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Nationwide CBI raids over FCRA violation
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): After getting a complaint from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday conducted a nationwide operation at about 40 locations in connection with Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Act, 2020. (FCRA)
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Activists differ on bill to raise age of marriage for women, house panel t
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports on Monday discussed the Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, which proposes to raise the minimum age of marriage for women from 18 to 21.
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SC stays proceedings before HCs on pleas challenging IT rules
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the further proceedings pending before the High Courts across the country on petitions challenging the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021) and the Cable
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Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi vows to continue fight against CAA
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 7 (ANI): A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah reiterated that the Centre would implement the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) after the COVID-19 pandemic gets over, Assam's lone independent MLA and president of Raijor Dal Akhil Gogoi said that the people in
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Mamata Banerjee claims BJP will not return to power in 2024, no CAA will b
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 5 (ANI): Reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remark about implementing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday claimed that the BJP will not return to power in 2024 and no CAA will be implemented. Read More
Amit Shah accuses TMC of spreading rumours on CAA, says it will be impleme
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 5 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday slammed the Trinamool Congress for spreading rumours about the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and said that the Central government will implement it once the COVID-19 pandemic ends.
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Sleepy Joe turns funny Joe at White House Correspondents' Dinner
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 1 (ANI): US President Joe Biden had the press corps in splits with his humorous take on a host of issues, including his predecessor Donald Trump and also his falling approval rating, during the 2022 White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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Centre notifies second phase of mandatory hallmarking, to come into force
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): The second phase of the mandatory hallmarking vide hallmarking of Gold jewellery and Gold Artefacts (Amendment) Order, 2022 will come into force from June 1.
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Sri Lanka: 21st Amendment proposal to be presented in new cabinet meeting
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 25 (ANI): Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will present on Monday proposals submitted by political parties to Parliament to draft the 21st Amendment of the Constitution at the first meeting of the new cabinet, local media reported.
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VP Naidu seeks modification in anti-defection law as it is plagued with lo
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 24 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called for amendment in the anti-defection law because of the "loopholes" and said that there has to be clarity in the law that delivers the decision against the defectors within six months.
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Rahul credits Rajiv Gandhi for introducing Panchayati Raj institutions
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): On National Panchayati Raj Day, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hailed former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for fulfilling Mahatma Gandhi's dream of strengthening villages by giving the Panchayati Raj system to the country through the landmark th
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Pakistan govt to bring law to eliminate 'fake news'
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Newly sworn-in Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday said that an amendment would be made to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) laws to "eliminate fake news".
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