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Rajapaksha accuses UNP for delaying elections, destroying Lankan economy
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 15 (ANI): Shortly after the disputed Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksha resigned from his post, he targeted Ranil Wickeremsinghe-led United National Party (UNP) for delaying the general elections to stay in power. He also accused Wickeremsinghe's government
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India cannot function with fragile coalitions in future: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 15 (ANI): With the general elections expected to take place within the next six months, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asserted that going forward, India cannot afford to have "fragile coalitions."
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Pilot, Gehlot call for peace among party workers ahead of CM appointment
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Congress leaders Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot on Thursday called for the party workers to maintain peace amid a prolonged wait for the appointment of the chief minister for the three newly-elected Congress governments in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pr
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Amit Shah to chair meeting on defeat in assembly elections
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah will chair a meeting at party headquarters in Delhi on Thursday to discuss the defeat in recently held assembly elections in five states and to plan the agenda for the 2019 General Elections.
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End of 'jumlebaazi': Opposition revels in BJP's state assembly failure
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) heading towards losses in all five state assemblies that went to polls recently, a number of opposition leaders have expressed their delight over the same.
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Assembly poll results beginning of BJP's end: Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 11 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the results of Assembly polls in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana have indicated the 'beginning of the BJP's end' in the country.
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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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Nigerian President rejects electoral reform bill
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Dec 8 (ANI): Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has refused to give his assent to the country's electoral amendment bill for the third consecutive time, asserting that introducing a new legislation before the general elections could cause confusion and uncertainty.
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PM Modi to visit Odisha on December 24
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): Ahead of 2019 general elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the state of Odisha to attend a public rally in Khurda on December 24.
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Sri Lanka: Court issues interim order against Rajapaksa
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 3(ANI): A Sri Lankan court here on Monday issued an interim order barring the functioning of the respondents as Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Cabinet ministers, deputy ministers and state ministers, reported the Daily Mirror.
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Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa calls for fresh elections
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Dec 3 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa here on Sunday said that it is imperative to conduct general elections in the country in order to restore democracy and put an end to the ongoing political crisis.
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PM Modi blames Congress for delayed Ram Temple verdict
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], Nov 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress party of interfering in the Supreme Court's proceedings on the Ram Temple-Babri Masjid case, saying that their Rajya Sabha leaders intimidate Supreme Court judges with the threat of impeachment if they
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