a one-line statement issued by the speaker's office Tuesday.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Information Commission (CIC) Monday referred the case regarding public disclosure of assets of union ministers, who are members of Lok Sabha, to Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. The decision of the CIC came on an appeal filed by a Delhi-based businessman Subhash Chandra Agrawal who had sought information related to the assets owned by union ministers and their kin in the past two years.

February 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - 'Why do you speak all the time? My constituency is no more, I still don't speak,' Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said in parliament Friday. Chatterjee was ticking off an MP who tried to get a word in as Minister for Railways Lalu Prasad was presenting the interim railway budget.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee Tuesday called for a collective fight against terrorism as he welcomed a delegation led by Macedonia's Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki. Chatterjee also emphasised the need for reforming the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), taking into account the changing complexion of global realities.