Israel’s Knesset is considering a bill banning Palestinian flags from being raised at Israeli-funded institutions and universities inside the Green Line.
Singing legend Lata Mangeshkar, who was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, might not have been an active parliamentarian, but had voted in favour of the Prevention of Terrorism Bill, which was passed in a rare joint session of Parliament in 2002.
Lata Mangeshkar, who breathed her last on Sunday, was nominated to the Upper House of Parliament in November 1999 and completed her tenure on November 21, 2005.