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Congress MP Manish Tewari urges govt to urgently convene winter session of
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Former Union Minister and Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday urged the Central Government to convene the winter session of Parliament as soon as possible to resolve the issues of farmers and to deliberate on matters of Chinese incursion, and rising CO
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Special court grants ED, CBI time till Feb 1 to complete probe in Aircel M
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): A special court in Delhi on Wednesday granted the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation time till February 1 to complete the investigation into the Aircel Maxis case involving former Union Minister P Chidambaram, his son Karti Ch
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Journalist Priya Ramani says she stands with her statement, no chance of s
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Journalist Priya Ramani on Tuesday informed a Delhi court that she stands with her statement declining any chance of settlement in the defamation case filed against her by the former Union Minister MJ Akbar.
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Harsimrat Kaur Badal calls upon Punjab government, Centre to provide urea
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], November 23 (ANI): Former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday asked the Central and Punjab governments to rush fertilizers, particularly urea, to the state immediately saying any further delay in supply of urea to farmers could have catastrophic results
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Chidambaram expresses dismay over Kerala law seeking to punish offensive p
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 22 (ANI): Former Union Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday expressed shocked over the signing of the Kerala Police Act Amendment ordinance, which the Congress-led opposition says is aimed at muzzling media.
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Delhi court asks for scope of settlement in MJ Akbar's defamation case aga
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 21 (ANI): A Delhi court on Saturday asked the counsels appearing for former Union Minister MJ Akbar and journalist Priya Ramani if is there any scope of settlement between the two in the ongoing defamation case.
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Chidambaram says BJP's performance declined since 2019 Lok Sabha elections
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 20 (ANI): Taking a dig at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the former Union minister P Chidambaram on Friday said even after wining the Bihar Assembly elections, decline in BJP's performance after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections is visible.
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Gehlot hits out at Sibal, says he should not have mentioned internal issue
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 16 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday hit out at party leader Kapil Sibal over his remarks in the wake of results of Bihar polls and by-polls in several states and said the former union minister should not have mentioned party's "in
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Confer Bharat Ratna on Dalai Lama, raise Tibet issue in UN: BJP leader wri
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): Former Union minister and BJP leader and former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Shanta Kumar has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to consider conferring the Bharat Ratna on Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
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Priya Ramani's statements were defamatory, lowered reputation: MJ Akbar te
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Former union minister MJ Akbar on Tuesday submitted before a Delhi court that the statements made against him by journalist Priya Ramani were defamatory, were widely disseminated, and lowered his reputation.
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Fate of 12 ministers, Speaker to be decided in third phase of Bihar polls
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 6 (ANI): The third phase of election to 78 seats in Bihar on Saturday will decide the electoral fate of 12 ministers and some other prominent candidates including Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) president Mukesh Sahni, Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary an
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Special court grants CBI, ED time till Dec 2 to complete probe in Aircel M
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): A special court in Delhi on Tuesday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) time till December 2 to complete the probe in the Aircel Maxis case involving former union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti
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