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Unemployment one of the major threats India is facing: Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Jersey [U.S.A.], September 20 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has said that unemployment is one of the major threats to the growth of the nation.
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Venkaiah Naidu takes dig at Rahul, dubs dynasty in democracy as 'nasty'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 16 (ANI): Hitting out at the dynastic politics, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that dynasty in democracy is "nasty."
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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to address nation next week on Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], September 13 (ANI): Nobel Laureate State Councillor and leader of National League for Democracy Aung San Suu Kyi will address the nation on the Rohingyas Muslims crisis engulfing Rakhine state next week.
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Justified in a democracy to condemn prime minister: Congress defends Rahul
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): The Congress on Tuesday defended party vice-president Rahul Gandhi's remarks at the University of California in Berkeley, U.S.A., saying that in a democracy, it is justified to condemn a prime minister and he should have been prepared for this by now.
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Rohingyas issue: India hits back at United Nations, High Commissioner for
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 12 (ANI): Ambassador Rajiv K. Chander, the Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, on Tuesday expressed its disapproval with remarks made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, saying that there appeared to be an inade
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If children are not safe, India isn't either: Kailash Satyarthi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], September 12 (ANI): Nobel laureate and social activist Kailash Satyarthi on Tuesday said that no matter how rich India's culture is or how large the democracy is, if the children of the country are not safe, the nation is not either.
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Military-judiciary nexus behind crippling of Pakistan's democracy, say exp
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London, Sept.8 (ANI): The removal of Nawaz Sharif from the office of Prime Minister through a Supreme Court ruling is being seen by experts as a shot in the arm for the judiciary-military nexus in Pakistan.
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Siddaramaiah condemns death of Gauri Lankesh, says Karnataka lost strong p
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sept. 5 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday condemned the death of Senior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh and said it 'is an assassination on democracy'.
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Rahul Gandhi will share views on contemporary India at American university
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 4 (ANI): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will speak at an American university on September 11 and share his views on contemporary India and the path forward for the world's largest democracy, the varsity has announced.
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VP Naidu expresses gratitude, assures to live up to people's expectat
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu, who was sworn-in to the honourable position today morning, has said the beauty and majesty of India's Parliamentary democracy is that it can lift a commoner like him to an exalted position and offer opportunities to d
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Outgoing VP Hamid Ansari speaks on minorities, democracy in his last RS ad
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): In his last address as the Vice-President, Hamid Ansari on Thursday said that democracy would turn into tyranny, if opposition groups are not given the right to free criticism, adding that a democracy is distinguished by the protection it gives to minority
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BJP warns 'hypocrite' Mamata of exposing her 'lust for powe
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug. 10 (ANI): After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of subverting democracy and launched the 'BJP Quit India Movement,' the saffron party on Thursday lashed out at the former, stating that they are sure to expo
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