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V Ponraj, Abdul Kalam's scientific adviser appointed VP of Kamal Haasan's
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 3 (ANI): A month ahead of the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, actor turned politician Kamal Haasan inducted former President and scientist Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's scientific adviser V Ponraj as the Vice President of his Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) on Wednesday.
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Emergency imposed during Indira Gandhi's rule was wrong, says Rahul Gandhi
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New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI): Congress leader and the party's former president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the Emergency imposed in the country during the tenure of his grandmother the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was wrong.
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In historic ruling, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy convicted of c
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Paris [France], March 2 (ANI): Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of trying to bribe a judge and of influence-peddling on Monday and was sentenced to three years of prison by a French court.
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Former ally McConnell says he'd back Trump as 2024 Republican nominee
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Washington [US], February 26 (ANI): US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who just weeks ago blamed Donald Trump for the Capitol riots, on Thursday said he would back the former President if he wins the Republican party's 2024 presidential nomination.
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Biden revokes Trump's pause on green cards
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Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): US President Joe Biden reopened the country on Wednesday to people seeking green cards, ending a ban on legal immigration that former President Donald Trump imposed last year, citing what he said was the need to protect American jobs during the COVID-19 pa
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University of Technology successfully organizes first convocation ceremony
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Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], February 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The first Convocation of the University of Technology, Vatika, Jaipur was organized recently. Former President of India Pratibha Devi Patil was the chief guest of the programme and said that a great country like India can beco
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Sri Lanka Easter bombings investigation calls for former President Sirisen
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], February 24 (ANI): An investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka has called for the country's former President as well as senior police and intelligence officials to be prosecuted.
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Biden rolls back Trump-era difficult citizenship test
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Washington [US], February 23 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's administration on Monday announced reversal of former President Donald Trump's policy by moving to an earlier 2008 civics test to make the path to US citizenship more accessible.
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Trump slams Supreme Court for not shielding his tax records
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Washington [US], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): US Former President Donald Trump issued a statement in which he slammed the US Supreme Court for not blocking New York prosecutors from obtaining his tax records.
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Trump to address Conservative Political Action Conference while Pence decl
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Washington [US], February 22 (ANI): While former President Donald Trump is set to deliver a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), former US Vice President Mike Pence has declined an invitation to speak at the event.
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Trump slams former ally McConnell, calls him 'dour, sullen and unsmiling
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Washington [US], February 17 (ANI): After being acquitted in the second impeachment trial, US former President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) called his former ally and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell "a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack".
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Argentina declares 3-day mourning due to Ex-President Carlos Menem's death
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], February 15 (ANI/Sputnik): A three-day national mourning has begun in Argentina after the death of former President Carlos Saul Menem, the presidential administration said.
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