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Hong Kong leader admits 'deficiencies in governance' led to defeat in elec
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Nov 26 (ANI): Hong Kong embattled leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday admitted that the "deficiencies in governance" led to the landslide defeat in the recent elections.
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Pro-democracy parties secure landslide victory in Hong Kong local election
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Nov 25 (ANI): Pro-democracy candidates secured major gains in Hong Kong's district council elections, as early results trickled in Monday morning, with multiple high-profile pro-government figures losing their seats.
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Hong Kong elections: Pro-democracy parties on way to secure landslide vict
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Nov 25 (ANI): As many as 201 of the first 241 seats declared have been won by pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong district council elections as compared to 38 by the pro-establishment candidates, according to the early results compiled by the South China Morning Post.
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Hong Kong: Voter turnout rate passes 2015 in local elections since protest
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Nov 24 (ANI): Hongkongers have been heading to the polls since Sunday morning in one of the most closely watched district council elections since the city returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
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Knife attack outside mall in Hong Kong injures 6
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Nov 3 (ANI): At least six people, including a district councillor, were injured in a knife attack outside a shopping mall in Hong Kong's Tai Koo district on Sunday, local media reported.
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BJP will not field relatives of MPs, other elected representatives for Har
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 23 (ANI): BJP will not allocate assembly tickets to relatives of its incumbent MPs, Mayors or district council chairpersons in the upcoming elections in Haryana. The party has also decided not to field anyone above the age of 75 years in the crucial polls.
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In Tripura, PM Modi reiterates Centre’s move to strengthen autonomous coun
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Feb 9 (ANI): In a bid to woo the tribal community ahead of the coming Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that his government has not only taken steps to strengthen the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), but wo
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Pakistani district council wants only Christians as sweepers
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad, Jan 22 (ANI) Only Christians should be hired as sweepers in the district hospitals of Swabi in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. This was the resolution passed by the Swabi district council, Samaa TV channel has reported.
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Manipur BJP leader held with drugs worth Rs 27 crore
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India] June 21(ANI): The Narcotics and Affairs of Border (NAB) arrested seven people including Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Chairman of an autonomous district council in Chandel district, Lutkhosei Zou, with drugs valued at over Rs 27 crore on Wednesday.
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Stylish beards are un-Islamic, so ban it: Pakistani province
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Dera Ghazi Khan [Pakistan], Feb 26 (ANI): The District Council of Dera Ghazi Khan district in Pakistan's Punjab province has passed a resolution demanding a ban on shaping beards in fashionable styles.
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Bracewell sentenced to 100 hours of community work for drink-driving
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], May 25 (ANI): New Zealand fast bowler Doug Bracewell has been slapped with 100 hours of community work after he pleaded guilty to drink-driving offence in the Hastings District Council last month.
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