Samajwadi Party and Shiv Sena on Thursday thwarted an attempt in the Rajya Sabha to take up for passage the contentious Bill providing for quota in promotion for SCs and STs in government jobs.

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Undeterred by the fracas in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, government will bring the Bill providing for SC/ST reservation in promotion in government jobs in the Upper House on Thursday for consideratio

The much-awaited Lokpal Bill is in for further delay with the term of a Parliamentary committee examining it being extended on Friday beyond September 3 to allow it to submit its report by the beginning of the Winter Session of Parliament.

With Parliament proceedings continuing to be disrupted on the coal block allocation issue, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav on Thursday met leaders of CPI, CPI(M) and TDP and decided to hold a dharna on Friday to demand restoration of normalcy in the House and a debate on the issue.

Parliament was adjourned till noon on Thursday amid din as BJP persisted with its demand for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation provoking Congress members to raise slogans.

Parliament remained deadlocked for the sixth day on Tuesday as BJP stuck to its demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the coal block allocation issue.

A determined opposition on Tuesday forced the adjournment of Parliament till noon demanding resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over the CAG report on coal block allocation.

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Setting aside their confrontation over the CAG report on coal block allocation, opposition and the ruling dispensation on Tuesday got together in a rare show to unanimously elect Congress leader P.J.

Rejecting as 'preposterous' the opposition demand for resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over alleged scam in coal block allocation, the government on Tuesday said that it was ready for a discussion on the issue in Parliament.

Cautioning that lack of political consensus on many issues was impeding rapid economic growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday said time has come to view development processes as matters of national security.