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Women's Bill deferred NEW DELHI, July 14 — The introduction of the controversy-ridden Women’s Reservation Bill, providing for 33 per cent reservation of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and state assemblies, was deferred today. The day also saw the Speaker taking the unprecedented step of calling in marshals to evict a Rashtriya Janata Party member, Mr Anand Mohan Singh, ... USA softens stand on sanctions WASHINGTON, July 14 — In a softening of its tough stand, the Clinton Administration has asked the Congress to give the President, Mr Bill Clinton, the power to waive stringent sanctions imposed on India and Pakistan following their nuclear tests...

Members of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Uttaranchal Pradesh, demonstrate at Sitarganj tehsil demanding exclusion of Udham Singh Nagar district from the proposed Uttaranchal state on Monday Tribune photo by Pankaj Sharma Power politics in full swing in Uttaranchal NANAKMATTA (Udham Singh Nagar district), July 14 — Power politics is in full play in the run-up to the creation of the new hill state of Uttaranchal consisting of 12 mountainous districts of Uttar Pradesh...

Farooq wants quota for Muslim women KANGRA, July 14 — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah today demanded reservation for Muslim women in the proposed 33 per cent quota for women in the Lok Sabha...

Oppn walkout on postal strike NEW DELHI, July 14 — Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha, barring those from the Congress, today staged a walkout in protest against the Communication Minister, Ms Sushma Swaraj’s remark that the ongoing postal strike, had been 'politically motivated'. While replying to clarifications on her statement earlier in the House, the minister categorically stated that she would not succumb to any political pressure. She also rejected the Opposition charge that she had made it a prestige issue of not talking to the striking postal employees...

IN PASSING This is the UP and Bihar style of parliamentary debate by Sandeep Joshi

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