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SC stays disqualification proceedings against 3 AIADMK leaders for support
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India) May 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the disqualification proceedings initiated by Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P Dhanapal against three AIADMK lawmakers for supporting AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran.
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Let us do a deal -- May appeals lawmakers to agree on Brexit
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 6 (ANI): British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday made bullish efforts to make opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn agree on a cross-party deal to leave the European Union, following poor results for both the parties in the local elections held on Thursday. Read More
Mueller 'should not testify' before Congress, says Donald Trump
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [USA], May 6 (ANI): Hours after a democratic lawmaker confirmed that the US House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hear Special Counsel Robert Mueller on May 15, President Donald Trump on Sunday said that Mueller "should not testify" before Congress on his investigation's fi
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BJP tried to buy atleast 7 AAP MLAs by offering Rs 10 crore to each: Arvin
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 1 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that BJP has approached as many as seven AAP MLAs and offered Rs 10 crore each to its lawmakers allegedly in its bid to buy them.
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Senior Republican joins Democrats citing Trump's 'unacceptable behaviour'
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Iowa [USA], Apr 24 (ANI): Andy McKean, the Republican Party's longest-serving state lawmaker here, has switched to the Democratic Party, citing US President Donald Trump's "unacceptable behaviour."
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Case registered against Congress leader Johari Lal Meena for allegedly rap
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Alwar (Rajasthan) [India], Apr 20 (ANI): A case was registered against Congress lawmaker from Rajgarh, Johari Lal Meena, here on Friday for allegedly raping a widow several times.
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70 British lawmakers appeal to govt to hand over Assange to Sweden
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Apr 13 (ANI): Around 70 lawmakers on Saturday urged the British government to hand over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the Swedish authorities.
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NIA files chargesheet in killing of 2 TDP leaders
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)[India], Apr 10 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a charge-sheet before a special court here in connection with the killing of two Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders including a sitting lawmaker Kidari Sarveswara Rao.
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Algeria's Parliament to elect interim president on Apr 9
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], Apr 7 (ANI): Algerian lawmakers will meet at the Parliament on April 9 to elect an interim President, days after Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down from the post owing to widespread protests which forced the ailing 82-year-old leader to concede power.
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UK lawmakers reject all four alternatives of May's Brexit deal
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], Apr 02 (ANI): British lawmakers on Monday voted against all four possible alternative plans for Theresa May's Brexit Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union (EU), after rejecting the deal tabled thrice in the Parliament.
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Georgia lawmakers pass bill banning abortions after 6 weeks of pregnancy
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 1 (ANI): Georgia lawmakers on Friday (local time) passed a bill that restricts abortion after a heartbeat is detected in an embryo, which is typically about six weeks into a pregnancy.
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Miffed over being denied ticket, Abdul Sattar takes away 300 chairs from C
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Aurangabad (Maharashtra)[India], Mar 27 (ANI): Congress lawmaker Abdul Sattar took away about 300 chairs from the Gandhi Bhawan (party office) here on Tuesday after he was denied a ticket for contesting the Lok Sabha elections.
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