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Our MLA in clutches of PM Modi: Cong MP
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 17 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protest against the swearing-in of B.S. Yeddyurappa as the chief minister of Karnataka, Congress Party MP D.K. Suresh alleged that his fellow Congressman, Anand Singh, was in the "clutches" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Pak PM meets US leaders in Washington
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Mar.17 (ANI): Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is in Washington D.C. for a day and is using his short visit to meet American Congressmen and officials.
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US Congressman removed from House Ethics Committee
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Jan 21 (ANI): United States House Speaker Paul Ryan has removed Representative Patrick Meehan from the House Ethics Committee, following a news report that he used taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment claim from a former staffer.
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US Congressman flags concern over rights violations in Karachi
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Jan 20 (ANI): United States Congressman Tom Garrett a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee has expressed his concern over gross human rights abuses against ethnic Mohajirs in Karachi.
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'Shehzad Poonawalla not a true congressman'
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov. 30 (ANI): A day after Congress leader Shehzad Poonawalla called his party's internal elections "rigged", Congress leader Ashok Chavan on Thursday branded the former's assertion as a publicity stunt and said there is no truth in it.
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US Congressman steps down amid sexual harassment probe
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Nov 27 (ANI): United States Democratic congressman John Conyers has stepped down as ranking member of House Judiciary Committee while sexual harassment and workplace abuse allegations are investigated.
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Anthony Weiner sentenced to 21 months for sexting teen
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], September 26 (ANI): Former United States Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for sexting with a school girl.
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Trump to nominate Bridenstine as NASA chief next week
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], September 2 (ANI):United States President Donald Trump will nominate Oklahoma Congressman Jim Bridenstine as the next administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) next week.
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U.S. lawmaker calls Pakistan a "backstabbing nation"
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], July 26 (ANI): United States Congressman Ted Poe has described Pakistan as a "backstabbing nation" and hailed the decision of Defense Secretary James Mattis to withhold the release of USD 350 million from the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) to that co
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Pakistan must pay for supporting terrorism, says U.S. Congressman
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], July 1 (ANI): Pakistan knows it is supporting terrorism, as does the United States and Afghanistan, and therefore, must face the consequences, financial or otherwise for doing so, a member of the United States Congress has said.
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Virginia shooting: Congressman Steve Scalise 'critical' post sec
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 18 (ANI): Senior Congressman Steve Scalise's condition was upgraded to "serious" after he underwent a second surgery on Saturday, after he was injured in a shooting at a Republican congressional baseball practice earlier this week.
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Scalise's condition after shooting 'more difficult' than th
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], June. 16 (ANI): After visiting Steve Scalise, the majority whip who was shot when a gunman opened fire during a congressional Republican baseball practice in Virginia, President Donald Trump admitted that the congressman was in a "more difficult" condition than was ini
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