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Modi-led NDA will be back in 2019: Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 18 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday expressed confidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government will return to power in 2019.
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Europe concerned over China's hidden agenda behind One Belt, One Road
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Sep 18 (ANI): A group of panellists from Europe have expressed concern over China's 'One Belt One Road Initiative' (OBOR), calling out the hidden agendas to capture European markets.
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Bhutan elections: Ruling party ousted in primary round
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Thimphu [Bhutan] Sep 17 (ANI): Incumbent Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay's People's Democratic Party (PDP) was knocked out in the first round of Bhutan's third parliamentary elections on Sunday.
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United Left Alliance sweeps JNUSU polls
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 16 (ANI): The Left Unity on Sunday won all central panel posts in the Jawaharlal Nehru University Student's Union (JNUSU). The Left Unity is an alliance of the Students' Federation of India, All India Students Federation, All India Students Association and the Democra
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J-K Guv urges parties to participate in electoral exercise
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sep 15 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday requested all political parties to participate in the upcoming electoral exercise- Panchayat polls and municipal elections in the state.
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2 awarded death sentence in 2014 NDFB mass killings
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Sep 15 (ANI): A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Saturday awarded death penalty to two convicts while remaining two were given life imprisonment in connection with the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) mass killings in 2014.
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PDP to boycott upcoming panchayat polls
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Sep 10 (ANI): Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said that her party will boycott the upcoming panchayat polls in the state.
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Say yes to socialism: Jim Carrey tells Democrats
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Sep 10 (ANI): Legendary actor Jim Carrey, who is all geared up for his return into the limelight with a new show, urged the United States' Democratic Party to "say yes to socialism" and embrace attacks made by the Republicans.
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Maldives situation "worse than previously understood"
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Sep 09 (ANI): A report on the current political situation in the Maldives, recently published by a European think tank, has deemed the political situation in the Island Nation under President Abdulla Yameen as "worse than had been previously understood and continues to de
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BJP slams Farooq Abdullah's call to boycott polls
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 9 (ANI): The General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ram Madhav, on Sunday criticised Farooq Abdullah, the president of the National Conference (NC), saying that Abdullah is playing party politics ahead of the Panchayat and urban local body polls in Jam
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Opposition's no-confidence motion was futile effort: Sitharaman
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 08 (ANI): Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the no-confidence motion against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was a futile effort by the opposition parties and they failed miserably in their approach.
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US calls for fair elections in Maldives, warns of sanctions
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 07 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday expressed its concerns over the "continued democratic backsliding" in the Maldives and warned the island nation it would take "appropriate measures" against those undermining fair electoral process and democracy.
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