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Hong Kong electoral changes by China do not represent will of residents: U
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 1 (ANI): China's drastic overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system would neither produce any "meaningful democratic results" nor represent the inclusive and credible will of Hongkongers, the United States' top envoy to the city said on Thursday.
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Mehbooba Mufti says she, her mother refused passports; HC dismisses her pl
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 29 (ANI): Former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said she has been refused a passport. She tweeted to say that the passport office has cited a report of Jammu and Kashmir's Criminal Investigation De
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US suspends all trade with Myanmar until elected government returns
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 29 (ANI): US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Monday announced the immediate suspension of all US trade engagement with Myanmar under the 2013 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement until the return of a democratically elected government.
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Kerala CM ordering probe against central investigation agencies shows his
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], March 28 (ANI): United Democratic Front (UDF) convenor MM Hassan on Saturday stated that Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had decided to conduct a judicial inquiry against the central agencies investigating gold smuggling and dollar smuggling cases "out of fe
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SC refuses to stay sale of electoral bonds ahead of Assembly polls
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): Ahead of Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to put a stay on the sale of a fresh set of electoral bonds from April 1.
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Ahead of Maryam Nawaz hearing, National Accountability Bureau declares Lah
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 24 (ANI): Ahead of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz's appearance in the hearing of Chaudhry Sugar Mills case and purchase of land in Raiwind, accountability watchdog - National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Tuesday declared its Lah
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PM Modi reaching out to Pak PM Imran Khan 'step in right direction': Mehbo
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he reached out to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan, saying it was a "step in the right direction".<
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Military should serve Pakistan only as state's subordinate institution: Al
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK] March 24 (ANI): Altaf Hussain, the supremo of Pakistan's only grass root level rights mass movement -- the Muttahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM), has warned that the progress of the country could remain halted and impeded if the role of the military in country's democratic and politica
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Erdogan and Bahceli move to ban Turkey's third largest party
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], March 22 (ANI): Before the ink was dry on President Tayyip Erdogan's much touted "Human Rights Action Plan," announced on March 2, the autocratic President of Turkey showed his real "commitment" to human rights, by granting the wish of his ultra-nationalist ally Devlet Bahc
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Delhi HC refuses to put stay on ED summon to Mehbooba Mufti
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to grant a stay on the fresh Enforcement Directorate (ED) notice issued against Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti in a money-laundering matter.
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US Senators call Farm laws 'internal Indian Policy', urge Biden administra
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): Two Democratic Senators -- Charles Schumer and Bob Menendez have called on US President Joe Biden's administration to engage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over the farmers' protests in India.
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Mamata supports Kejriwal's protest against Govt of National Capital Territ
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 18 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday supported Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's protest against the Govt of National Capital Territory of Delhi (Amendment) Bill saying, she "stands in full solidarity with their principled
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