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Congress manifesto promises to revamp laws, plans to quash sedition, amend
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr 2 (ANI): The Congress manifesto released on Tuesday promised significant changes in the laws, like quashing of the Sedition law and amendment to the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA).
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AFSPA amendment necessary to balance rights of armed forces with human rig
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Asserting that its manifesto is completely implementable by a "competent and wise government", Congress on Tuesday said that its promise of amending the AFSPA was about striking a balance between rights of armed forces and human rights.
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Amit Shah attacks Cong on its promise to amend AFSPA
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday attacked Congress for promising a review of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in its election manifesto and accused it of attempting to demoralise armed forces personnel posted on the borders.
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Some 'Congress friends' conspired against removal of AFSPA, says Omar Abdu
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Baramulla (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Apr 2 (ANI): Welcoming as "better late than never" the Congress poll promise of amending the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said earlier "some friends" in the grand old party had "conspire
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Congress promises to amend AFSPA Act if voted to power
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 2 (ANI): The Congress, which released its election manifesto on Tuesday, promised to amend the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or the AFSPA, that grants special powers to the Indian armed forces in 'insurgency-hit areas', if the party came to power after the ensui
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India, US renew triangular development cooperation in Asia and Africa
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 29 (ANI): India and the United States on Friday signed the First Amendment to the Statement of Guiding Principles (SGP) on Triangular Cooperation for Global Development, mainly focused on Asia and Africa.
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LS Polls: Primary agenda is to scrap Citizenship Amendment Bill, says Cong
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Dharmanagar (Tripura) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Tripura Congress leader Pragya Deb Burman has said her primary agenda after coming to power is to scrap the Citizenship Amendment Bill that seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and, Afghanistan who came t
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SC to hear plea against 10% quota bill on April 8
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28, (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned for April 8 a bunch of pleas challenging the Constitution Amendment that gives 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education for economically weaker section of the general category.
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Tripura: Cong, INPT approach IPFT for alliance to defeat BJP
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 28 (ANI): Tripura Congress and Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) have urged the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) to ally with them in order to defeat BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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SC defers hearing of pleas challenging amendments in SC/ST Act again
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing to April 30 on the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of amendment brought in SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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UK MPs vote to take control over Brexit process
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Mar 26 (ANI): Further deepening the crisis, British MPs on Monday (local times) defied Prime Minister Theresa May's government and voted in the favour of an amendment that gives them the power to control of the country's Parliament, reports CNN.
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Republicans propose amendment to limit Supreme Court to 9 justices
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 20 (ANI): A Republican senator is planning to introduce a constitutional amendment to "limit the number of US Supreme Court justices to nine" after several Democrats have professed the idea of expanding the bench.
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