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Maldives elections: Yameen's dream of second term nearing end?
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 24 (ANI): As Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih is inching closer to victory in the presidential polls, incumbent President Abdulla Yameen's dream of a second term is likely to come to an end.
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Voting begins in high-stakes Maldives elections
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], Sep 23 (ANI): Voting officially began in the Maldives amid fear of rigging and violence by the country's opposition parties and international monitor groups to sway the results in favour of incumbent President Abdulla Yameen.
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Mining scam: Goa Congress Chief lauds Parsekar for 'exposing' Parrikar
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Sep 22 (ANI): Goa Congress Chief A Chellakumar thanked former chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar for exposing incumbent Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in an alleged mining scam worth Rs 1.44 lakh crores.
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Nepal: Madhesis confident of govt addressing their demands
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Sept 18 (ANI): Anil Kumar Jha, one of the Chairmen of the Rashtriya Janata Party-Nepal (RJP-N), is hopeful that the incumbent Nepal Communist Party-led government will address the demands made by his party regarding the rights of the Madhesi people.
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Bhutan elections: Ruling party ousted in primary round
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Thimphu [Bhutan] Sep 17 (ANI): Incumbent Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay's People's Democratic Party (PDP) was knocked out in the first round of Bhutan's third parliamentary elections on Sunday.
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BJP loyal to 'conman', not common man: Congress
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 15 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is loyal to the 'conman' and not the common man, alleged the Congress party while launching an attack against the incumbent government on the issue of fugitive bank defaulters.
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Cynthia Nixon not 'discouraged' after losing New York governor bid
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC, [USA] sep 14 (ANI): Hollywood actor Cynthia Nixon who was recently lost in the bid for the office of the New York governor to incumbent candidate Andrew Cuomo, said that she was not discouraged but rather inspired after the defeat.
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Criticising government costing broadcasters in Maldives
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Male [Maldives] September 14 (ANI): With Maldives inching closer to polls, airing content criticising the incumbent government helmed by President Yameen Abdul Gayoom is costing the broadcasters of the nation, says South Asia director of Human Rights Watch, Meenakshi Ganguly.
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CJI office formally recommends Ranjan Gogoi as Chief Justice
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 04 (ANI): The office of the Chief Justice of India on Tuesday sent a letter to the Union of India (UOI) recommending Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the successor to incumbent Chief Justice Dipak Misra, according to sources.
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Leave Teen Murti complex undisturbed: Manmohan Singh urges PM Modi
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 27 (ANI): Former prime minister Manmohan Singh has urged incumbent Narendra Modi to leave the Teen Murti memorial, dedicated to the memory of Jawaharlal Nehru, undisturbed out of respect for history and heritage.
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Pak govt planning proposal to resolve Kashmir conflict: Shireen Mazari
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug. 27 (ANI): Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights ShireenMazari has said that the incumbent government in Islamabad is preparing a proposal to resolve the Kashmir issue.
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Pak presidential polls likely in September
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Aug 1 (ANI): The presidential elections in Pakistan are likely to take place in the first week of September. Incumbent Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain's five-year term is due to end on September 8.
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