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K'taka crisis: MTB Nagraj arrives in Mumbai as he continues to flip-flop
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 14 (ANI): Amid Congress' efforts to woo its rebel MLAs, Hoskote legislator MTB Nagraj continues to flip-flop the sides as he again arrived at Renaissance Hotel here on Sunday where other lawmakers are staying.
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Cuttack: Woman journalist stages dharna against BJD lawmaker
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Cuttack (Odisha) [India], July 14 (ANI): A woman journalist, who had filed a complaint against BJD lawmaker Anubhav Mohanty and his kin for allegedly abusing and harassing her, staged a 'dharna' at Purighat Police Station here on Sunday.
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Cong MP alleges illegal coal mining in WB, to raise issue in Parliament
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 14 (ANI): Congres Rajya Sabha lawmaker Pradeep Bhattacharya on Sunday alleged that illegal coal mining is rampant in various parts of TMC-ruled West Bengal and added that he will raise the issue in Parliament.
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US Treasury urges Congress to raise federal debt ceiling, warns it could r
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 13 (ANI): The US Department of the Treasury on Friday (local time) urged Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling before lawmakers leave for the August recess, warning that the government could run out of money in early September.
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Congress protests over political crisis in Karnataka, Goa inside, outside
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 11 (ANI): UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday led a protest of party lawmakers against the BJP-led government over political developments in Karnataka and Goa, with the party also staging a walkout in both the houses of parliament.
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BJP MP, six others get life term for murder of RTI activist
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], July 11 (ANI): A special CBI court on Thursday sentenced former BJP lawmaker Dinu Solanki and six others to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of an RTI activist Amit Jethwa.
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Citing threat to life from father, BJP MLA's daughter moves court seeking
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 11 (ANI): The daughter of a BJP legislator from Uttar Pradesh on Thursday moved the Allahabad High Court to seek police protection, citing threat to her life from her father after marrying a man outside her caste.
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Sonia, Rahul lead Congress' 'Save Democracy' protest
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Thursday led a protest of Congress lawmakers against the political crisis in Karnataka and Goa. Party members protested in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament complex holding 'Save Democracy' banners.
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Is it a crime? asks BJP MLA caught on camera dancing, brandishing guns
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India] July 10 (ANI): After suspended Uttarakhand BJP MLA Pranav Champion was seen in a video dancing to Bollywood tunes while brandishing guns in both his hands and his mouth, the lawmaker said he was being needlessly targeted by media.
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UK lawmaker seeks police probe into envoy's leaked cables
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 9 (ANI): Tom Tugendhat, the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, has written to the Metropolitan Police Service, asking for a probe into the leak of the secret cables of the British Ambassador to the US.
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Hasina slams US lawmaker's proposal to integrate Rakhine with B'desh
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jul 9 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticised a top US lawmaker's proposal to merge Myanmar's restive Rakhine state into her country, saying it was an attempt to "start a fire in the region" and the move was "not acceptable".
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Karnataka crisis: All Cong ministers are going to resign, says party MP
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru [Karnataka], July 08 (ANI): All Congress ministers in the state are going to resign, said party lawmaker DK Suresh on Monday amid the deepeining political crisis in the state of Karnataka.
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