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Russian Constitution lacks balance between power branches, says Speaker Vo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian constitution does not consists of a necessary balance between its power branches, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Monday.
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Differently abled cricket player embarks on unique Cycle expedition
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 12 (ANI): Riding a bicycle may be an ordinary day to day affair for many but for differently abled Indian cricketer Mayur Dumasia, who had lost his right arm at the age of 15, it has become an expedition for creating social awareness.
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VP Naidu pushes for greater parliamentary exchanges with Russia
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu held a meeting with the Chief of the Russian State Duma (or Parliament) Vyacheslav Volodin here on Monday, wherein he laid stress on increasing exchanges at the parliamentary level to expand mutual understanding between the two n
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Russian delegation meets PM Modi over monitoring of 2019 parliamentary ele
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 10 (ANI/Sputnik): A Russian delegation led by the Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to discuss monitoring of the 2019 general elections.
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Russian Lower House adopts law criminalising refusal to hire pre-retiremen
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Sept 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The Lower House of the Russian Parliament (State Duma) on Tuesday adopted a law on criminal liability for employers over refusal to hire persons of the pre-retirement age.
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Russia confirms Dmitry Medvedev as its PM
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 8 (ANI): The Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament) on Tuesday gave its mandate to Dmitry Medvedev for a new term as prime minister.
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Kansas shooting accused sentenced to life
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): A Kansas man who fatally shot an Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in a racially motivated hate crime at a sports bar in Kansas city in the United States was on Friday sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Syria shoots down missiles targeting Shayrat, Dumayr military bases
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 17 (ANI): Syria's Air Defense has claimed to shot down the missiles targeting the Shayrat air base on early Tuesday.
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Russian lawmakers bar US media from accessing parliament
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 6 (ANI): Russian lawmakers have voted to ban the US media designated as "foreign agents" from accessing the lower house of parliament in the latest tit-for-tat between both the countries over government-funded media outlets.
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Russia to ban American journalists from covering parliament
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow (Russia) December 2 (ANI) Russia's decision to pass a measure that would ban American journalists from covering the Duma, the lower chamber of its Parliament, comes as a major blow to media freedom.
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Russia passes law banning 'outlandish' baby names
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Apr 22 (ANI): Russia's State Duma has passed a bill, which bans parents from officially giving their babies names that are foul words, numbers, titles or abbreviations.
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"DO WE BELONG HERE?", Kansas widow asks tough question via Faceb
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 2 (ANI): Sunayana Dumala, the widowed wife of the Indian Engineer who was killed in Kansas in an apparent 'hate crime', has shared her feelings on Facebook, particularly highlighting the insecurity that haunts her and thousands of foreign nationals living in
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