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BJP extended support to 'extortionist' Shiv Sena to save its gov
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar. 9 (ANI): A day after Shiv Sena's Mahadeshwar was elected as the next mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the National Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday dubbed the Uddhav Thackeray-led party as extortionist and asserted that the Bharatiya
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Onkar Singh elected secretary general of Asian Cycling Confederation
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 4 (ANI): Onkar Singh, Cycling Federation of India (CFI) Secretary General, will be the new secretary general of Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC). He takes over from Boo Woong Choi of Korea.
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French Open reluctant to give Sharapova a wild card
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Mar.3 (ANI): Newly-elected president of the French Tennis Federation (FFT), Bernard Giudicelli, has indicated that they are reluctant to hand Maria Sharapova a wild card entry for this year's Grand Slam tournament despite the embattled Russian tennis star re
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'Stable' BJP only hope for UP, says PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Mau (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb. 27 (ANI): Emphasising that India under the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule is scaling newer heights, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that a languishing Uttar Pradesh can only develop if a stable BJP is elected to power.
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Probe required to determine whether presidential election was 'rigged
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [United States], Feb. 27 (ANI): Newly-elected Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez has said that an investigation is required determine whether presidential election was 'rigged' by U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
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Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey elected as new ICAI President
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 13 (ANI): The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), on Sunday, appointed CA Nilesh Shivji Vikamsey and CA Naveen N.D. Gupta as the President and Vice-President of ICAI, respectively, for the year 2017-18.
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Rosie O'Donnell planning to hurt Donald Trump, where it hurts the mos
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 10 (ANI): Saturday Night Live (SNL) has always been vocal in addressing serious issues in a satirical and funny way. It has not been different this year too as all the star performers on the show have been taking digs at the newly elected President of the United States, Do
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Abdullahi Farmajo elected as new Somalia President
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 9(ANI): Somalia's Parliament has elected former prime minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, a dual US-Somali citizen, as the country's new president.
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Sasikala can be sworn in as Chief Minister 'constitutionally': N
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 8 (ANI): With the controversy surrounding elevation of V.K. Sasikala Natrajan as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister intensifying, the National Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday said the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazakham (AIADMK) General Secretary could be sworn-in as th
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Pending graft case automatically disqualifies Sasikala from being Chief Mi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 7(ANI): Adding to the furore caused by the PIL against Sasikala Natarajan being elected the General secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), the legal team of the petitioner on Tuesday reiterated the ineligibility of her candidature on accou
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Sasikala Natarajan not fit to become CM: AIADMK leader H. Pandiyan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb. 7 (ANI): A day after Sasikala Natarajan was elected the general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), party leader H. Pandiyan on Tuesday questioned the manner in which the former has been elevated and added that she does not h
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BJP, Congress corner TN governor over stalling Sasikala's swearing-in
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Feb. 7 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress on Tuesday accused Tamil Nadu governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao of flouting the Constitution and convention by not administering oath of office to the newly elected Tamil Nadu Chief Minister V.K. Sasikala Natarajan.
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