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Dr. B R Ambedkar's statue unveiled in Haryana Assembly
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], March 5 (ANI): Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar unveiled a statue of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, known as the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, in the Haryana Legislative Assembly premises on Friday.
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SC issues notice to Centre over guidelines banning transgenders from donat
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Central government and other parties after hearing a Public Intrest Litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of Section 12 and 51 of Blood Donor guidelines, 2017, which has imposed a blanket b
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SC rejects plea challenging Centre's overriding power over States on trans
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the PIL filed by a West Bengal based advocate, challenging the constitutional validity of Rule 6 (1) of IPS (Cadre) Rules, 1954 for conferring powers on the Central government to override the states in connection with mat
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India at UNSC hopes a consultative process involving all stakeholders will
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 23 (ANI): India on Tuesday has taken note of the appointment of an Independent Consultative Constitutional Committee and hoped that a consultative process involving all stakeholders will be undertaken to reach decisions that adequately reflect the hopes and aspirat
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Erdogan wants to write a new constitution in his own favour
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 22 (ANI): Quite unexpectedly Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said on February 1 that the country needed a new 'democratic" constitution that would replace the 1982 constitution drawn by Turkish generals in the wake of the military coup of 1980. But what prompt
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Freedom of expression is constitutional right of every citizen: Kazakh Pre
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], February 19 (ANI): Freedom of expression is a constitutional right of every citizen, said Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, according to the Akorda press service.
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Congress approaches Telangana Governor to take action against educational
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 18 (ANI): All India National Congress Committee (AICC) National Spokesperson Dasoju Sravan on Thursday submitted a representation to Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to initiate action against the authorities of English and Foreign Language U
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NGT constitutes expert committee to look into Rourkela Steel Plant gas lea
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the constitution of an expert committee comprising the Ministry of Environment, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and the Odisha Pollution Control Board (PCB) to look into the matter of suspected toxic
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EU urges China to reverse ban on BBC, says it violates Chinese constitutio
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], February 14 (ANI): Asserting that it is strongly committed to safeguarding media freedom, the European Union (EU) said China should reverse its ban on BBC World News as it violated both the Chinese constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Don't make us feel like we are living in Russian Gulag: Mahua Moitra alleg
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Mahua Moitra on Saturday has alleged that she is being put under "some sort of surveillance after Border Security Force (BSF) officers were deputed outside her Delhi residence."
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Governance should be left to elected members accountable to legislature: L
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday that independence of judiciary and separation of power is part of the basic structure of the constitution and governance should be left to elected representatives who are accountable to the legislature.<
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Options of ballot paper and EVM should be available for people to vote in
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 12 (ANI): The debate over the demand for paper ballots in addition to electronic voting machines (EVMs) in local governing bodies and Assembly polls has continued in Maharashtra as the leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government opined differently on
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