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Michelle O'Neil becomes Northern Ireland's first nationalist leader
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
In a historic moment, the Irish nationalist leader, Michelle O'Neill, has become the first minister of Northern Ireland as power-sharing resumes after a two-year gap.
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Kerala: UDF boycotts Assembly proceedings after Speaker disallows adjournm
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress-led United Democratic Front on Thursday sought an adjournment motion in the Kerala Assembly to debate a Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) inquiry against the IT company owned by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter, T. Veena.
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Pro-China Opposition politician elected Speaker in Taiwan
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A few weeks after the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won an unprecedented third term in office, Taiwan's legislature elected Han Kuo-yu, a politician from the China-friendly opposition Kuomintang (KMT) as its new speaker on Thursday, Voice of America reported.
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"...took lives, wrecked many households": After going cold on Congress, Ma
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
With the Opposition alliance threatening to fall apart amid rising differences over seat-sharing, West Bengal Chief Minister and ruling TMC supremo, Mamata Banerjee, on Thursday asserted that her party would form the government at the Centre along with like-minded regional partners after
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Hemant Soren calls ED's action against him was to destabilise democratical
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Hemant Soren has approached the Supreme Court against the Enforcement Directorate's action and said that the probe agency has abused all its power and acted in a malafide manner to destabilise a democratically elected government in Jharkhand.
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Taiwan swore in its 11th Legislative Yuan, with none of its parties holdin
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Taiwan on Thursday swore in its 11th Legislative Yuan, a group of 113 members running the gamut from 10-term parliamentary mainstay Ker Chien-ming, the outgoing majority leader in the Legislative Yuan since 2016, to Huang Jie, the Legislature's youngest member at 31, as reported by Focus Tai
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Telangana Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy condemns 'stone pelting at Rah
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Telangana Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy condemned the incident of stone pelting on the vehicle of fellow Lok Sabha member and former party president, Rahul Gandhi. Telangana Minister pointed out that such attacks must not be tolerated in a democratic country and all the citizens must
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Will remain in NDA fold forever now: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said that now he will stay in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) forever and will continue to work for the people of his state.
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Maldives Prosecutor General Hussain Shameem brutally attacked
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Maldives Prosecutor General, Hussain Shameem, who was appointed by the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) government, has been brutally attacked in broad daylight, Maldives-based online news outlet Adhadhu reported.
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Kerala Court awards death sentence to 15 PFI members in BJP leader Ranjith
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Mavelikkara Additional Sessions Court has issued a death sentence to 15 Popular Front of India (PFI) members in the BJP leader Ranjith Sreenivasan murder case. All accused were the workers of PFI and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).
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"Brazen, shameless capture of democratic system...": KC Venugopal on Chand
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal launched an attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Chandigarh mayor elections and called it a "brazen", "shameless capture" of the democratic system.
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"Double-engine govt will ensure development in Bihar," says Nityanand Rai
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A day after Nitish Kumar was sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister for the ninth time under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, Union Minister Nityanand Rai said that the 'double-engine' government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would ensure development in the state.
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