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SC issues notice to Centre over guidelines banning transgenders from donat
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Central government and other parties after hearing a Public Intrest Litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of Section 12 and 51 of Blood Donor guidelines, 2017, which has imposed a blanket b
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'One country, two systems', other key Hong Kong phrases removed from China
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 5 (ANI): Less than a year after China imposed the draconian national security law to curb the pro-democracy movement, the phrases 'one country, two systems', 'Hong Kong people ruling Hong Kong' and 'high degree of autonomy' have been removed from a report of Beijing's annual
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'Another theatric', says Dharmendra Pradhan on Rahul Gandhi's 'Emergency a
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): A day after Rahul Gandhi said that the Emergency imposed by late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was a mistake, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday took to Twitter to slam the Congress leader, terming his remarks as "another theatrical exercise."
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BJP's turn to apologise for Gujarat riots after Cong admits 'Emergency err
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 3 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Cabinet minister Nawab Malik on Wednesday asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to apologise for the 2002 Gujarat riots following Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's admission that the Emergency
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Not enough for Rahul Gandhi to accept 1975 Emergency was a mistake, says A
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 3 (ANI): A day after Rahul Gandhi said that the Emergency imposed in the country during late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's tenure was wrong, Haryana Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anil Vij on Wednesday said that if the Congress leader has t
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Emergency imposed during Indira Gandhi's rule was wrong, says Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
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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China to impose more institutional changes to curb democracy in Hong Kong
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, March 2 (ANI): Eight months since Beijing imposed the draconian national security law to curb the pro-democracy movement, authorities have used the legislation to stamp out street protests, ban activists from lobbying foreign governments, gut the legislature and arrest most of the
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US announces 'Khashoggi ban' for 76 Saudi individuals for threatening diss
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 27 (ANI): The United States on Friday (local time) imposed visa restrictions on 76 Saudi individuals who are believed to have been engaged in threatening dissidents overseas.
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COVID-19: Curfew imposed in Maharashtra's Yavatmal from Feb 27 to March 1
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Yavatmal (Maharashtra) [India], February 26 (ANI): In the wake of a continuous surge in COVID-19 cases, Yavatmal's District Collector, M Devender Singh announced a curfew in the district from February 27 to March 1. The essential services are exempted from the curfew.
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Biden revokes Trump's pause on green cards
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
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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President's rule imposed in Puducherry, MHA issues notification
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 25 (ANI): Puducherry has been placed under President's rule days after the Congress-led government collapsed after several resignations.
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After Kerala CM writes to PM Modi, Karnataka says no inter-state travel pr
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 23 (ANI): Soon after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention regarding the new travel restriction imposed by Karnataka, Health Minister of Karnataka Dr K Sudhakar on Tuesday clarified that inter-state t
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