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Bihar Assembly polls: EC holds virtual meeting with non-NDA parties
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Ahead of the impending Bihar Assembly polls, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday held a virtual meeting with non-National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parties, including the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
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S. Korea revokes operation permits of 2 anti-DPRK civic groups over leafle
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 17 (Xinhua/ ANI): South Korea on Friday decided to revoke the operating permits of two civic groups for having sent leaflets criticizing the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
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Centre prioritising toppling democratically elected govts amid pandemic: K
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Congress leader KC Venugopal on Friday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying that the BJP government at the centre is prioritising toppling democratically elected governments amid the COVID-19 pandemic while people are suffering and health infrastructu
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3 bombs explode near Kurdish military prosecutor's office in Syria's Raqqa
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Raqqa [Syria], July 15 (Sputnik/ANI): Three bombs have exploded at the headquarters of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) military prosecutor's office in the northern province of Raqqa, the Syrian Al-Watan newspaper reported.
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Pompeo calls for 'free and fair' Hong Kong Legislative Council election
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 14 (ANI): After China declared primaries held by Hong Kong's pro-democratic parties on the weekend 'illegal', US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has called for a free and fair Legislative Council election in the city.
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Under pressure, expansionist China begins to wilt; India's strategic optio
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): China's brazen attempts at annexing territories from its neigbouring countries has been widely covered in the media. It has challenged Japan in the East China Sea, grabbed territory in the South China Sea, laid claims to Indonesian islands 1500 kms away and
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Gold smuggling case: UDF to move no-confidence motion against Kerala govt
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 13 (ANI): The United Democratic Front (UDF) has decided to move a no-confidence motion against the Kerala government after their 'failure' to nab the suspects in the gold smuggling case.
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Fair data regime thrives only in democratic ecosystem, data imperialism un
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Union Communications, Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that a fair data regime thrives only in a democratic ecosystem and any kind of data imperialism is unacceptable.
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Cong MP, AIUDF MLA booked for violating lockdown norms during funeral in A
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Nagaon (Assam) [India], July 9 (ANI): Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA Aminul Islam were booked for violating lockdown norms during a funeral on Monday.
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Ban on dog meat by Nagaland govt sparks debate
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kohima /Dimapur (Nagaland) [India], July 8 (ANI): Following the Nagaland government's order to ban the trading of dogs and also the sale of both 'cooked and uncooked' dog-meat, a debate has emerged as to whether the order passed by the state government is democratic or not.
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CPI opposes move of postal ballot for voters above 65 years
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) has opposed the move to provide postal ballot to voters above 65 years of age and said it will "jeoparadise the democratic process of free and fair elections".
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Imran Khan's government continues to muzzle academicians taking anti-govt
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): Pakistan has always been in the news for committing gross human rights violations. Under the Imran Khan-led democratic government a number of universities have been forced to sack their professors who spoke or supported anti-government campaigns, reported
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