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India joins 135 nations to back UNSC resolution condemning Iran's "egregio
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution condemning Iran's "egregious attacks" against regional neighbours, demanding an immediate halt to hostilities and interference with maritime trade. While 13 members voted in favour, Russia and China abstained, with Tehran dismissing the move a
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India abstains from UN resolution vote calling for ceasefire between Russi
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
India on Tuesday abstained from voting on a United Nations General Assembly draft resolution that called for an immediate, complete, and unconditional ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
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Special convention starts in Kathmandu amid widening intra-party rift with
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The two-day event began on Sunday afternoon with the active involvement of general secretaries Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma. Acting party president and other senior party members abstained from the opening ceremony in protest.
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INDIA bloc leaders meet to discuss strategy for winter Parliament session;
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The INDIA bloc leaders are expected to raise the issue of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) across the country, the Delhi blast near Red Fort, the deteriorating air quality in the national capital and issues regarding foreign policy.
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UN Security Council adopts US-backed resolution on Trump's Gaza plan, auth
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
The UN Security Council approved a US-backed plan for Gaza peace and an international force. Hamas rejected it, calling it foreign control. Russia and China abstained. The plan mentions a possible path to Palestinian statehood, which Israel's Netanyahu opposes. Trump hailed the vote as histo
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UN lifts sanctions on Syrian president ahead of al-Sharaa's White House me
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
China abstained from the vote stating that while the UNSC held multiple rounds of consultations, in which Beijing expressed legitimate concerns about terrorism, including foreign terrorist fighters in Syria the US pushed the text forward to serve its own interests.
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Delhi: Lawyers to strike against arrest of advocate by Haryana police
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Lawyers at Delhi's District Courts have resolved to abstain from work on Thursday. Coordination of All Delhi Bar Associations has called for a strike in protest of the arrest of a lawyer by the Haryana police.
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Bar Association Kargil to abstain from judicial work from October 1-6 over
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Bar Association Kargil has announced that it will abstain from all judicial work between October 1 and October 6, 2025, in response to the recent violence in Leh that claimed four lives.
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"BJD working in tandem with BJP": Congress' Srikant Jena hits out at Navee
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Jena argued that the BJD helped NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan in securing victory for the post of Vice President by not participating in the voting process.
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AAP's Sanjay Singh accuses abstaining parties of backing BJP in Vice Presi
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"They are supporting the BJP. They have not boycotted. It means they have supported Modi. Punjab and the entire country have come to know that in times of crisis like this, the Akali Dal is standing with the BJP. They say something outside, but stand together inside," Singh told ANI.
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Vice President election: Cong MP Syed Naseer Hussain alleges "ploy" as par
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Syed Naseer Hussain alleged a "ploy" by the NDA amid political parties abstaining from voting in the Vice Presidential election.
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Biju Janata Dal decides to abstain from Vice Presidential Elections: BJD M
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Addressing reporters in the national capital, Patra said, "Biju Janata Dal has decided to abstain from the vice presidential elections tomorrow. The Biju Janata Dal remains equidistant from both the NDA and INDIA alliances. We are focused on the development and welfare of Odisha and 4.5 cror
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