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August 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Government today expressed hope that it will be able to take up the Women's Reservation Bill in the next session of Parliament. The Bill that was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by the previous Government was referred to the Standing Committee.

August 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After a month long session that commenced on July 2, the budget cum monsoon session of the 15th Lok Sabha will end today. Along with annual Railway Budget and General Budget for the year 2009-10, a number of important Bills, including the Right to Free and Compulsory Education, were passed by Parliament.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The next session of Parliament will begin on Thursday. The Economic Survey will be presented in the Lok Sabha on July 2.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said that the government was looking forward to the Budget session of the Parliament with great expectation.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of Parliament will conclude today after Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President's address.

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil will address the joint parliamentary session of both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha today. The President is also expected to unveil the government's agenda for the year ahead in tune with the policies and programmes of the ruling party and its allies.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - As the first session of 15th Lok Sabha starts today, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has expressed the hope of a "new beginning" and that Parliament would be allowed to run smoothly.

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is readying for the first session of the 15th Lok Sabha from Monday with the formal swearing in of the 543 newly elected MPs. Two days have been earmarked for the procedure that will be followed by the election of the Lok Sabha speaker and the joint address to parliament by President Pratibha Patil.

May 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of the 15th Lok Sabha begins Monday as a resurgent Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was set to start a new innings and an humbled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said it will play the role of a "constructive opposition." The session will begin with the formal swearing in of the 543 newly elected MPs. Two days have been earmarked for the procedure that will be followed by the election of the Lok Sabha speaker Wednesday and President Pratibha Patil's address to a joint session of parliament Thursday.

May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) newly elected MPs will be held here Sunday to formally elect party veteran L.K. Advani as leader of the opposition on the eve of the first session of the 15th Lok Sabha.

May 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Cabinet will meet here today to discuss the agenda before the new government. Presided over by the Prime Minister Dr.

May 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first session of the 15th Lok Sabha will begin June 1. The decision was taken Saturday at the first meeting of the cabinet that was sworn in Friday.

March 27th, 2009 DHARAMSALA - The fortnight long session of the Tibetan parliament in-exile concluded here on Friday. It was the seventh session of the 14th Tibetan Parliament in-exile which began on March 9.

March 12th, 2009 DHARAMSHALA - The seventh session of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile began here on Monday. The two-week session will end on March 18, where the main agenda will be the annual budget of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

January 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The central government will present a vote on account on Feb 16, parliament officials said here Thursday. An interim railway budget would be prersented on Feb 13.